Eating Oxford

The Velvet Ditch brings seafood and steady service to Oxford

A new hot spot offering seafood, bar favorites and steady service in a setting that fits both weeknights and game weekends

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On Cooking Southern: Vegetable Beef Soup and Mississippi Hills Pepper Pot

By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Heap: A whole lot of something, not a worn-out automobile. Usually emphatically refers to a measurement … such as a...

Coaches’ Cook-Off to Kick Off Oxford Restaurant Week

Oxford Restaurant Week presented by Sysco will kick off on Sunday, January 25 and run through Saturday, January 31. This year, Visit Oxford has...

The Beacon: As Simple as Bacon and Eggs

When Flem Mize quit his job of 20 years at Ole Miss to open up his own restaurant, a lot of his friends and...

Oxford Restaurants Earn Honor of Best College Town Food

Oxford is known for its small town Southern charm with dozens of delicious restaurants on every block, and the nation's food critics are starting...

City Grocery ‘Big Bad Pop-Ups’ Return with Tasty Treats to Help Tots

The wildly popular Big Bad Pop-up dinner series hosted by City Grocery returns this month with another array of talented chefs and another great mission. Proceeds from...

Coaches Cook-Off Kicks Off Second Annual Oxford Restaurant Week

This year, Visit Oxford has partnered with Ole Miss Athletics and added a new event to kick off Oxford Restaurant Week with a Coaches...

My Michelle’s Commits to Clean Eating on First Anniversary

Michelle Rounsaville's New Year's resolution for 2015 was a quick decision with My Michelle's new policy, pledging clean eating by serving only fresh ingredients...

On Cooking Southern: Chicken and White Bean Chili and Mini Corn Muffins

By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Jackleg: Refers to someone who is unskilled, unprofessional and probably unscrupulous performing some activity or service for which that person...

Sushi Returns to Oxford Square in January

The Square has not had sushi since Two Stick Sushi closed its doors two years ago. But that will change with the opening of...

Indianola Fresh Market Relocates to Highway 6

Not even a week into 2015 and there are changes happening around Oxford as Indianola Fresh Market preps to move to its new location...