Fat Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Mardi Gras
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Swayze Field: Ole Miss vs. Southern Miss (Baseball, 4 pm)
Mardi Gras
Funkys: Huge Fat Tuesday Party with DJ KOVA, 4 Dollar Hurricanes, Hand grenades & green tea shots (open at 2 pm); Watch Ole Miss Baseball vs. Southern Miss (4 pm); Ole Miss Basketball @ Auburn (6 pm)
The Library: Watch Ole Miss Baseball vs. Southern Miss (4 pm); Ole Miss Basketball @ Auburn (6 pm); Mardi Gras party with FREE Red Bean & Rice, King Cake, and beads
Moe’s (Penny Bar): Free Trivia Night (7 pm–till)
Old Armory Pavilion: Oxford Community Market (3–6:30 pm)
Ole Miss Student Union (Ballroom): Black History Month Keynote Address: DR. YUSEF SALAAM (6 pm)
The Powerhouse & Around Oxford: February Art Crawl (6–8 pm)
Proud Larry’s: BIG SANDY & HIS FLY-RITE BOYS, SARAH BORGES & THE BROKEN SINGLES
Snackbar: Mardi Gras Party (9 pm; passed appetizers, cocktails, music; masks required)
The Local Voice #346 is OUT NOW!
covering February 20–March 5, 2020
in Oxford, Ole Miss, and North Mississippi
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Ajax Diner
118 Courthouse Square – 662.232.8880 – Lunch Menu – Dinner Menu
Kitchen and bar open 11:30 am–10 pm.
Voted “Oxford’s Favorite Soul Food”
Happy Hour (5–7 pm): $1 off everything
Vegetable of the Day: Stewed Zucchini
Soup of the Day: Shrimp Bisque
B’s Bar-B-Q
825 College Hill Rd – 662.236.7090
Kitchen open 11 am–until.
Fresh plate lunches with your choice of meats and a variety of sides!
Big Bad Breakfast
719 North Lamar Blvd. – 662.236.2666 – view menu
Kitchen open 7 am–1:30 pm.
Voted “Oxford’s Favorite Breakfast” 11 years in a row!
Early Bird Special: 25% off till 9 am
Bouré
309 North Lamar Blvd. – 662.234.1968 – view menu
Kitchen open 11 am–10 pm. Bar open 4 pm–midnight.
Click here to order online right now and have it delivered!
$3 Miller High Life
Happy Hour (4–7 pm):
$1 Off domestics and wells
Upstairs (4 pm to close): ½-price bottles of Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio with purchase of an appetizer
Today’s Quiche Special:
Fajita Quiche with Steak, Peppers, Onions, Tomatoes, and Pepper Jack Cheese
Today’s Soup Special:
Chicken Noodle Soup
Today’s Lunch Special:
Fried Green Tomato BLT
Dessert Special:
Chocolate-Pecan Cheesecake
Blueberry Cobbler
Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding
Chancellor’s House
425 South Lamar Blvd. – 662.371.1400 – view menus
Lounge & Patio open: 6 am–9 pm
Grill open: Brunch 11 am–3 pm
Tea Room open: Noon–4 pm (Reservations required. Restrictions apply on certain weekends)
$5 Tito’s or Beefeater Martinis ALL DAY
Happy Hour (3–7 pm)
$5 Manager’s Choice wines
Half-off Tapas
City Grocery
152 Courthouse Square – 662.232.8080 – view menus
Kitchen open: Lunch: 11:30 am–2:30 pm. Dinner: 6 pm–10 pm.
Upstairs Bar: open 4 pm–1 am.
Today’s lunch specials:
Soup Special: Beef Veggie Stew with Cornbread Croutons… $9
Appetizer Special: Shrimp Etouffee Crostini on Toasted French Bread with White Rice… $12
Sandwich Specials: Smoked Oyster Po’Boy with Lettuce, Tomato, Pickles, Mayonnaise, and Pickled Red Onion… $15
Entree Special: Pan Seared Mahi Mahi with Sauteed Green & Purple Cabbage, Onion & Pepper Hash, and a Green Chutney Aioli… $23
City Grocery’s Upstairs Bar open: 4 pm–midnight
Happy Hour: 4–6 pm
$1 Off
Fergndan’s Wood Fired Pizza
176 Highway 30 – 662.234.3912 – view menu
Kitchen open 10:30 am–9 pm.
Funkys Pizza & Daiquaris
1012 East Jackson Ave. – 662.259.2881
Kitchen and Bar open 3:30 pm–1 am.
$4 Wells and Daiquiris
HUGE Fat Tuesday Party & CRAWFISH BOIL
with DJ KOVA
$4 Hurricanes, Hand grenades & green tea shots
Watch Ole Miss Baseball vs. Southern Miss (4 pm)
& Ole Miss Basketball @ Auburn (6 pm)
Greenline
1002 Van Buren Ave. – 662.234.7829 – view menu
Kitchen open 11 am–9 pm.
Open seven days a week serving Oxford freshest and mightiest salads!
Green Roof Lounge
305 Jackson Ave E (located in the Courtyard Marriott) – (662) 638-6017 – view menu
It’s Taco Tuesday!
$2 Tacos
$1 Margaritas
The Growler
265 North Lamar Blvd. – 662.638.0600
Kitchen and Bar open 2–9 pm.
Voted “Oxford’s Favorite Beer Selection”
Flight Night:
$1 Off All Beer Flight
Happy Hour 3–7 pm: $1 off all drinks
HUGE MARDI GRAS PARTY with FREE Red Beans & Rice, King Cake, and Beads!!
Little Easy Catering
3 Co Rd 215, Oxford, MS 38655 – 662.236.5737
(Inside Littlejohn’s Grocery)
Kitchen open 11 am–1:30 pm.
Tuesday Plate Lunch Specials:
Chicken Rotel
Roasted Chicken
Mashed Potatoes
Green Beans
Creamed Corn
Smothered Cabbage
Roll or Cornbread
Lost Pizza Co.
7102 College Hill Rd. – 662.371.1576 – view menu
Kitchen and Bar open 11 am–9 pm.
Click here to order online right now and have it delivered!
Voted “Oxford’s Favorite Pizza” two years in a row!
Happy Hour: 3–6 pm: $1 off wells, beer, and wine
$5 Margaritas
– plus –
$1 PBR ALL DAY, EVERY DAY
Moe’s Original BBQ
311 S Lamar Blvd. – 662.236.6637 – view menu
Kitchen open 11 am–9 pm. Bar open 11 am–until. Penny Bar open 3 pm–1 am.
Voted “Oxford’s Favorite Bar-B-Que”
Happy Hour (3–7 pm):
$1 Off All Drinks, half-off Snacks
Kids eat for $2 (With purchase of an adult meal)
Specials (include two sides and a drink)
Sausage & Cheese Plate
Special Sides:
Baked Apples
Pork Chili
Black Eyed Peas
Broccoli & Cheese Casserole
Mississippi Mud Pie
Penny Bar opens at 3 pm!
$2 Domestics (7 pm–close)
FREE Trivia Night (9 pm)
Oxford Community Market
Old Armory Pavilion – 509 Bramlett Blvd.
Open noon–3 pm.
Mardi Gras at the Market
Laissez les bons temps rouler! It’s Mardi Gras in the Little Easy!!
Come have some homemade red beans and rice AND gumbo and shop for great local goodies – including Michelle’s killer king cakes and pralines from She Mixes It With Love!
Our resident Louisianans Gladne and David Harris of Harris Family Farm are making the gumbo and red beans!!
Proud Larrys’
211 South Lamar Blvd. – 662.236.0050 (view menu)
Kitchen open 11 am–10 pm. Bar open 11 am–till.
Voted “Oxford’s Favorite Music Venue”
Slice of the Day
“Gator Bait” Slice with Crawfish, Peppers, Mushrooms, and Banana Peppers
Soup Specials
Creamy Mushroom & Veggie Soup
Manhattan Clam Chowder
Happy Hour (3–6 pm):
Half-price wells, $4 Margaritas, $2 Miller High Life
FREE MARDI GRAS SHOW Tonight at Larry’s:
(doors at 6 pm; show starts at 7 pm)
CRAWFISH BOIL! LIVE MUSIC!
Celebrate Fat Tuesday with
BIG SANDY & HIS FLY-RITE BOYS
SARAH BORGES & THE BROKEN SINGLES
Saint Leo
1101 Jackson Ave. East – 662.380.5141 – view menus
Saint Leo is closed on Tuesdays.
Saint Leo Lounge
922 Jackson Ave. – 662.380.5141
Saint Leo Lounge is closed on Tuesdays.
Snackbar
721 North Lamar Blvd. – Oxford, MS 38655 – 662.236.6363 – view menus
Kitchen open 5:30–10 pm; Bar open 4 pm–midnight.
Happy Hour (4–6 pm)
$2 Domestics
$3 daily drafts
$4 daily wines
$5 select cocktails
Fat Tuesday in The Little Easy!! Party tonight!
SoLa
401 South Lamar Blvd. – 662.238.3500 – view menu
Bar open 3 pm–until. Kitchen open 5–10 pm.
Chef Erika Lipe Voted “Oxford’s Favorite Chef”
Happy Hour:
$5 Fresh Squeezed Margaritas
Tuesday Special:
$4 Sangria
Soul Fish Cafe
200 South Lamar Ct. – 662.234.6685 – view menu
Kitchen & Bar open 11 am–9 pm.
NEW Happy Hour: 3–6 pm
Half-price appetizers
$1 off all beer & wine
Sandwich Special: Salmon BLT
Entree Special: Idaho Rainbow Trout
Appetizer Special: Fried Green Tomatoes
10% Discount with Student ID or Baptist ID!
Soulshine Pizza Factory
308 South Lamar Blvd. – 662.533.7685 – view menu
Kitchen and Bar open 4–10 pm.
Kids eat free! (with purchase of adult meal)
Happy Hour 4–7 pm: $1 PBR, $2 domestics, $3 drafts, 1/2-off select appetizers
South Depot Taco Shop
1004 Van Buren Ave. – 662.234.7886 – view menu
Kitchen & Bar open 11 am–10 pm.
Click here to order online right now and have it delivered!
Happy Hour (4–7 pm): $1 Off All Drinks
Tuesday’s Special:
2-for-1 Domestics
Southern Coop
1120 N Lamar Blvd – 662.638.3767 – view menu
Open 11 am–10 pm.
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NEW! Happy Hour: 5 pm–close
2-for-$4 domestics with purchase of 12-piece wings or more
Tallahatchie Gourmet
1221 Van Buren Ave. – 662.380.5122 – view menu
Kitchen & Bar open 11 am–3 pm.
2-for-Tuesdays – 2-for-1 Drafts
Entree Specials
Fried Chicken
Smothered Pork Chop
Special Sides
Green Beans
Northern Beans
Hash Brown Casserole
Mashed Potatoes
Steamed Brocccoli
Fried Green Tomatoes
Sliced Heirloom Tomatoes
Cole Slaw
Soup Special
Chicken or Shrimp Gumbo
Mediterranean Pizza with Cauliflower Crust
Track 61
703B North Lamar Blvd. – 662.380.5282 – view menu
Kitchen & Bar open 5–9:30 pm.
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Voted “Oxford’s Favorite Decor”! Owner Brooke Boral Krizbai voted “Oxford’s Favorite Boss”!
Happy Hour (5–7 pm): $1 Off Everything
Half-price Sangria and Frozen Mojitos ALL NIGHT!
Uno Mas Oxford
206 South Lamar Ct.
Kitchen and bar open 11 am–10 pm.
Happy Hour: 3–6 pm:
$5 House Margaritas (Rocks & Frozen)
FREE Chips & Salsa
“Fat Cat Tuesday” Special (all day):
$6 Oxford Margaritas (or $24 pitchers)
$8 Burritos
Volta Taverna
710 North Lamar Blvd. – 662.236.1871 – view menu
Kitchen and Bar open 11:30 am–9:30 pm.
Click here to order online right now and have it delivered!
Voted Oxford’s “Favorite Restaurant,” “Favorite Margarita,” “Favorite Happy Hour,” “Favorite Vegetarian Food,” and “Favorite Salad”! Owner Brooke Boral Krizbai voted “Oxford’s Favorite Boss”!
Happy Hour: 4–7 pm:
$3.25 domestics, $4.50 premiums, $5.50 liquor
More events happening in and around North Mississippi today:
TUESDAY 2.25.2020
Mardi Gras
OXFORD EVENTS
Funkys: Huge Fat Tuesday Party with DJ KOVA, 4 Dollar Hurricanes, Hand grenades & green tea shots (open at 2 pm); Watch Ole Miss Baseball vs. Southern Miss (4 pm); Ole Miss Basketball @ Auburn (6 pm)
Harrison’s: Open Mic Comedy Night, Oxford Comedy with CONNOR KING (9:30 pm)
Lafayette County & Oxford Public Library: Baby Story Time (10:30 am); Fairy Tale Sewing Club: Magic Tiny Fish (4 pm)
The Library: Watch Ole Miss Baseball vs. Southern Miss (4 pm); Ole Miss Basketball @ Auburn (6 pm); Mardi Gras party with FREE Red Bean & Rice, King Cake, and beads
Moe’s (Penny Bar): Free Trivia Night (7 pm–till)
Old Armory Pavilion: Oxford Community Market (3–6:30 pm)
Ole Miss Student Union (Ballroom): Black History Month Keynote Address: DR. YUSEF SALAAM (6 pm)
The Powerhouse & Around Oxford: February Art Crawl (6–8 pm)
Proud Larry’s: BIG SANDY & HIS FLY-RITE BOYS, SARAH BORGES & THE BROKEN SINGLES
Snackbar: Mardi Gras Party (9 pm; passed appetizers, cocktails, music; masks required)
Swayze Field: Ole Miss vs. Southern Miss (Baseball, 4 pm)
TUPELO EVENTS
Steele’s Dive: WES SHEFFIELD & THE SLOW BURNERS
CLARKSDALE EVENTS
Hambone Gallery: Fat Tuesday with MISSISSIPPI MARSHALL (8 pm)
Hey Joe’s (Cleveland): Jimi’s Open Mic Night (9 pm)
Disclaimer: We check our daily specials for correctness to the best of our ability, and they come directly from the owners, chefs, managers, and workers of Oxford’s local restaurants. Prices are subject to change without notice. Please consult your server before ordering. Questions? Contact The Local Voice at thelocalvoice@thelocalvoice.net