Mississippi

Some places you find on purpose, and some you find on the way home from a ballgame or…

By Cole Harrison · Oct 5

Some of the best steaks in Mississippi are not sitting in fancy city dining rooms. They are waiting…

By Cole Harrison · Oct 4

Road trips along the Gulf Coast come with plenty of billboards, but a few of them promise something…

By Cole Harrison · Oct 3

Some desserts pull people off the highway and into a downtown they never planned to visit. In one…

By Cole Harrison · Oct 2

Some places in Mississippi never bothered to change, and that turns out to be a very good thing.…

By Cole Harrison · Oct 1

Mississippi takes its catfish seriously, and once you taste the good stuff, you understand why people happily add…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 30

Long stretches of highway between Memphis and New Orleans have a way of making drivers hungry for something…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 29

There’s a stretch of country road on the Mississippi Gulf Coast where the reward at the end is…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 28

Somewhere in the back roads of Hinds County sits a weathered general store that has quietly served some…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 27

Fried catfish is basically the state dish of Mississippi, and everybody around here has a favorite spot they…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 26

Some places reward the slow shopper, the one who is willing to circle back three or four times…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 25

Mississippi does fried pies and turnovers right, and once you find a good one, you rarely stop at…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 24

Mississippi takes its fried catfish seriously, and some of the best plates are found miles off the main…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 23

Mississippi takes its smoked meats seriously, and some of the best spots in the state have been feeding…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 22

Some folks will happily spend an hour or more behind the wheel just to sit down for lunch.…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 21

Some restaurants build a following that stretches far beyond their own zip code, and this one in a…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 20

Mississippi does small-town seafood better than almost anywhere, and the proof is on the plates at these eight…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 19

Some meals are good enough to make you plan a whole afternoon around them. Across Mississippi, there are…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 18

Some places take a little digging to find, and the plain exterior of this Flowood spot hides one…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 17

Mississippi is full of small towns that reward the kind of traveler who likes to slow down and…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 16

Some of the best morning meals in Mississippi come from a spot you might drive right past if…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 15

If you love a shrimp po’boy that fights back when you try to close the bread, the Mississippi…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 14

Some places in Mississippi stay quiet on purpose, tucked away where the loudest sound is a goose waddling…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 13

Good barbecue in Mississippi is not hard to find, but great barbecue is worth planning your whole day…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 12

Some places build a reputation on flashy trends. Others just keep doing the same thing right, year after…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 11

Hot tamales might sound like a Texas or Mexico thing, but the Mississippi Delta has quietly made them…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 10

There is something about a fresh donut before the sun is fully up that turns strangers into regulars.…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 9

Mississippi is not the first place most people think of when they hear the word waterfall, yet tucked…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 8

Some places along the Mississippi coast reward a little curiosity with a quiet half-mile of shade, carved animal…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 7

Somewhere along a quiet stretch of Mississippi highway sits a wooden building that has been feeding travelers for…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 6

Somewhere along the eastern bank of the country’s greatest river sits a town where the clocks seem to…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 5

Some shops let you pop in, grab one thing, and leave in five minutes. Then there are places…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 4

Some places move at their own speed, and the water seems to set the tempo. Retirees keep finding…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 3

Mississippi takes home cooking seriously, and the meat-and-three is the heart of it. The idea is simple: pick…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 2

Some towns pack a full day into just a few walkable blocks, and Vicksburg, Mississippi is one of…

By Cole Harrison · Sep 1

Mississippi has a soft spot for a good steak, and some of the best places to find one…

By Cole Harrison · Aug 31

Somewhere in central Mississippi, there is a modest little spot where the floors, the decor, and the whole…

By Cole Harrison · Aug 30

Some breakfast spots hand you a menu and disappear. This one sends the owner over to say hello,…

By Cole Harrison · Aug 22

Some of the best meals hide in the most unexpected corners of a town, tucked away where you…

By Cole Harrison · Aug 20