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

Hotty Toddy News Services - November 15, 2025

Fourth of July Brings Pizza Makers From All Over to Oxford

In the heart of the Americana Music Triangle lies Oxford, Mississippi. Oxford also serves as the heart of the pizza industry as home base...

Lamar Lounge: Theater of the Pit

Wood | Smoke | Pig from Southern Foodways on Vimeo. The Oxford-based Southern Foodways Alliance held its first-ever Film Storytelling Boot Camp in conjunction with the...

Oxford Continues Building Arsenal of Delicious Wings

Considering wings are chickens' arms, the situation is becoming Oxford's version of an arms race. Coop Deville, HotWangs.com, Buffalo Wild Wings. Oh, and Wing Fanatic (R.I.P.) As...

On Cooking Southern: Amish Friendship Bread

By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: On my last nerve: Whatever the circumstance or activity or person involved, it’s REALLY REALLY becoming aggravating to the speaker...

Oxford Bartender Tips — Part II

Welcome to a three-part series in which HottyToddy.com interviews some of Oxford’s busiest bartenders. HottyToddy.com contributor Steve Vassallo had the tough job of visiting these...

On Cooking Southern: Sourdough Delights

By Laurie Triplette ldtriplette@aol.com Southernism of the Week: Hell and high water (interchangeable with Lord willing and the creek don’t rise): Usually expressed as “Come Hell and High...

Ready for Gus's Famous Fried Chicken

As was confirmed in late April, Gus's Famous Fried Chicken will be opening a restaurant in Oxford, next to Soulshine Pizza on South Lamar....

Wally Joe: The Man Who Brought Haute Cuisine to the Delta

Wally Joe, chef-owner of the contemporary Memphis restaurant, Acre, began cooking haute cuisine in the unlikeliest of places: the Mississippi Delta. For years he...

The Best Music in Indianola is the Sound of Cash Registers

You can’t miss B.B. King’s influence here. His name is on the $16 million Smithsonian quality B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center. His image...

Mississippi Memories and Cornbread

Mother's Day always reminds me of trips down to my grandmother's in Mississippi and time at Harmony Baptist Church. I was always sure I...