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BLFGT SaladWhere Big City Southern Meets Homegrown Goodness

One of Memphis, Tennessee’s jewels sits at the corner of the walk- or trolley-only leg of Main and Monroe Streets. One visit, and you’ll soon realize why its chef/owner recently earned the title Memphis Restaurant Association’s Restaurateur of the Year.

By Angela E. Thomas / photography by Ashlee Nobel

 

Felicia Suzanne Willett’s love for all things culinary began as a child. She spent summers and school breaks with her maternal grandmother in Hoxie, Ark., just 30 minutes from her hometown of Jonesboro. “Biscuits and fried chicken … it was all biscuits and fried chicken,” Willett said. “In fact, one of the first things I remember cooking was fried chicken. I talked a babysitter into letting me stay up and cook for my mother, who was out on a date. I don’t even know if I had instruction.”

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Dixie Cafe

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17306 Interstate 30
Benton, AR 72015

501-315-6200

Arkansas-based restaurant chain that features down-home Southern cooking such as chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, fried okra, pot roast, black-eyed peas; includes soda fountain

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