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AMERICAN/SOUTHERN CUISINE Eddie & Ruby’s Snack Bar 7BMMFZ 4U +BDLTPO t
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Sampling Jackson by Amber Helsel COURTESY ALIVIA TOWNSEND
Eddie & Ruby’s Snack Bar is one of the original fish houses that still serve their original homemade batter recipe.
Gumbo Girl )XZ 8 +BDLTPO t The best Gumbo and Cajun specialties in town for your events, special occasions or just lunch and dinner.
The Iron Horse Grill 8 1FBSM 4U +BDLTPO t The smell of charcoal greets you, the music carries you inside.
Lillie’s Restaurant )XZ & $MJOUPO t .FUSPDFOUFS .BMM 'PPE $PVSU +BDLTPO t Home cooking for lunch and dinner in two locations at an outstanding price.
The Manship Wood Fired Kitchen / 4UBUF 4U +BDLTPO t The Manship transforms the essence of Mediterranean food while maintaining a southern flair.
Mother’s Kitchen /FBM 4U $MJOUPO t Just like Mom’s cooking. Visit Clinton’s newest home style restaurant with various options daily.
PIZZA
The Pizza Shack & 'PSUJm DBUJPO 4U +BDLTPO .4 t
The Pizza Shack, serving new inventive pizzas and the classics. Apps, sandwiches, salads, and beer options awaits you too!
BARBEQUE
E & L Barbeque #BJMFZ "WF +BDLTPO t
Serving BBQ to Jackson for over 25 years, we smoke every rib, tip and link and top it with our award winning BBQ sauce!
Hickory Pit $BOUPO .BSU 3E +BDLTPO t The “Best Butts in Town� features BBQ chicken, beef and pork along with burgers and po’boys.
The Pig and Pint / 4UBUF 4U +BDLTPO t Winner of Best of Jackson 2016 “Best BBQ.� Serving competition-style BBQ and a great beer selection.
MEDITERRANEAN/GREEK
Aladdin Mediterranean Grill -BLFMBOE %S +BDLTPO t Delicious authentic dishes including lamb dishes, hummus, falafel, kababs, shwarma.
STEAK & SEAFOOD February 14 - 20, 2018 • jfp.ms
Drago’s Seafood Restaurant & $PVOUZ -JOF 3PBE +BDLTPO t
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Drago’s offers authentic New Orleans-themed seafood dishes, including their famous Charbroiled Oysters and fresh live Maine lobsters.
Eslava’s Grille -BLFMBOE %S 'MPXPPE t
Eslava’s Grille Seafood, Steaks and Pasta
Seafood, steaks and pastas with a Latin influence.
HEALTHY
Freshii .BD,FO[JF -O 'MPXPPE t Eat. Energize. That’s our motto. Serving up made to-order burritos, soups, fresh salads and much more.
(From top left to bottom right) While in Jackson, Navalon app creator Kreskin Torres met with Glenda Barner of Sugar’s Place, John Tierre of Johnny T’s Bistro & Blues, Geno Lee of Big Apple Inn, chef Mike Mosley of 1693 Red Zone Grill, Thuong Hoang of Pho Huong, chef Nick Wallace and Tyrone Bully of Bully’s Restaurant.
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reskin Torres pulls up a photo of a dish at 1693 Red Zone Grill on his phone: grilled fish and shrimp in a crawfish sauce on a bed of Cajun rice. “You see what I had to deal with?â€? Torres jokes. Red Zone chef Mike Mosley made the dish during a Tri-County Foodies Facebook group meetup that Torres attended with local chef Alivia Townsend on Sunday, Feb. 11. Torres, who lives in Baltimore, has been in the Jackson metro area since Thursday, Feb. 8, as part of a long trek from his home city to California. The trip both allows him to promote his social app, Navalon, and experience the food scenes of cities around the country. As an Ăœber and Lyft driver, Torres says that he noticed that people who would travel to Baltimore would immediately go to tourist areas such as the harbor. “They don’t venture out,â€? he says. “Especially if they don’t know it, they’re not going to venture outside. ‌ I (was) like, ‘I’ve got to do something.’â€? That thought turned into an app idea during a trip to London in March 2017. “The best thing you can have is somebody who lives in the area, especially if you want to get shown around,â€? he says. Torres wanted to give people that experience with the help of an app that not only allowed users to post reviews about restaurants and entertainment options, but also to chat directly with locals to find the best places to go. Navalon also allows users to connect with people who have similar interests for suggestions. Townsend, who owns Washington’s Catering, met Torres through a cooking
group on Facebook. Since she is a chef, he consulted with her when he began developing the app, and during his stay in Jackson, Townsend has been his tour guide. The two have met with chefs across the metro area and have eaten at restaurants such as Sugar’s Place, 1693 Red Zone, Pho Huong and Big Apple Inn. While at the Big Apple Inn, Torres said he was amazed to learn about the restaurant’s history as a meeting place for activists during the Civil Rights Movement, and that Medgar Evers’ office was upstairs. “These are things people don’t know,â€? Townsend says. â€œâ€Ś If you would have just been walking through the area and asked somebody, ‘Hey, where can I eat at?’, they would never holler Big Apple Inn.â€? For Torres, it was important to focus Navalon on mom-and-pop shops, as well as local food trucks and vendors. “They care more about their food and things like that,â€? he says. He released the app on the Google Play store a couple of weeks ago and hopes to release it on the Apple app store by the summer. The ultimate goal with the app, Torres says, is to not only have people figure out the best places to eat in a given city, but to also learn why locals love those places, the history behind businesses and more. “I want people to feel like they are a part of the community or a part of the area,â€? Torres says. “Even though they’ve never been there, they can find out history, and the back story behind different places, historical elements, different things you don’t know about.â€? For more information about Navalon, find the app on Facebook or visit navalon.us.