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"Founded in 1992 in Oxford, Mississippi, this restaurant brought John Currence to prominence for cerebral Southern cooking that earned him a James Beard Award for Best Chef: South in 2009 and attracted attention from writers like John Grisham, Wright Thompson, and Anthony Bourdain; the current menu ranges from a pickled shrimp tostada and an adobo-stewed chicken to grilled pork chops and a blackened catfish with black-eyed pea grits and collard greens." - Gabe Hiatt