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City Grocery named in FSR Magazine’s ‘Top 100 Independents’

August 17, 2015 by CGRG

Full-Service Restaurants has named City Grocery one of its Top 100 Independents! We’re honored to be included on this list of outstanding independent restaurants across the country.

Check out the full list here, and make plans to visit some of these culinary destinations.

Chef John Currence Featured in SoFAB Magazine

August 17, 2015 by CGRG

City Grocery Restaurant Group owner Chef John Currence was recently featured in SoFAB Magazine for his role in revolutionizing the Southern culinary scene.

From the article:

Chef Robert St John in Hattiesburg and Chef Alex Perry in Ocean Springs are great examples, but the lead dog in this hunt seems to be Chef John Currence in Oxford. Born in Louisiana, he was first schooled in his mother’s kitchen, then as a deck hand and cook on a tug boat. This was followed by the University of North Carolina, and several years in Europe, and a dozen other small steps leading to Gautreau’s in New Orleans. But his feet finally landed in Oxford, Mississippi, and although he strays occasionally, that university town seems to have him well rooted.

Chef Currence is bright, articulate, and involved on just as many levels as he can be. I had the chance to spend a little time with him recently and our conversation was all over the place. He sees the need for better quality restaurants — and food — and quotes the changing statistics of dining out, the cost of food, and more like a stock broker assessing a portfolio. But it’s not rote memory, he is describing the things that he cares about deeply, things he is involved with everyday and about which he is very, very passionate.

Read the full article here.

Big Bad Pop-Ups at Bantam + Biddy

April 30, 2015 by CGRG

11173385_732532156869366_2384771243173541458_nBantam + Biddy will be hosting Big Bad Pop-Ups in Atlanta, GA on May 29th. Co-hosted by CGRG’s very own Chef John Currence and featuring Chef Vishwesh Bhatt. Proceeds from the event benefit The Giving Kitchen and The Piedmont School. Grab your tickets today by visiting atlfoodandwinefestival.com/tickets.

CGRG Pastry Chef Food Network Viewing

April 23, 2015 by CGRG

City Grocery  Restaurant Group Executive Pastry Chef Dwayne Ingraham will be on Food Network’s “Spring Baking Championship.” Grab a beverage and kick back while you watch him this Sunday at Lamar Lounge from 7-9 p.m. at our viewing party!
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UM Pride Network Night at CGRG

April 22, 2015 by CGRG

Screen Shot 2015-06-05 at 11.24.09 AMWe are proud to help the UM Pride Network make up funding they did not receive from the ASB this year so they can host their annual end-of-year event. Thursday night, all of the CGRG restaurants will donate a percentage of the day’s sales to help out. We will serve a specialty cocktail “Stonewall Punch” and all proceeds of those sales will benefit Pride. Please visit and support on Thursday.

When: Thursday night, April 23, 2015

Where: City Grocery, Snackbar, Boure & Lamar Lounge

CGRG Happenings

March 23, 2015 by CGRG

91c816a8-bc20-44c8-a9c4-23121c60ac5eBig Bad Breakfast is taking over the Snackbar Kitchen this Thursday from 9:30 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. for a Big Bad Late Night. Join us for late night breakfast favorites and enjoy live music from Rocket 88.

Also, Lamar Lounge is excited to announce that they will be hosting the “Big Bad Minero Pop Up” this Friday beginning at 5:00 p.m. Our own Chef John Currence and Chef Sean Brock of Husk Nasheville and Minero Charleston have come up with a wonderful menu featuring the best of Minero Charleston and Nacho Mamas 1994.

 

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CITY GROCERY
152 Courthouse Square
Oxford, MS 38655

(662) 232-8080

BOURÉ
110 Courthouse Square
Oxford, MS 38655

(662) 234-1968

BIG BAD BREAKFAST
719 North Lamar
Oxford, MS 38655

(662) 236-2666

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721 North Lamar
Oxford, MS 38655

(662) 236-6363

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Oxford, MS 38655

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