by Laura Smith Published: June 19,2011
Tags: Leland, Vince’s Restaurant
A 24-hour café called Vince’s that served Leland’s railroad travelers in the 1920s inspired the creation of a restaurant in the same location with the same name — minus the all-night hours. “I’m just glad we’re not open 24 hours,” said co-owner and chef Will Gault. Gault, Cheri Clark and property owner Joe Robert Campbell [...] [...]
by Laura Smith Published: May 26,2011
Tags: Elizabeth Upchurch, FRESH INK, Small Business Spotlight
After six years of owning Fresh Ink, the Jackson stationery, invitation and gift shop, Elizabeth Upchurch still gasps when she gets a beautiful invitation in the mail. That’s because occasionally, Upchurch won’t get to see a project from creation to fruition. “I will just gasp when I see it. People get so many things in [...] [...]
by Laura Smith Published: April 3,2011
Tags: Buon Cibo, Josh Belenchia, MBJ SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
A success on his own: After more than a year, Belenchia’s first solo project, by all standards, has been a total hit After working for several restaurants in Memphis and North Mississippi, Josh Belenchia was ready to open his own place. When he toured a vacant restaurant property in Hernando, the concept of Buon Cibo, which opened [...] [...]
by Laura Smith Published: March 27,2011
Tags: Dining Out, Gin Mill Gallery, Tom Bingham
Party atmosphere goes with Gin Mill Gallery Just as the patio for a restaurant in an old gin in Indianola was being poured, a tornado tore through and destroyed the building. For two decades, Tom Bingham had owned the property, doing custom woodworking from the space. For about a decade, he’d operated an art gallery [...] [...]
by Laura Smith Published: March 27,2011
Tags: Complete Mobile Home Supply, Jotham McCauley, MBJ SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
Becoming a ‘complete’ success Mobile home supply is largest in state with an eye on higher goals Customers walk into Complete Mobile Home Supply and, on many occasions, aren’t sure what they need. “They make a lot of hand gestures,” said Jotham McCauley, director of e-commerce. “They say, ‘It’s about like this,’ and we have [...] [...]
by Laura Smith Published: March 13,2011
Tags: Kim Root, Shelly Daniel, Swirlz
Swirlz Girls: When you know, you know and we knew Daniel, Root have grown invitation business infinitely Kim Root and Shelly Daniel are best friends. They live next door to one another and go to the same church. Their husbands are both architects. When they’re seen together in Tupelo, people call them the Swirlz girls [...] [...]
by Laura Smith Published: March 13,2011
Tags: Craig Noone, John Besh, Parlor Market, Stephan Pyles
There is a reason for everything at the PM From the owner to the hostess stand and from the floors to the bar, nearly everything in Parlor Market tells a story. Owner Craig Noone got his start at the Palace Casino Resort on the coast after graduating from the Texas Culinary Academy. He then moved [...] [...]
by Laura Smith Published: March 6,2011
Tags: Lea Margaret Hamilton, MBJ SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT, SoDelta
Idea for came to Hamilton ‘like a bolt of lightning’ The idea for SoDelta candles struck Lea Margaret Hamilton “like a bolt of lightning” one fall afternoon on a drive to the City of Greenwood. “Combines were on both sides of the highway cutting soybeans and I just thought, ‘nobody is doing candles made with [...] [...]
by Laura Smith Published: March 6,2011
Tags: Bill Luckett, Madidi, Morgan Freeman
A dream come true for Luckett and Freeman Ten years ago, when Bill Luckett and Morgan Freeman were preparing to open their Clarksdale restaurant, Madidi, they could park just about anywhere they wanted downtown. A few weeks ago as Luckett drove to the restaurant, he lucked out and got the only available parking spot on [...] [...]
by Laura Smith Published: February 27,2011
Tags: Fillin Station Grille, Preston Lamm, River City Management Group
Fillin Station Grille the fourth venture for RCM Four years after opening its first DeSoto County venture, Memphis-based River City Management Group has opened its fourth restaurant in the Northwest Mississippi County. The management group’s other DeSoto County properties include: the Mesquite Chophouse, a fine dining steakhouse; 10 Bones BBQ; and, Pa Pa Pia’s Authentic [...] [...]
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