Oxford’s Best Dining
By Devin Savage
As college students, one thing we lack a lot of when we’re away is a home cooked meal. A nice sit down dinner that our parents have prepared for us to enjoy and talk about our day. Here in Oxford, we have multiple delicious restaurants to choose from that can make up for mom’s cooking. After asking multiple students for their opinion on their favorites, I came up with a top 5 that nearly everyone can agree upon.
The first one being Big Bad Breakfast. Big Bad Breakfast, also known as B.B.B., is owned by John Currence who also owns City Grocery, Boure and Snackbar. He is one of Oxford’s most famous chefs. B.B.B. has every breakfast food you can imagine, pancakes, waffles, eggs, toast, bacon and its all made fresh! The food served is all locally raised. The restaurant itself has a lot of character.
Another favorite is Taylor’s Grocery, its about 15 minutes outside of Oxford in Taylor. One thing unique about Taylor’s is you can brown bag your own drinks, so you can enjoy a nice wine with your meal. It’s a great restaurant with a “down home” feeling and they often have live music playing during dinner. The walls are covered in sharpie with the names of people who have eaten there before, its neat to go there many times and to find your name on the wall. They are known for their catfish.
The square is loaded with great restaurants to choose from. A favorite among many students is Old Venice Pizza. A convenient thing about it is that they take Ole Miss Express and its a lot easier for students to just put their meal on that instead of using a debit card or cash. Old Venice has every type of pizza you can think of as well as plenty of italian favorites. They are known for the bread they bring out to enjoy while you are waiting for your meal. The bread is still warm and its still a little doughy and many people just describe it as “perfect.” Old Venice is connected to the Burgundy Room and a lot of times theres a long wait to sit down and eat, so you can go upstairs and enjoy a few drinks before your meal.
Another square favorite is Ajax Diner. Ajax is very southern home cooked food, which makes their menu unique. An item on their lunch menu is called “Matty’s Mom’s Meatloaf.” It is very laid back and usually during the day you are able to seat yourself. The restaurant is family friendly and a great place to take friends that are visiting.
The last restaurant that people have been talking about is called The Shak, it just opened in late January. Its right off of highway 6, behind the Chevron. It is a barbecue restaurant. Inside it somewhat reflects a sports bar, there are tv’s everywhere playing different games that are on tv and they have a special area in the restaurant that is dedicated to Ole Miss sports. There is also a all of license plates from all over the country which are really cool to look at. At The Shack you go up to the window and order your food and then they bring it out to you, so you aren’t waiting for it too long. They have different styles of barbecue sandwiches and people usually comment about the cole slow and banana pudding, that it is delicious. Its a great place to go and relax with friends after a long day.
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