Bully's Restaurant

Bully's Restaurant is a restaurant in Jackson, Mississippi. In 2016 it was named one of America's Classics by the James Beard Foundation. The restaurant is located on Livingston Avenue in Jackson, Mississippi.[1]

History

Ballery Tyrone Bully built the restaurant with his father; both of them are masons.[2][3] The restaurant opened in 1982.[3][4] It originally opened as a snack shop serving sandwiches to local factory workers.[2]

The restaurant focusses on Southern cuisine and soul food staples such as chitterlings, neckbones, oxtails, macaroni and cheese, and greens.[1][5] The Beard Foundation said "This is back-of-the-range cooking without peer. "[2] The 2021 Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail called the food "some soul food hall-of-fame-style cooking".[5]

Recognition

In 2016 the restaurant was named one of America's Classics by the James Beard Foundation.[2][6]

See also

References
  1. "Bully's Restaurant". Southern Foodways Alliance. 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  2. "Awards Watch: Meet the 2016 America's Classics | James Beard Foundation". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  3. "Ballery Tyrone Bully". Southern Foodways Alliance. 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  4. DiRienzo, Daniella (2021-08-16). "A Tiny Hole-In-The-Wall, Bully's Restaurant In Mississippi Is Known Nationwide For Its Down-Home Soul Food". OnlyInYourState. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  5. Douglas, Deborah D. (2021). Moon U.S. civil rights trail : a traveler's guide to the people, places, and events that made the movement. Bree Newsome Bass, Avalon Travel. Berkeley, CA. pp. 196, 211. ISBN 978-1-64049-915-7. OCLC 1153664052.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. "Experience the Remarkable Spirit of Jackson, Mississippi". Southern Living. Retrieved 2023-03-06.

Further reading

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