The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
Interview
Reverend Barry Taylor is one of 18 children. His parents worked on a plantation in Belzoni, Mississippi, before moving…
Greta Brown met her future husband when her job required her to pay a visit to Bully’s Restaurant. The year was 1992, a…
Janis Jordan is a longtime customer at Bully’s Restaurant. She's also a musician and performs in the small front room…
Jacqueline Tard has worked for the Bully family for over 30 years. She started out with the senior Mr. Bully when he…
J. B. Mance has known Tyrone Bully since he was a small boy. He was friends with Tyrone’s parents, and when he wasn’t…
Ballery Tyrone Bully opened Bully’s Restaurant in 1982, with the help of his father. Now, over 30 years later, he…
Oral History
Bully’s Restaurant opened its doors on Livingston Avenue in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1982. This soul food kitchen has…