For those who enjoy a late-night hot dog or two, Taylor’s Pub owner Jason Plunk has acquired Oxford’s popular hot dog cart, with plans to continue providing hot dogs–with chili or cheese–for a long time to come. Plunk says that the cart is also available for all types of parties, for kids both young and old.
In addition, the new location of Taylor’s Pub, behind The Lyric, has been open since the end of January.
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If you haven’t made your plans for Valentine’s Day yet, you’re running out of time! Check out some of the events coming up in the next few days…
Saturday, February 11th
The Water Valley VFW, Post 4100, will host a Valentine’s Sweetheart Dance, featuring the Stone Canyon Band from 8:00 p.m. to midnight Saturday. The VFW post home is located at 11535 Highway 315, just west of Water Valley.
Sunday, February 12th
Tin Pan Alley in Taylor will host a Valentine’s art opening at 3 p.m. Sunday. The exhibition will feature art work by variety of artists, including Vikki Hughes, Alice Hammell and Obie Clark. Refreshments will be available. For more information, call 281-1970.
Colonel’s Quarters at Castle Hill is offering a special Valentine’s menu on Sunday (instead of Tuesday), featuring appetizers, brunch, salad, and entrees including an 8 oz. filet, fried quail and butternut squash lasagna.
Monday, February 14th
Honey Bee Bakery, Olivia’s Corner Market in Taylor, and Ravine are offering special Valentine’s Day menus and currently accepting reservations for Valentine’s Day.
Something Sweet
If you’re searching for something sweet, drop by and pick up some chocolate-covered strawberries, cookies or other confections from Holli’s Sweet Tooth, Honey Bee Bakery, Lusa Pastry Cafe, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Chaney’s Pharmacy, Olivia’s Food Emporium, Sugar Buzz or Bottletree Bakery.
Know of a Valentine’s Day special that I’ve left out? Let me know about it at Liz@EatingOxford.com.
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An EatingOxford.com reader recently sent in a tip that a new outpost of pita sandwich chain The Pita Pit will be opening in four to six weeks at 309 N. Lamar Blvd. in the old Boure locale. This will be the first Pita Pit location in Mississippi.
Popular in college towns across the country, The Pita Pit offers a variety of pita sandwiches filled with meat, veggies, breakfast favorites and more. Soups, salads and smoothies will also be available.
Check out the full menu here.
Tim Woodard, owner and chef of the new Little Easy Express Lunches and Catering at 3 CR 215, HWY 30 E (inside Littlejohn’s Quickmart) tells EatingOxford.com that he was inspired to open his restaurant because he “wanted to provide reasonably priced, high-quality plate lunches for those who are too busy to cook or spend half of their lunch breaks waiting on mediocre food to be prepared.” He says that, oftentimes, as a working professional in higher education for the past 10 years at the University of Mississippi, he didn’t have time to cook his favorite comfort foods, and nowhere to buy a reasonably priced meal. “I’m a self taught cook, and before working at the University of Mississippi, I worked at Danvers, Cedars, and Panini The Oxford Catering Company; over the years I’ve catered many events for personal friends.”
Little Easy Express Lunches and Catering is open Monday through Saturday, serving freshly prepared plate lunches, soups, salads and desserts. Most items on the menu are made from scratch, and Tim says that he buys local whenever possible. In addition to the restaurant, Little Easy offers catering for business meetings, office parties, family reunions, tailgating and more.
The current menu can be found above, which will be available for the next couple of weeks. Future menu items will include grits and grillades; jalepeno cheese grits; gumbo; red beans and rice; and heat-and-serve meals.
Friends, supporters, employees and those looking for a sugar rush are invited to the official ribbon-cutting cermony at Sugar Buzz, a new bakery, which opened a couple of months ago. The event will take place at 11:30 a.m., Friday, February 3 at the shop’s location at 115-B Heritage Drive. For more information, call 662-550-4191.
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The second annual University of Mississippi Chili Bowl for the Soul will be held Saturday, February 11 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Student Union on the Ole Miss campus. The event, sponsored by UM Homeless Outreach, aims to raise awareness and money for Interfaith Compassion Ministries, which helps the homeless in Oxford. All money raised will go toward fighting homelessness and poverty within the Oxford/Lafayette community.
Chili contestants will be responsible for providing:
•Approximately 5-10 gallons of chili
•Heating method (chafing dish, crock pot, extension cords, etc.)
•Serving spoon(s)
UM Homeless Outreach will provide:
•Tables (Each group will have a place to set up)
•Name card of group/individual
•Bowls
•Spoons
•Napkins
•Tasting cups
•Drinks
•Tickets
To register go to the official Chili Bowl for the Soul site or visit the event’s Facebook page.
Thursday’s art opening featuring Lisa Williamson of Memphis is the kickoff of several events coming up at Ravine.
The next food and wine pairing, scheduled for Wednesday, February 1, will carry the theme of “aphrodisiacs” as an early tribute to Valentine’s Day. The evening will begin at 6:00 p.m. and the cost is $30 per person. Call Ravine for reservations at 234-4555.
And speaking of Valentine’s Day, while Ravine is usually closed on Tuesdays, it will be open to accommodate those who want to enjoy a romantic evening near the fireplace. Call early to reserve a spot.
New menus (all except brunch) have also surfaced since the start of the new year. Check them out on the restaurant’s website or peruse them in person.
If you’ve driven down West Jackson Avenue lately and wondered why the parking lot and drive through have been empty at the Burger King, it’s because the restaurant closed on December 23 according to a news brief in The Oxford Eagle. There are no plans to reopen.
According to The Oxford Eagle, “The owner, Marbile Investment Corp., intends to keep its other Burger King on University Avenue open. The Burger King on West Jackson ‘was low performing, which is an easy euphemism for substantially less sales volume,’ said J.J. McNelis, president of the real estate division of Marbile Investment. Those in a management position were offered positions at other Burger Kings, but McNelis said he’s not sure what happened with the other employees. The company acquired the West Jackson property in 1998 from an existing operator and said it was originally opened in the 1980s. The University Avenue location was also acquired in 1998 from an old Hardee’s. The company owns 43 Burger Kings in the region, with 40 in the Memphis market.”
Interested in the restaurant industry?
The L.O.U. Entrepreneurial Alliance is hosting a free workshop, Entrepreneurial Successes and Opportunities in the Food Industry, on Tuesday, January 24, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at FNC Inc. at 1214 Office Park Drive.
RSVP to Christy Knapp at christy@oxfordms.com before January 20, and attend to hear advice from Dr. Don Newcomb, founder of Newk’s and McAlister’s Deli; John T. Edge, director of the Southern Foodways Alliance; and Elizabeth Heiskell, owner/operator of Woodson Ridge Farms and director of Viking Cooking School.
It appears that frozen custard won out over donuts last week when Honest Abe’s Donuts closed its doors and Bop’s Frozen Custard chose to remain in its current spot to continue serving patrons in search of sweets. The two businesses were sharing a building at 1412 West Jackson Avenue, which will now be solely operated by Bop’s…sans donuts.
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