The 4th annual Mississippi Seafood Cook-off is set to take place on Friday, May 31st in Biloxi, Mississippi. The cooking competition will feature Mississippi’s talented chefs during a four hour long heated cook off. Competing chefs will highlight fresh, sustainable Mississippi Gulf Seafood to a group of local judges. This year, twelve chefs will be allowed to compete, as compared to six chefs in the previous years.

The winning chef will have the honor of representing Mississippi in the Great American Seafood Cook-­-Off in New Orleans on August 3, 2013. GASCO showcases top chefs from around the country competing against one another, each with the goal of creating the winning, signature dish using domestic seafood native to their state.

This year, John Currence has selected Tyler Edwards, of Snackbar to represent City Grocery Restaurant Group in the competition.  Tyler began working as an intern fresh out of culinary school and has trained under Vishwesh Bhatt, since Snackbar opened its doors in 2009.  In just four years, the very young and talented Tyler has come up through the ranks and is now Sous Chef at Snackbar.

CGRG has taken home the gold 3 times:
John Currence won the GASCO cook in 2008
Vishwesh Bhatt MSSCO in 2010
Heath Johnson (former chef) MSSCO in 2011

Stay tuned for details and wish Tyler good luck!

City Grocery presents: BIG BAD Pop-Ups! An entire MONTH dedicated to street foods. Join Guest Chefs Eli Kirshtein of Top Chef fame (Atlanta, GA), Kelly English of Restaurant Iris (Memphis, TN), Andrew Ticer and Micheal Hudman of Hog and Hominy (Memphis, TN), and your very own Chef John Currence (aka Big Bad Chef) of City Grocery, Snackbar, Bouré, Big Bad Breakfast and Main Event, as they prepare mouth watering, over the top food for your enjoyment and entertainment.

Each Chef will be serving for 4 nights (Wednesday through Saturday) for 4 solid weeks as City Grocery is closed for renovations.

Expect to see 4 types of cuisines: Israeli Street Food, Louisiana Cookin’, Italian Cooking with Southern Roots, and kicked up American Classics.

This week: Kelly English of Restaurant Iris

Please call 662-232-8080 for more information

Doors Open at 5:30 serving til 10pm
No reservations, walk in only
The Main Event
1005 North Lamar
Ox, MS

Be sure to follow City Grocery on Facebook and Twitter @citygroceryoxms for more details!

City Grocery Restaurant Group is now accepting orders for our holiday gift baskets. We have several delicious items to fit all budgets.  All items are custom made by our little elves at The Main Event Catering Kitchen. Baskets are available for pick up beginning December 3 until December 21.  Contact our corporate office at 662-234-9300 with any questions or you can click here to download an order form and fax it to our office at 662-234-9307.

Summer is coming to an end here in Oxford. This can only mean two things; the students are back in town and Football season is upon us. We are now bringing the warm hospitality of City Grocery Restaurant Group’s delicious eats to The Grove.  Let us make your tailgating experience very tasteful!

Download the Order Form to place an order today!

For questions, please call 662.234.9300

The Oxford Art Crawl is the 4th Tuesday of every month.  Enjoy a free ride on the Double Decker bus transporting you to the local galleries for free receptions and exhibits.  This month’s stops include: The Powerhouse, Southside Gallery, Art2Frame, Something Southern, Cicada for Him the University Museum, and Gallery 130, with special shows at Bouré and Something Southern.

Come out and support the arts community!

Art Crawl: 6pm-8pm

On October 29, City Grocery will be hosting guest chef, Kevin Gillespie, Executive Chef of Woodfire Grill in Atlanta. He will be celebrating the release of his new cookbook, Fire in My Belly: Real Cooking, which is scheduled to be released in October of 2012. Chef Gillespie will create a four- course dinner featuring recipes from his new book.  Proceeds from the dinner will benefit, Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign to end childhood hunger in America by 2015.

Stay tuned for more information!

Personalized copies of Fire in My Belly will be available for purchase the night of the dinner.

Date: October 29, 2012

Reservations are encouraged

Please contact City Grocery at 662-232-8080 for reservations

$65/pp with pairings
$55/pp without pairings

On June 16, City Grocery will be hosting guest chef, Adam Perry Lang, founder of Daisy May’s BBQ in New York, co-founder of Barbecoa in London, and meat maestro at Carnevino in Las Vegas. He will be celebrating the release of his new cookbook, Charred and Scruffed. Chef Perry Lang will create a four- course dinner featuring recipes from his new book.

Menu

Charred Radicchio with Sweet- and- Sticky Balsamic and Bacon

Smoked Crack-Back Chicken, Lemon/ Garlic/ Herbes de Provence Baste Creamed Corn with Chives and Chilis, Green Apple, Cabbage and Caraway Slaw

Bone-In Rib Roast Done Like a Steak, Mushrooms in Parsley Cream, Bubbly Bacon Butter Beans

Warm Grilled Lafayette Country Peach Upside Down Cake, Lavender Crème Fraiche, Lemon Salted Carmel

Personalized copies of Charred & Scruffed will be available for purchase the night of the dinner.

Date: June 16, 2012

Reservations are strongly suggested

Please contact City Grocery at 662-232-8080 for reservations

$65/pp with pairings
$55/pp without pairings

As part of the month long celebration of City Grocery’s 20th Anniversary, we have asked some of our alumni chefs from years past, to return to Oxford and help us celebrate for one weekend.  The chefs will be responsible for one course as part of a six course chef’s wine dinner. The dinners will take place on May 18th & 19th at City Grocery.

Friday, 5/18

brussel sprout, bourbon bacon marmalade lettuce wrap
Heath Johnson, Chef de Cuisine, City Grocery

steak tartare served with deviled local eggs and caviar
Russell Smith, Chef/Owner of Russell’s Beef House in Corinth,MS

butter poached sea scallops, warm foie gras and fava bean puree
Will Uhlhorn, Chef and Co-Owner of Table 3 in Nashville,TN

local beet composition, spanish bleu cheese, and fennel flat bread
John Currence, Chef/Owner City Grocery Restaurant Group

quail & biscuits
Jason McConnell, Chef/Owner, 55 South, Red Pony, Sol and McConnell House

seared colorado lamb shoulder with mint tzatziki & skordalia, garni of mini spanakopita & herbed potato tirokeftedes, citrus-spiced olives
Tim Hontzas, Chef/Owner of Johnny’s Café in Birmingham,AL

chocolate pear bread pudding, warm spiced chocolate sauce, and a smoked pear sorbet
Dwayne Ingraham, Pastry Chef at City Grocery

Saturday, 5/19

watermelon jal jeera shooter
Vishwesh Bhatt, Chef at Snackbar

poached shrimp, enoki mushrooms, cucumber, roasted grape salad with clam dashi vinaigrette, and smoked lemon yogurt
Wesley True, Chef/Owner of TRUE in Mobile, AL

crowder pea hoppin’ john “risotto,” stansel’s popcorn rice, and tomato jam
John Currence, Chef/Owner City Grocery Restaurant Group

troll caught half moon bay wild salmon, creamed morel mushrooms, spring peas, pickled ramps & crispy grits
Stephen Barber, Chef at Farmstead Kitchen in Napa,CA

smoked roulade of pork belly & shoulder with habanero/green tomato chow chow, bourbon mustard, black-eyed pea croquettes and collard confetti
Jason Nicholas, Chef at Big Bad Breakfast

rhubarb hoe cakes with rebel yell bourbon and molasses bbq pork cheeks, minty red cabbage Slaw, and candy striped poached beets
Taylor Bowen Ricketts, Chef/Owner of Delta Bistro in Greenwood,MS

blackberry ice Cream sandwich with toasted oatmeal cookies
TH Freeland, Cook at Herbsaint in New Orleans,LA

For reservations, please call City Grocery at (662) 232-8080
Reservations are encouraged
Doors open at 6pm
Price is $95 per person