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: Italian-American Week

By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: On the north side of the grass: Still alive and not 6 feet under… like the Rebels and Bulldogs after...

Square Pizza Ranked 20th Great College Town Pizza Shop

GreatValueColleges.net ranks Oxford's Square Pizza as number 20 in its 50 Great College Town Pizza Shops. The site introduces its ranked shops by writing that there...

Ramiro Muñoz: An Oxford Restaurant Legacy

The Rise and Return of El Charro The man behind some of Oxford’s best Mexican restaurants—and that sprawling estate on Highway 6. The drivers barreling down...

Brosier: Gus's Fried Chicken Unique, Owned by Rebels

Thursday afternoon, while the chaos of the Ole Miss vs. Alabama game weekend began to build, I decided to try a something different for...

On Cooking Southern: Tailgating Bites and Bits

By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: A blister: A person who shows up after all the hard work has been completed. Hopefully, not the Ole...

On Cooking Southern: Tailgating Salads, Salad Bites, and Salad Dips

By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week:  His family tree ain’t got no branches on it: A derogatory reference to a person’s inherent capability (or inability), implying...

England Dan's Offers Mouth-Watering Food, Cherished Memories

It is 5:30 a.m. Oxford is barely stirring. The sun tickled the horizon with a faint white line. There is a smell of cooking...

Panera Bread Co.'s First Day in Oxford

Panera Bread, a drive-thru bakery cafe, has nearly 2,000 locations and its newest one opened today for breakfast to dinner in Oxford at 1902...

Mississippians Shine at Food Journalists Conference

By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com See photo gallery at bottom of page. The world has come to know that Oxford is a food town and Ole Miss a foodie...

John Currence Talks Big Bad Breakfast Birmingham

No other restaurant in Oxford has as many bodies lined up and hanging out outside its front door waiting to get inside on weekends....
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