Bully's Restaurant is a restaurant in
Jackson, Mississippi
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. In 2016 it was named one of
America's Classics by the James Beard Foundation. The restaurant is located on Livingston Road in Jackson, Mississippi.
History
Ballery Tyrone Bully built the restaurant with his father; both of them are
masons.
The restaurant opened in 1982.
It originally opened as a snack shop serving sandwiches to local factory workers.
Menu
The restaurant focuses on Southern cuisine and soul food staples such as
chitterlings
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, neckbones,
oxtail
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s, macaroni and cheese, and
greens.
The Beard Foundation said "This is back-of-the-range cooking without peer. "
The 2021 ''Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail'' called the food "some soul food hall-of-fame-style cooking".
Recognition
In 2016 the restaurant was named one of
America's Classics by the James Beard Foundation.
See also
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List of Southern restaurants
References
Further reading
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Soul food restaurants in the United States
Restaurants in Mississippi
America's Classics winners
Southern restaurants