The places in Jackson the guidebooks miss. locals-only counters, after-hours rooms and the spots tourists walk past.

Food tour in Jackson

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Off the beaten plate

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Crazy Cat Eat Up

Crazy Cat Eat Up is Jackson's most beloved neighbourhood secret: a BYOB suburban kitchen with housemade bread pudding and a celebrated meatloaf sandwich.

Good Bar

Good Bar is an open-air cocktail terrace by the Elvie's team with cocktails on tap, natural wine, and snacks that make it the most casually brilliant bar.

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Campbell's Bakery

Campbell's Bakery has made the same iced tea cakes and petit fours since 1962 from recipes unchanged since opening, in a Fondren shop that Jackson residents.

Boondocks BBQ

Boondocks BBQ in the English Village shopping center brings a 12-year family coastal Mississippi smoking tradition to Belhaven with brisket, wings.

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