Georgia Blue’s Starkville location is set for a March 2 grand opening.
Cameron Parker, the Starkville franchise owner, confirmed the restaurant’s long- awaited opening to The Dispatch this week.
Starkville is now the fifth restaurant addition to the growing Jackson, blue-plate eatery. Starting in March, you can check out some Southern classic dishes including ribeyes, shrimp and grits, rice and beans, salmon and fried green tomatoes. The family-owned enterprise opened in 2010 and boasts other locations in Madison, Flowood, Brandon and Brookhaven.
Parker said initially the Starkville location planned to incorporate a Georgia Blue bakery in addition to the restaurant at 207 S. Jackson St. However, he said the Starkville location will only host a restaurant with late night hours for customers.
With opening day inching closer, Parker said he’s ready to serve the Starkville crowds some home-style greats.
As it is with life, when you feel like everything is going well and good things are happening to you, you get a flat tire in the pouring rain. We get a Georgia Blue at the beginning of March but by the end of February, we’re losing The Biscuit Shop at 104 S. Washington St.
A quirky bakery very near and dear to a lot of biscuit lovers will close in Starkville Feb. 29. Owner Krista Olley announced the business decision this week on social media to move from Starkville to Northport, Alabama (which is only a 90-minute drive from Starkville if you’re getting desperate for your biscuits).
“We will have distributors in Starkville with our biscuits,” the post reads. “We thank you for your business from the bottom of our hearts.”
The store will reopen shop a state away at 80 McFarland Blvd. this April in Northport. Be sure to stay up to date on social media to see when and where you can get those biscuits in town. Olley did not return an email to The Dispatch by press time today.
Starkville is booming with news. Dsquared boutique will celebrate its grand opening at a new location Friday at 4 p.m. The women’s boutique first opened in Starkville in mid-August. About a month ago, the store moved from its temporary location on Lafayette Street to 705 University Drive.
Franchise owner Charese Aldridge opened the contemporary women’s clothing store when her daughter, Mississippi State sophomore Emme, noticed a need for more clothing options in town. Aldridge then decided to open a franchise of Dsquared. The boutique first opened in Jackson in 2012 and has since expanded to Oxford, Nashville, Tennessee and now Starkville.
Check out the new boutique on the block Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. During big Bulldog weekends, Aldridge said the shop will open on Sundays as well from 1-5 p.m.
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