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Cherokee Drive Inn

The Cherokee Drive Inn is so old that — with its numerous locations, owners, and iterations — no one knows for sure…

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Crechale’s

Paul Crechale opened his eponymous restaurant off Highway 80 outside downtown Jackson in 1956. A native of the Greek…

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Brent’s Drugs

Dr. Alvin Brent opened his pharmacy in late 1946 in the Fondren neighborhood, which at that time was just outside the…

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Beatty Street Grocery

Mary Harden remembers, at a young age, working alongside her grandfather at the family’s small, neighborhood grocery,…

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Eddie’s Snack Bar

Eddie and Rubye Bennett opened their eponymous Snack Bar in 1981. Today, it is run by their daughter, Pat—you can find…

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Collins Dream Kitchen

Sylvester Collins had a dream. After countless years cooking in several Jackson-area restaurant kitchens, the mother of…

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Mayflower Café

The Mayflower began as a hamburger stand, started by a pair of Greek immigrants and friends from the deeply-Orthodox…

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Elite Restaurant

Peter Zouboukos, born Panagiotis Constantine Zouboukos but known throughout Jackson as Mr. Pete, came to America from…

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Bill’s Greek Tavern

After serving as a cook in the Greek Navy, Bill Matheos migrated to the United States in 1968.

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