Oxford (Mississippi) - Oxford (Mississippi)

Oxford is 'n historiese, skilderagtige stad in Noord-Sentraal Mississippi. Met sy skilderagtige stadsplein, bekroonde restaurante, unieke boetieks, woonbuurte met eikehout en vriendelike mense is Oxford die voorbeeld van die suidelike stad. Die stad is vernoem na Oxford, Engeland, in die hoop om 'n universiteit te lok, en is in 1848 gekies as die tuiste van die Universiteit van Mississippi, wat vandag die lewe oorheers.

Peabody-saal

Verstaan

Oxford is die tuiste van die Universiteit van Mississippi, liefdevol bekend as Ole Mej, en is in Lafayette County. Dit was ook die inspirasie vir die fiktiewe Jefferson van die Nobelpryswenner William Faulkner (Lafayette County as Yoknapatawpha), die plek van baie van sy romans. Oxonians en universiteitslede beskryf die stad graag met die leuse "Ons wen miskien nie elke wedstryd nie, maar ons verloor nooit 'n partytjie nie." Plaaslike inwoners verwys, gedeeltelik grappenderwys, na die plein as die 'middelpunt van die heelal'. Baie inwoners sien Oxford as 'n klein dorpie New Orleans, noem dit die Bietjie maklik. Dit is wyd en syd in die Suide bekend vir sy suidelike sjarme, ou suid-gevoel, partytjie-atmosfeer en sy pragtige vroue, wat selfs Hugh Hefner die beste ter wêreld genoem het. Oxford word ook beskou as 'n literêre sentrum met baie skrywers wat dit tuis noem. Daar is ook die tuiste van die Ole Miss School of Law en 'n federale hofgebou, en daar word dikwels gesê dat almal in Oxford 'n 'prokureur, skrywer of albei' is. Asof dit wil bewys, is die bekende skrywer John Grisham, 'n Ole Miss Law-alum, steeds 'n huis in Oxford en besoek hy gereeld.

Die vierkant is die middestad van die middestad en is die belangrikste plek vir die beste restaurante, winkels, kroeë en natuurskoon van die stad (van die ou suid-argitektuur en pragtige suidelike belle). Kettingrestaurante, 'n Wal-Mart Supercenter en ander nasionale kleinhandelaars is aan die rand van die stad geleë. Die meeste inwoners is egter sterk anti-ketting. Hulle het die aankoms van Applebee's en die Wal-Mart Supercenter aktief betoog en selfs die ou burgemeester uitgestem omdat sy nie meer gedoen het om dit te keer nie. Daarom, om Oxford werklik te geniet, moet u die plein besoek en by plaaslike ondernemings eet en koop. Andersins mors u u besoek en mis u dit as u net vir 'n sokkerwedstryd kom. Dompel jou in die stad om te sien hoekom Reader's Digest verklaar: "As Oxford nie sou bestaan ​​nie, sou dit uitgevind moes word."

Soos National Geographic-reisiger het die tydskrif geskryf: "Die verfynde klein Oxford wag vir jou."

Gaan in

34 ° 22′0 ″ N 89 ° 31′7 ″ W
Kaart van Oxford (Mississippi)

Met die vliegtuig

Die naaste lughawens met lugdiens is in Memphis, 70 myl noord, en Tupelo, 45 myl na die ooste. Memphis is 'n belangrike middelpunt vir Delta Luglyne en is dus die voorkeurlughawe. Tupelo vlieg daagliks na Memphis en Atlanta.

Universiteit-Oxford-lughawe, ook bekend as Clegg Field, bied diens aan private vliegtuie, insluitend vliegtuie. Die lughawe het 'n aanloopbaan van 5600 voet met 'n terminale en volledige lugdienste.

Met die trein

Vir passasiersdiens, die naaste Amtrak stop is op die lyn van City of New Orleans Memphis en Greenwood, Mississippi. Die trein neem u na Chicago of New Orleans.

Met die motor

Belangrike hoofweë in die gebied is soos volg:

  • Noord Suid - Staatsweë 7, 9, 315 en 331
  • Oos Wes - Staatsweë 6,30,314,328 en 334
  • Snelweg 6 - Verbind met Interstate 55

Van Memphis of Jackson (Mej.) Neem I-55 na Batesville en gaan uit MS Hwy 6 Oos. Neem die Ou Taylor Rd. of Coliseum Dr. toegang tot die Universiteit. Uitgang by South Lamar Blvd. om by die plein en middestad uit te kom. Oxford is ongeveer 40 km van Batesville. Dit neem ongeveer 'n uur en 15 minute om van Oxford na Memphis, Oxford, en ongeveer 45 minute van Oxford af te reis, en ongeveer 45 minute vanaf Tupelo. 'N Korter roete vanaf Memphis en Jackson is Hoekom 7, maar hierdie pad is tweespoor. Vanuit die oostelike voorstede van Memphis is dit vinniger om te neem 78 na Hwy 7. Vanaf die middestad, die lughawe en Southaven, Ek-55 tot Hwy 6 is vinniger.

Met die bus

  • Windhond busdiens na Oxford is opgeskort. Die naaste Greyhound-bushalte is in Tupelo.

Kry rond

Die openbare vervoer word die O-U-T genoem. Dit het verskeie lyne wat deur al die belangrikste punte in die stad loop. Die beste manier om rond te kom is te voet, want Oxford is 'n pragtige stad om te loop en parkeerplek is skaars in die middestad en op die kampus. Die tweede beste manier is om per motor te ry. Sodra u 'n plek het om op die kampus te parkeer, bly daar en stap oral waarheen u wil gaan. Dieselfde geld vir die middestad. Nadat u uitvind hoe u op die plein (dit sal 'n rukkie neem) en die omliggende eenrigtingstrate navigeer, kan u 'n plek kry om te parkeer deur die agterste stegies te ry. As u onwettig parkeer, kry u 'n duur kaartjie.

Moenie drink en bestuur nie, want die polisie hou die paaie dop, om nie te praat van u lewens en die lewens van ander nie. U kan dit vermy deur huis toe te stap, 'n rit te ry (dit is maklik om 'n rit vanaf 'n vriendelike vreemdeling op die Plein te vind) of 'n taxi te bel.

Taxi

Motorhuur

Limousine diens

  • Oxford Limo, 206 Hwy. 30 E, 1 662 238-7787
  • Southern Comfort Limo's, Dellstraat 12, Batesville, Mississippi, 1 662 563-5466.
  • Limousineverbinding, 124 S Thomas St, Suite B, Tupelo, Mississippi, 1 662 840-9484, 1 662 840-5884 (faks).

Oxford is 'n gesertifiseerde fietsvriendelike gemeenskap. Daar is baie fietspaaie wat oop is vir die publiek; baie motorbestuurders is egter nie lief vir fietsryers nie. Dit is die beste om by sypaadjies te hou en te kyk as u kruisings kruis.

Fiets

  • LOU-paaie. Hierdie organisasie is verantwoordelik vir die ontwikkeling van die paadestelsel in die Oxford-omgewing. Die webwerf bevat talle kaarte en ritadvies.
  • Oxford-fietsryklub. Die plaaslike fietsklub onderhou kaarte en organiseer ritte soos die Double Decker Spring Ride en die Clear Creek Challenge.

Sien

Oxford is 'n historiese stad wat die beste te voet gesien kan word. Begin met die antebellum-geboue op die kampus, die Courthouse Square en Rowan Oak. Geniet die stad en ontmoet 'n paar inwoners terwyl u besig is!

  • Die historiese hof in Oxford - Geleë in die hartjie van die stad, die plein. Dit is in 1864 deur federale troepe verbrand en is herbou na die oorlog en is volgens plan 'n uitgebreide herstelwerk. Besoekers mag op hul eie deur die gebou blaai. Die hofsaal bo is 'n stap terug in die tyd.
Lafayette Courthouse tydens Double Decker Festival
  • 1 Rowan Oak, ☏ 1 662 234-3284. Ou Taylorweg. Die tuiste van die skrywer William Faulkner wat die Nobelprys bekroon het. Hierdie historiese huis en terrein is slegs 'n paar blokke van die plein af geleë. Faulkner het selfs 'n deel van 'n roman aan die muur van sy slaapkamer geskryf, wat later tydens 'n opknapping ontdek is. Staptoere beskikbaar. Gratis toegang op Woensdae, $ 5 op ander weeksdae (donasies word altyd aanvaar). Toegang tot die terrein is gratis, oop tot sononder. Rowan Oak (Q7371803) on Wikidata Rowan Oak on Wikipedia 
Rowan Oak, die tuiste van William Faulkner
  • Oxford Begraafplaas, Hier is bekendes begrawe soos William Faulkner en LQC Lamar, konfederale ambassadeur in Rusland, en Mississippi se enigste Amerikaanse hooggeregshofregter. Volgens die tradisie moet besoekers aan die graf van Faulkner 'n viskie whisky agterlaat, hoewel hy dit verkies.
  • The Grove, op die kampus van die Universiteit van Mississippi. Gedurende die vroeë lente lyk dit na 'n mooi versorgde park, maar gedurende die sokkerseisoen word dit die mees gerespekteerde lokaal in die hele sokker. Sports Illustrated noem die groentesak in die Grove, 'n groen oppervlakte van baie akker in die hartjie van die Ole Miss-kampus, as een van Amerika se voorste kollege-geleenthede, en plaas dit nommer 3 op 'n lys van 100 dinge wat jy moet doen voordat jy studeer. Bring u "verversings" en u beste Sondag. Kyk na die "Cope" -afdeling hieronder vir 'n belangrike reël tydens die agterkop.
  • Southside Gallery, 150 Geregshuisplein (op die plein), ☏ 1 662 234-9090. 'N Intieme versameling veranderende kunswerke in die hartjie van Oxford, The Square. Gratis toegang. Dit is 'n lekker stop as u bedags op die plein blaai of as u snags op 'n tafel wag. 
  • 2 Universiteitsmuseum, 5de & Universiteitslaan, ☏ 1 662 915-7073. Di-Sa 09:30 - 16:30, So 13-16, sluit die meeste universiteitsvakansies. Dit bevat Griekse en Romeinse oudhede, 19de-eeuse wetenskaplike instrumente, die Theora Hamblett-versameling, 'n groeiende Suid-Afrikaanse volkskunsversameling en ander tydelike uitstallings. Daar is 'n onverharde natuurroete wat vanaf die museumparkeerterrein na Rowan Oak (die huis van Faulkner) lei. Dit is 'n maklike wandeling wat u 'n blik gee op 'n ou groeiende Mississippi-bos, en u sal ook 'n idee gee van die oerwoud wat die eerste setlaars hier moes skoonmaak om hul plantasies te kon bou. University of Mississippi Museum (Q7895820) on Wikidata University of Mississippi Museum on Wikipedia 
  • Ole Miss Blues Archives, Universiteit van Mississippi-kampus, 1 662 915-7753. Die wêreld se mees uitgebreide versameling blues-opnames en verwante materiaal. As jy 'n blues-entoesias is, is dit 'n moet-sien. B.B. King het 'n live album opgeneem (Woon by Ole Mej) in die Grove.
  • Die Lyceum, Die eerste gebou op die Ole Miss-kampus. Word gesien as 'n simbool van die Universiteit. Gebruik as 'n Gekonfedereerde hospitaal tydens die burgeroorlog. Die voorste kolomme bevat koeëlgate uit die integrasie van James Meredith. Stop by die Kanselier se kantoor op die eerste verdieping en iemand sal u graag 'n rondleiding deur die pragtige gebou gee. Selfs die vriendelike kanselier ontmoet graag besoekers.
Die Lyceum
  • Ventress Hall, 'n 19de-eeuse Victoriaanse gebou aan die rand van The Grove. Oorspronklik gebruik as 'n biblioteek, nou die tuiste van die College of Liberal Arts. Binne is 'n groot glas-in-lood venster wat 'n gevegstoneel uit The War uitbeeld (tensy anders vermeld, beteken 'die oorlog' in die diep Suide die een wat tussen 1861 en 1865 plaasvind). Die venster is in opdrag van die Delta Gamma Sorority van die Tiffany Glass Company ter ere van die University Grays, 'n maatskappy wat bestaan ​​uit Ole Miss-studente wat 100 persent gesneuwel het in die slag by Gettysburg. Die rewolwer bevat 'n kronkelende trap gevul met graffiti ouer as 100 jaar oud. Volgens die legende het William Faulkner bedwelm geraak, tot bo-op die rewolwer geklim en 'Hotty Toddy' begin skree - die skool se nie-amptelike gejuig. Dit is egter waarskynlik net 'n legende, maar 'n baie goeie een. 'N Personeellid binne wil u graag 'n kort toer gee.
  • 3 Sentrum vir die Studie van Suidelike Kultuur (Barnard-sterrewag). Nog 'n antebellum-gebou op die kampus wat gebou is om die grootste teleskoop ter wêreld te huisves. Daar word algemeen geglo onder plaaslike inwoners dat die teleskoop tydens die oorlog versend is toe dit deur Yankee-troepe gevange geneem is en na die Noordwes-Universiteit gestuur is. Dit is egter waarskynliker dat die Universiteit na die begin van die oorlog nie meer sou kon bekostig om die teleskoop te betaal nie, en Northwestern dit eerder gekoop het. Die gebou is nooit as sterrewag gebruik nie en is nou die tuiste van die Centre for the Study of Southern Culture en bied klein uitstallings aan. Center for the Study of Southern Culture (Q5059969) on Wikidata Center for the Study of Southern Culture on Wikipedia (Oktober 2020 opgedateer)
  • Gekonfedereerde begraafplaas. agter Tad Smith Coliseum op die Ole Miss-kampus. Dit is die rusplek van meer as 700 Gekonfedereerde dood, meestal uit die Slag van Silo. Universiteitsgeboue is tussen 1862 en 1865 as hospitale en hoofkwartiere van sowel die Unie- as die Konfederale magte gebruik. Almal wat hier begrawe is, het op die terrein van die Universiteit omgekom. Alhoewel baie name bekend is (dit is op 'n monument in die middel van die begraafplaas geëtste), is die meeste hier begrawe onbekende soldate. Unie-dooies is vroeër ook hier begrawe, maar het lank gelede na 'n nasionale begraafplaas verhuis. Dit is een van die minder bekende webwerwe van Oxford en Ole Miss, en dit is 'n besienswaardigheid vir burgeroorloë. (Oktober 2020 opgedateer)
  • UM Departement Argiewe en Spesiale Versamelings. 'N Moet vir enige Faulkner-affinisado. Dit is in die J.D. Williams-biblioteek, en huisves meer as 300 manuskripversamelings, die William Faulkner-versameling, Universiteitsargiefversamelings, Mississippi-staatsdokumente, en in die Mississippi-versameling meer as 20.000 volumes Mississippiana. Gou verhuis na die mooi gerestoureerde en historiese Bryant Hall. 

Doen

Oxford het 'n gereelde draai van opvallende sprekers, kunsuitstallings, toneelstukke, musiekproduksies, konferensies en konserte in die Grove. Die Ford-sentrum het 'n gereelde omwenteling van 'n verskeidenheid uitvoerende kunste. Die Lott-leierskapsinstituut borg bekende sprekers, soos regters van die Hooggeregshof, senatore en koninklikes. Vorige sprekers sluit in John McCain, Antonin Scalia en die koning van Jordanië. Die Ole Miss gebeurteniskalender het 'n lys van die mees opkomende geleenthede. Die grootste gebeurtenis van die jaar, behalwe sokkerwedstryde, is die Double Decker Kuns- en Musiekfees. 'N Gunsteling van baie is die weekblad Thacker Mountain Radioprogram, waar areamusici voor 'n lewendige gehoor optree. As kultuur nie u ding is nie, is daar verskeie gholfbane, die groot Sardis-reservoir, 'n paar staatsparke en ontspanningsareas, en selfs 'n paar dag-spa's.

  • Gertrude C. Ford Sentrum vir Uitvoerende Kunste, 100 Universiteit Ave, ☏ 1 662 915-2787. 'N Uitvoerende kunssentrum met 'n reeks optredes van klassieke en gewilde kunstenaars, bekende sprekers en teatervoorstellings. Die terrein bevat ook 'n gedenkroostuin en 'n kleiner beeldhouwerk. 
  • Die Thacker Mountain-radioprogram. 'N Weeklikse regstreekse uitsending wat in Oxford se Off-Square Books plaasvind. Deel Austin City Limits, deel Prairie Home Companion, hierdie eklektiese show is die perfekte weergawe van die down-home-hip karakter van Oxford. Die radio-program bevat elke week die Thacker Mountain-groep en ander bekende skrywers wat hul nuutste werk voorlees en onderteken. Lok 'n skare besoekers sowel as plaaslike inwoners. Heerlike voor-ete of voor-happy hour-vermaak. 
  • Big Truck-teater, Taylor, MS. Hierdie variëteitskou is soort van Austin City Limits ontmoet Taylor Grocery. Vroeg in die nag gaan individuele kunstenaars op die verhoog. Later kom daar 'n groep uit tien stukke wat die plek oplewer. U kan dit langs Taylor Arts vind, net onder Taylor Grocery.
  • Grand Oaks, 1603 Grand Oaks Boulevard (by die Country Club van Oxford), ☏ 1 662 236-3008. Geniet die pragtige buitelug terwyl u hierdie gholfbaan van 18 putjies speel. Dit word tans deur 'n Fazio-ontwerpte baan omvattend opgeknap. 
  • Universiteit se gholfklub, College Hill Rd.-147 CR 1056, ☏ 1 662 234-4816. Die Universiteit se gholfklub word in stand gehou deur die Departement Landskapdienste aan die Universiteit. Die baan is 'n 18-putjie, par 72 gholfbaan en 'n dryfbaan. 
  • Malco se Oxford Studio Cinema, 1111 Jackson Ave W., ☏ 1 662 236-3000. Hierdie rolprentteater het sitplek vir skommelstoelstadions en is die gasheer vir die jaarlikse Oxford-filmfees in Februarie. 
  • Mallard Pointe-gholfbaan, 3037 State Park Road, Sardis, ☏ 1 662 487-2400, tolvry: 1-888-TEE-MISS (833-6477). 'N Publieke gholfbaan met 18 putjies net buite Oxford in die pragtige John Kyle State Park. Dit word deur verskeie gholfpublikasies as een van die groot openbare bane beskou. Vir Ole Miss-studente M-Th is dit minder as $ 17 ingesluit. Vir besoekers in die naweek kos dit ongeveer $ 45. 
  • 1 John W. Kyle State Park, 4235 State Park Road, Sardis, ☏ 1 662 487-1345. Daar is 20 hutte met lugversorging, ingerig met basiese kombuistoerusting en bed- en badlinne. Al die hutte is naby die water, het kaggelplekke en bied slaapplek vir tot vier mense. Daar is 2 hutte op die Mallard Pointe-gholfbaan[dooie skakel]. Elk van hierdie hutte bestaan ​​uit 4 slaapkamers en is baie dieselfde as die ander hutte. Besprekings is nodig. John W. Kyle State Park (Q6262365) on Wikidata John W. Kyle State Park on Wikipedia 
  • 2 Puskus Lake Ontspanningsgebied, ☏ 1 662 236-6550. Ongeveer 10 km oos van Oxford op snelweg 30. Die Puskus Lake Recreation Area is 'n lieflike plek om die natuurskoon van die Holly Springs National Forest te geniet. Diegene wat op soek is na 'n alternatief vir oorvol, konkrete ontspanningsgebiede, sal hulle verheug oor die natuurskoon en rustige omgewing van Puskus Lake. Die afgeleë omgewing, gerieflik teenoor Oxford, bied 'n perfekte atmosfeer vir kampeer, visvang, stap en ontspan. Puskus Lake Recreation Area (Q49546908) on Wikidata 
  • Sardis Lake / Clear Creek, Sardis (8 myl noord op snelweg 314), ☏ 1 662 563-4531. Die Sardis Lake-gebied bied 'n wye verskeidenheid ontspanningsaktiwiteite, soos kampeer, visvang, vaar, ski, piekniek hou, en meer. Daar is 32 staanplekke beskikbaar met elektrisiteit, piekniektafels, roosters, wateraansluitings, ens. Kampeerterrein is die hele jaar oop. Besprekings moet vooraf gedoen word. 
  • Upper Sardis Wildlife Management Area (Lafayette County - vanaf die kruising van Hwy. 7 en Hwy. 30 by Oxford gaan 12 myl oos op Hwy. 30 om aan die regterkant te teken Hoofkwartier), ☏ 1 662 234-6125. Hierdie wildreservaat van 42 274 hektaar bied 'n natuurlike habitat vir baie spesies. Wild wat gejag word, is hert, duif, eend, kwartel, konyn, eekhoring, kalkoen en houtkraan. (Junie 2020 opgedateer)
  • 3 Wall Doxey State Park, 3946 Highway 7 South, Holly Springs (25 myl noord van Oxford), ☏ 1 662 252-4231, ✉. Bied 'n oorvloed van ontspanningsgeleenthede in die buitelug in 'n omgewing wat ryk is aan natuurskoon, rondom 'n meer van 60 akker. Daggebruik $ 4 per voertuig en $ 0,50 per persoon ouer as 6 mense. Wall Doxey State Park (Q7962594) on Wikidata Wall Doxey State Park on Wikipedia (Julie 2018 opgedateer)
  • [voorheen dooie skakel]Yoda Creek-gholfklub, 70 CR 259, Bruce (39 km suid van Oxford), ☏ 1 662-983-9632. Yoda Creek-gholfklub is semi-privaat en oop vir die publiek. Dit is mooi versorg te midde van hardehoutbome, golwende heuwels, baie water en pragtige huise en huise. Weekdag 18 gate $ 27 ingesluit wa. Naweke / vakansies 18 putjies $ 36 ingesluit wa. Bereik emmer balle vir $ 3. Yoda Creek-gholfklub bied verblyf op eiendom in die Cart Barn Inn @ Yoda Creek. 
  • The Lyric Theatre, 1006 Van Burenlaan, ☏ 1 662-234-5333. Die Lyric Theatre is in 1913 as 'n stille rolprentteater geopen. Na uitgebreide opknappings het die Lyric Oxford sy deure op die Oxford Square geopen en bied nou die Noord-Mississippi-streek 'n vooraanstaande lewendige musiek- en geleentheidslokaal. Die nabyheid van Oxford tot Memphis, New Orleans, St. Louis en Nashville maak dit 'n maklike stop vir toeriste musikante en bands. 

Belangrike spesiale geleenthede

  • Die Blues-simposium, op die Ole Miss-kampus, kontak Greg Johnson by 1 662 915-7753. Lees meer oor Mississippi en die blues. Geboorteplek van die musiek en die kunstenaars. Toegang is gratis.
  • Die Oxford Film Festival, ☏ 1 662 236-6429, faks: 1 662 236-6988, ✉. Hierdie vierdaagse jaarlikse filmfees wat in Februarie gehou word, bevat kortfilms en films deur plaaslike filmvervaardigers saam met hoëprofiel onafhanklike films. Oxford International Film Festival (Q7115382) on Wikidata Oxford International Film Festival on Wikipedia 
  • Oxford-konferensie vir die boek, ☏ 1 662 915-5993, faks: 1 662 915-5814, ✉. Kontak Ann Abadie. Sedert die inwyding in April 1993, word die boeke, skryf en lees gevier deur die konferensie; dit het ook praktiese bekommernisse behandel waarvan literêre kunste afhanklik is. Toegang is gratis. 
  • Die Double Decker Kunstefees, ☏ 1 662 234-4680, tolvry: 1-800-758-9177, ✉. Courthouse Square. 'N Daglange viering van musiek, kos en kuns op die historiese plein van Oxford. Meng met skilders, pottebakkers en houtwerkers. Voorbeeld van voorgeregte van Suid-sjefs. Geniet 'n eklektiese versnit van musiek, waaronder jazz, funk, blues en rock 'n 'roll. Toegang is gratis. 
  • Die vierde Julie-viering in Oxford, 'N Daglange gebeurtenis gevul met patriotiese toesprake, musiek, kos, kinderaktiwiteite en 'n parade van die Onafhanklikheidsdag. Die feesvieringe eindig met 'n gratis konsert in die Oxford University Stadium met die Oxford Community Band - gevolg deur 'n vuurwerkvertoning. Slaan vooraf die vermaak in die Grove oor, of ten minste piekniek ver van die verhoog af. Hulle laat almal wat dink dat hulle talent het, optree.
  • Jaarlikse Faulkner- en Yoknapatawpha-konferensie, ☏ 1 662 915-5993, faks: 1 662 915-5814, ✉. Kontak Ann Abadie. 'N Gewilde literêre geleentheid wat ses dae se lesings en besprekings deur geleerdes en dramatiese voorlesings uit die werke van William Faulkner insluit. Vier dit in Rowan Oak, eens die tuiste van die beroemde skrywer. 
  • [dooie skakel]Oxford's Town BBQ Throwdown, ☏ 1 662 232-2367. Kontak Kelly Houston. Kampioenskapspanne neem deel aan 'n Memphis Barbecue Network-sanksie. Amateurspanne ding met mekaar mee om vas te stel wie die beste ribbes gaarmaak. Meer as $ 20 000 kontant en pryse. 

Leer

Die Universiteit van Mississippi is 'n omvattende navorsingsuniversiteit en is die tuiste van 'n hoofstuk van die gesogte Phi Beta Kappa. Dit word gelys in Die Studentegids vir Amerika se 100 beste kollege-aankope en Die Studentegids vir Amerika se beste universiteitsbeurse. UM beklee die 50ste plek Kiplinger se persoonlike finansies tydskrif se lys met beste universiteitsaankope vir buitelandse onderrig en 46ste vir buitestandige onderrig. Ook in die stad is 'n tak van Noordwes Mississippi Community College[dooie skakel].

Werk

Verreweg die grootste werkgewer is die Universiteit van Mississippi, maar ander werkgewers sluit in FNC, Inc. ('n bankstelsel- en data- / analise-bestuursfirma) en baie plaaslike banke. Oxford is ook 'n streeksorgsentrum met voortdurend groeiende gesondheidsorgfasiliteite. U kan 'n verskeidenheid werksgeleenthede by die Baptist Memorial Hospital - Noord-Mississippi. Die gratis Daaglikse Mississippian en die daaglikse Oxford Arend het die gewenste advertensies opgedateer.

Koop

U sal 'n verskeidenheid plaaslike winkels in die middestad vind waar u ontwerpersklere, aardewerk van spesiaal vervaardigde produkte, kan koop Gail Pittman en McCartys van Merrigold, Mississippi, plaaslike kunswerke, plaaslike musiekalbums, en 'n verskeidenheid ander luukse ware. Die inkopietydskrif Gelukkig het Oxford as 'n klein dorpie met groot stadsinkopies. In die meeste winkels kan hul kliënte rekeningrekeninge hê, wat dit vir studente maklik maak om die rekening huis toe te stuur vir betaling.

  • Kampusboek Mart, 1111 Jacksonlaan-Wes (Binne die Oxford Mall), ☏ 1 662 234-5993, tolvry: 1-888-712-5081. Ole Miss klere, geskenke, bykomstighede en handboeke. Plaaslik bedryf. 
  • Glo, 1417 Universiteit Ave, ☏ 1 662 234-6266. Luukse pasgemaakte meubels en interieurontwerp. 
  • Hinton & Hinton, 135 Courthouse Square (op die plein), ☏ 1 662 234-0691. 'N Manswinkel met ontwerpersklere in die tradisionele styl en buiteklere. 
  • Landry's, 302 South Lamar Boulevard, ☏ 1 662 281-0846. Landry's is net buite die plein van Square Books op South Lamar geleë. Dit is 'n familiebesigheid wat fyn mansklere, bykomstighede dra en vriendelike diens het. 
  • Le Shea's, Courthouse Square 138 (op die Plein), 1 662 236-5741. Spesialiseer in kontemporêre vrouemode en bykomstighede. Le Shea's het 'n volledige verskeidenheid gemaklike drag, formele drag en Grove-klere. Le Shea's het sedert 1996 'n gunsteling geword onder mede-reisigers en reisigers van Ole Miss.
  • Lilly Pad, 128 Geregshuisplein (op die Plein), ☏ 1 662 238-2900. Broederskap, geselskap en ander persoonlike geskenke. Hulle bied ook Yankee-kerse, Vera Bradley-bagasie, afdeling 56-versamelstukke en nuwerwetse kralewerkjuwele aan. 
  • Plaaslike kleur, 1000 N Lamar Blvd., ☏ 1 662 234-9605. M-Sa 11: 00-18: 00. Hierdie winkel wat plaaslik besit word, bevat memorabilia van die kontrakultuur tot plaaslike kuns. Hierdie winkel in alternatiewe styl bevat baie items soos tapisserieë, frisbee-skyfgholwe, live albums, rookbykomstighede, t-hemde en hacksakke. 
  • Midtown Farmer's Market, ☏ 1 662 234-6447. Mei-Sep: Sa 07: 00-11: 00, W 14: 30-17: 30. Die mark is aan die noordekant van die Mid-Town Shopping Centre parkeerterrein aan die North Lamar Boulevard. Dit word beman en bestuur deur vrywilligers en is beperk tot boere, produsente en bakkers wat produkte produseer wat in Mississippi geproduseer word. 
  • Mississippi waansin, 141 Courthouse Square (op die Plein), 1 662 234-5280, 1-866-234-5280. Beskik oor 'n verskeidenheid kooktoebehore, ontwerper-aardewerk uit Mississippi en fynproewers wat deur Mississippi vervaardig word. Tel 'n paar op Klop-jy-naak margarita mengsel gemaak deur Fat Mama's Tamales in Natchez.
  • Mosterdsaad Antieke Emporium, 1737 Universiteit Ave, ☏ 1 662 281-8004. M-Sa 10: 00-17: 00. 'N Winkelsentrum met vele handelaars met antieke meubels, versamelstukke, dekoratiewe bykomstighede, oesjaarklere en juweliersware. In die Julie / Augustus 2007-uitgawe van die beste plek om antiek te vind in die staat Mississippi-tydskrif. 
  • Neilson's Department Store, 119 Geregshuisplein (op die Plein), ☏ 1 662 234-1161. Oudste deurlopende winkel in die suide en bied die nuutste in elke afdeling. U vind klere, skoene en bykomstighede vir die hele gesin, asook huishoudelike meubels en geskenke. Neilson's dra ook skoonheidsmiddels van Clinique en Estee Lauder. Beskik oor al die tipiese artikels in die winkel, maar spesialiseer in persoonlike diens. 
  • Oxford Floral Company, 1103 Jeffersonlaan, ☏ 1 662 234-2515. M-Sa 08: 00-17: 30. Antieke meubels en versamelstukke, silwergoed, bykomstighede, ongewone geskenke, fyn porselein, kristal en blommerangskikkings. In die Julie / Augustus 2007-uitgawe van die beste plek om 'n perfekte geskenk te vind Mississippi-tydskrif-. 
  • Oxford Tattoo Company, 1151 Frontage Rd, ☏ 1 662 281-8226. M-Sa 14: 00-11: 00. 'N Tatoo-ateljee met volledige persoonlike kunswerk op die hoek van S. Lamar Blvd. en Hwy 6. 
  • Rebel Jool, 2302 West Jackson Avenue (Binne die Goose Creek Mall), ☏ 1 662-234-JOOL (7247), tolvry: 1-877-281-REBS (7327). M-Sa 09: 00-19: 00 en so 13: 00-18: 00. Rebel Rags het 'n volledige verskeidenheid items wat streng aan Ole Miss-klere en persoonlike items gewy word. Klante kan enigiets koop, van Ole Miss-pette tot jeans tot t-hemde tot handtekening van sokkerballe tot boontjiesakke. Produklyne sluit in Tommy Hilfiger, Cutter & Buck, Adidas, Russell, Heritage Pewter, Champion, Gear, Soffee, Team Jeans, Little King en vele meer gewilde handelsmerke. 
  • Vierkantige boeke, 129 Courthouse Square (op die plein), ☏ 1 662 236-2828. Plaaslike boekwinkel wat aangewys is as die beste onafhanklike boekwinkel in die land. Die New Yorker het dit beskryf "so goed soos of beter as in New York." Gereelde ondertekenings deur vooraanstaande outeurs. Kyk in die omslag van u gunsteling boek, want dit kan onderteken word. Hulle werk ook Off Square Books, 'n afslagboekwinkel wat eintlik op die Plein is, maar in 'n aparte gebou. Daarbenewens het hulle 'n kinderboekwinkel wat ook afsonderlik op die Plein geleë is. 
  • Taylor Boeremark, Town Square Lane, woonbuurt Plein Air (van Hwy. 6, neem Old Taylor Road vir 8 myl, volg die borde. Van Hwy. 7, neem Hwy. 328 ongeveer 8 km, draai regs op Cutoff Road en volg die bordjies), ☏ 1 662-832-8727. Sa 09:00 tot 13:00. Taylor Farmers Market is 'n viering van plaaslike kos, kuns en lewendige musiek elke Saterdag van Junie tot Oktober, ongeveer 8 km van die middestad van Oxford af. Aangrensend aan die 2008 Southern Living Idea House en plaaslike winkels en restaurante, is die Taylor Farmers Market lekker vir die hele gesin, met genoeg skaduwee en groen ruimte om in 'n piekniekkombers te plunder. vry. 
  • Die Kaleidoskoop, 116 Courthouse Square (op die plein), ☏ 1 662-234-6722. M-F 10: 00-17: 30. Prettige, funky, modieuse klere en bykomstighede. Die enigste plek in Oxford om die handelsmerk Free People te vind. 
  • [dooie skakel]Terapie, 136 Geregshuisplein (op die Plein), ☏ 1 662 281-1197. Fyn skoene, skoonheidsmiddels, klere en bykomstighede. 
  • Universiteit se sportgoedere, 105 Geregshousplein (op die Plein), ☏ 1 662 234-1736. Die winkel is 'n moet vir Ole Miss-klere, hardloopskoene en t-hemde. University Sporting Goods doen ook skermdruk vir t-hemde. 
  • Village Tailor, 145 Geregshuis (op die plein), ☏ 1 662 234-8217, ✉. Ma-Sa 10: 00-17: 30. Klere en bykomstighede vir vroue. 

Eet

Oxford is geseënd met 'n wye verskeidenheid eetkeuses vir 'n dorp van slegs 20.000 (35.000 wanneer die skool aan die gang is). Die tuiste van die Southern Foodways Alliance[dooie skakel], Oxford het volgens die Food & Wine-skrywer, Pete Wells, in 'n "mekka .... wat professionele voedselkundiges sowel as amateur-eters aantrek" ontwikkel. Stadskruideniersware, 208, en Kloof word sterk aanbeveel vir luukse lekker etes. Vir meer gemaklike tariewe, kan u nie verkeerd gaan nie Boure of Ajax. Vir 'n ware Mississippi-ervaring, moet u by eet Taylor kruideniersware of Yocona River Inn.

Begroting

  • Abners Famous Chicken Tenders (2 blokke van die plein af). Groot hoendertenders. Sport-memorabilia van muur tot muur. Groot soet tee. Dit het nou ontwikkel tot 'n klein ketting met plekke in die hele Mississippi en die Memphis-omgewing. Dit is die oorspronklike Abners en is begin deur die voormalige Ole Miss-sokkerspeler, Abner White. Heerlik vir 'n vinnige middagete. 
  • Bottelboom bakkery Soggens 'n sonderlinge koffie- en gebakwinkel. 'N Toebroodjie plek in die middag. Die hele stad is bekend vir hul wonderlike brood, muffins en gebak. Is te sien in die Food Network en Oprah, wat lief is vir hul appeltert.
  • B's Hickory Smoked Bar-B-Q, 825 College Hill Road (Sky Mart), ☏ 1 662 236-1562. Daagliks om 09:00 tot 22:00. Gerookte tenderloin, hoender, Cornish henne, kwartels, ribbetjies, varkhaas, beesbors, warm vlerkies, sye. Dit is 'n uitstekende plek om 'n braai op te tel om voor sokker- of bofbalwedstryde te speel, alhoewel u vooraf 'n groot bestelling moet plaas. Alhoewel dit binne die BP-vulstasie is, moet u dit nie mislei nie. Dit is 'n paar van die beste braai in die omgewing. Enige Q-oorskot word laataand teen 'n diep afslag verkoop. 
  • Handige Andy, 800 Noord Lamar Boulevard, ☏ 1 662 234-4621. M-F 06:30 - 20:30, Sa 07: 00-20: 30. Ons spesialiseer in goeie braaivleis, toebroodjies, ribbetjies en slaaie. Moenie die perske- en appelgebraaide pasteie mis nie! Een van die gewildste plekke in die stad. Die skare kom nie vir die atmosfeer nie, wat beslis nie lekker is nie, maar vir die lekker kos teen goedkoop pryse. Probeer die steak-toebroodjie, maar u kan nie verkeerd gaan met die groot braai nie (nog steeds hickory gerook as die beroemdste Memphis-plekke oorgeskakel het na gasrokers) of die hamburgers wat hulle 50 jaar gelede gemaak het. Die piesangpoeding is van die beste wat u ooit sal eet, en u kan die prys nie teen 97 sent per porsie verslaan nie. 
  • McAlister's Deli, 1515 Universiteitlaan, ☏ 1 662 234-1363. Goeie sop en broodjie winkel. Terwyl dit nou gegroei het tot 'n korporasie met vestigings in 18 state en groei, is Oxford die tuiste van die oorspronklike McAllister's Deli, wat steeds in 'n ou, omgeboude vulstasie in University Avenue geleë is. Tonele in die film Hart van Dixie is hier verfilm. Alles op die spyskaart is goed, maar die soet tee het hulle beroemd gemaak. Toebroodjies en ander kos minder as $ 10. 
  • Newks Express Kafee, 1309 Universiteitslaan, ☏ 1 662 513-5303. Die atmosfeer is baie luuks en hip. Uitsonderlike spyskaart met sop, slaaie, pizza en geroosterde toebroodjies. Besit deur dieselfde familie wat die heel eerste McAllister's Deli geopen het. 
  • Pizza Den, 499 Heritage Drive, ☏ 1 662 234-5537. M-F 11 AM-11PM, Sa Su 12:00-23PM. Pizza Den het na 'n nuwe plek verhuis en dieselfde menu gebruik as wat Pizza Bob gebruik om dit 'n gewilde eetplek te maak onder generasies Ole Miss-studente en inwoners van Oxford. Die restaurant word bestuur deur Pizza Bob se vyf kinders en dieselfde toerusting wat op die ou plek gebruik word, word op die nuwe plek geïmplementeer. Spyskaartitems sluit pizza, spaghetti en toebroodjies in. Die toebroodjies is nie van hierdie wêreld goed nie, en die stromboli is 'n plaaslike gunsteling. Die gewag vir u kos is berug lank, selfs al lyk dit nie of hulle besig is nie. 
  • Die ribbekas, 311 South Lamar, 1 662 238-2929, M-Sa 10: 00-11: 00, So 10: 00-15: 00. 'N Ribverbinding met 'n boonste restaurant en 'n onderste kroeg. Dit is die perfekte plek om 'n speletjie op een van hul tien televisies te speel. Die kos is heerlik en die koue bier hou die skare in. Die pret is in die kelder. Kyk uit vir die mooiste kelnerinne in die stad.
  • Uptown Koffie, 265 Noord Lamar Boulevard, ☏ 1 662 513-0905. Uptown, reg langs die plein, is die perfekte plek om vriende te ontmoet om 'n koppie joe te drink en te kuier. Hoëspoed internet beskikbaar. 
  • Tienda Y Taqueria, Universiteit Ave. (agter Oby's). Super-outentieke, vars Mexikaanse kookkuns teen laer pryse. Mexikaanse kos wat Mexikane eet.

Midde-reeks

  • Ajax Diner, 118 Courthouse Square (op die plein), 1 662 232-8880. Soul Food met 'n bietjie speserye in 'n funky atmosfeer. Mattie's Mom's Meatloaf is 'n plaaslike gunsteling. Fried Oyster Poboy word sterk aanbeveel. Uitstekende hoender en bolletjies sowel as groenteborde en gebraaide piekels. Was 'n gunsteling middagete vir Eli Manning tydens sy universiteitsdae. Uitverkies as Oxford se beste "middagete", "middagete" en "informele ete". Voorgeregte $ 8-15. Besprekings word nie aanvaar nie.
  • BBB (Groot slegte ontbyt), 719 Noord-Lamar Boulevard, ☏ 1 662 236-2666. Die beste ontbyt in die stad, 'n wonderlike, suidelike gesamentlike bedien op die perseel gerookte ontbytvleis, plaaslike eiers en kaas, varsgemaakte jellies en konfyt, en plaaslike gemaalde korrels. Probeer die Big Bad Breakfast-bord of geniet een van die ander geregte in die Suid-literêre streek. Oop vir ontbyt en middagete. Besprekings word nie aanvaar nie. 
  • Boure, 309 North Lamar Boulevard, ☏ 1 662 234-1968. A moderately-priced offshoot of City Grocery, featuring contemporary and traditional items. Try the French Dip. Entrees $10-20. 
  • Proud Larry's, 211 South Lamar Boulevard, ☏ 1 662 236-0050. M-Sa 11AM-10PM. Downtown. Hand tossed pizza, grill food, pasta specials, salads. When you step into Proud Larry's, you know instantly by the look of the building and the aroma of fresh bread that you have really found a unique place to dine. You can't beat their hand tossed pizza (the Mediterranean is exceptionally good), pasta dishes, salads, and burgers. Their spinach and artichoke dip is a must before every meal! By day, "Larry's" is a great place for a hot meal. By night, it becomes a true Oxford hotspot featuring great live music, including local and regional bands - such as North Mississippi All-Stars - as well as occasional surprises such as Elvis Costello. 
  • Taylor Grocery (Taylor Grocery), 4 County Road 338, Taylor (8 miles south of Oxford), ☏ 1 662 236-6363, ✉. This may well be die best catfish place in the world. Rustic atmosphere in a historic former grocery in the arts community of Taylor, about 10 minutes south of Oxford. Menu includes steaks, pork, and chicken, but well known for its fried catfish. Live bluegrass and blues. Brown Bag (bring your own alcohol) is a must. Be prepared to wait for at least 30 minutes to an hour, but it's well worth it. Locals bring their own drinks and tailgate outside on the front porch. An art gallery is close by, as well as sculptor's and potter's shops, which you can browse while waiting for your table. Down the road is Taylor Creek Farm, where you can find fresh flowers, herbs and eggs, and they welcome folks to tour the gardens during the summer. Just steps away Big Truck Theater hosts Mississippi-rooted music, and they will notify you when your table at Taylor is ready. You are encouraged to brown bag there as well. It is customary to sign the Taylor Grocery guest book as well as the walls, so bring your Sharpie. Such notable signatures on the walls of Taylor Grocery include Archie, Eli, and Peyton Manning, Deuce McAllister, Barbara Walters, Jimmy Buffet, Elvis (though no confirmation on authenticity), and a number of literary greats. Head south on Old Taylor Road for about 8 miles. When you think you are lost, the road will end, and you'll see the place. Featured in Southern Living and many other publications. Open Th-Su from 5PM until they decide to close. No reservations, and they frequently quit taking names by 7PM on the Friday of football weekends. 

Splurge

  • 208, Some of the best food in town. Hip, chic atmosphere. Can't go wrong with anything on the menu. Carolina Crabcakes, Wasabi Tuna over Stir fry, She-crab Soup, and the oysters are great. Reservations a must on Fridays of football weekends. Entrees $20-30.
  • City Grocery, 152 Courthouse Square (on the square), 1 662 232-8080. Upscale dining in the New Orleans tradition. Good wine list. Famous for their "shrimp & grits." Probably the most well-known restaurant in Oxford. Chef John Currence was nominated for the prestigious James Beard award, the highest national award a chef can receive. Entrees $20-30. Reservations not available home football weekends, seat upon arrival.
  • Prime: A Steakhouse, 1201 Jefferson Ave, ☏ 1 662 238-7750. Upscale dining steakhouse located within the Downtown Oxford Inn & Suites. One of the newest additions to Oxford's menu, serving steak, fish, soups and more. Completely renovated dining area offers a relaxed bar atmosphere as well. Entrees $20-30. Reservations available, and will be a must on ballgame weekends. 
  • Ravine, 53 County Road, ☏ 1 662 234-4555. Outside the typical loop of the Square, this restaurant has an ever-changing menu using local products, set out in the country in a bed and breakfast. A five minute drive from town in a log cabin off of South Lamar, serene setting and excellent food. Menu is Southern with many contemporary twists, such as rack of lamb and seared duck breast. Local produce and goods are used when available. W-Su for dinner, as well as Sunday brunch. Reservations as well as walk-ins accepted. 
  • Yocona River Inn, 04 Business 7 South, Abbeville, ☏ 1 662 234-2464. Impressive menu which changes weekly. Check the website to find out what is being served any given week. There are a few mainstays which includes their famous Yocona Fillet. It's Brown Bag (BYOB), so bring along a bottle of wine or liquor. Located in an old home 15 minutes from Oxford on Hwy 334, (take the South exit from Hwy 6). Like Taylor Grocery, diners tailgate on the porch while waiting for a table. No reservations, and they frequently quit taking names by 7PM on the Friday of football weekends. Entrees $10-32. 

Drink

Cold beer is not sold in Oxford, except for bars and restaurants. Either purchase your cold beer at the county line on Hwy 6 or Hwy 7 as you are coming into town, or ice it down. An often told myth is that Oxford does not sell beer cold because the mayor once owned the local icehouse. Open containers are also not allowed in the city limits, but as long as you pour it in a cup, you are fine. If a cop sees a beer can or liquor bottle, he will pour out all of your supply. However, if you have it in a cup, you will not be bothered unless you are extremely unruly. This especially applies to the Ole Miss campus and The Grove. Just keep it in a cup and pour discreetly. Due to antiquated Southern laws, the Ole Miss campus is wet on liquor only (no beer allowed), except east of Gertrude Ford Boulevard (the old railroad bed), where both liquor and beer are allowed. In any case, alcohol is not allowed in plain view and must be kept in a cup.

Remember, bars in Oxford close early. Monday-Wednesday they close at midnight. Thursday and Friday they close at 1AM. They close at midnight on Saturdays except on game weekends, when they are open till 1AM. Still, most bar goers don't go home and go to bed but instead head to the infamous "late-nights," parties at someone's home or apartment. Despite police efforts to crack down on late-nights, they are still going strong, sometimes numbering into the thousands of partiers. Word spreads about the location of late-nights earlier in the night at the bars. Be sure to secure your beer or liquor for the late-night before you go out, because they will have stopped selling by the time the bars have closed (midnight most days, Sunday it's a "dry" city).

The Chevron at University and South Lamar, called "Chicken-on-a-Stick" because of the drunk food it serves by the same name, is a very popular stopping point between the bars and the late-nights and has achieved legendary status. Several other convenience stores carry the same food minus the tradition. If you are too drunk to drive and have no other way home, you can almost always find a ride at Chicken-on-a-Stick (the Chevron) just after the bars close.

The City Grocery Bar, or "The Grocery," is located above its namesake restaurant and tends to attract a mix between locals, writers, lawyers, and older college students. The Downtown Grill also has a great upscale bar popular with preppy students and the older crowd alike. "The Grill," as it is commonly referred to, frequently features live jazz and other types of music.

If you prefer a more casual place, you can't beat Parrish's. Located just down from The Grill, it features great local bands and many blues artists from the region. Never a cover charge and the friendliest bouncers ever - not that they can't or won't still turn a drunken frat boy into a human shoe horn.

The bar in the basement of the Rib Cage has cheap beer and is a good place to watch a game.

The eclectic crowd prefers The Jubilee Lounge, which is the most democratic establishment in Oxford. Be sure to check out their photobooth. Another alternative place is Two Stick, but it attracts a wide variety of people from the Greeks to the womens studies majors, perhaps because it also serves sushi and often has live music.

The best place to hear live music is either Proud Larry's, Two Stick, or Parrish's, which all have local and regional artists frequently.

The Levee is also 18-and-up, is the young preppy students. 1008 Jackson Avenue, 1 662 236-3666, just off the Square next to Henry's Jubilee Lounge. Musicians be warned, the crowd is not there to listen to you.

There is one other bar that is popular with the 18-21 crowd--Illusions, which is frequently referred to by its former names Nighttown or The Billiards Club. Pick up a free copy of the Daily Mississippian or the weekly Local Voice for drink specials and band listings.

  • The Library Sports Bar, known as the "Sports Bar", is an addition to the Library Bar & Grill and fills the void of a true sports bar on the Oxford Square. At the corner of 11th Street and Van Buren - just down from the original Library Bar & Grill. The Library attracts a younger crowd as it is 18-and-up.120 South 11th Street, 1 662 234-1411. It l features talented local bands and entertainment at night. During the day, you can stop by and say hi to Johnny "D" to have lunch and a drink.
  • Murff's is a great pool joint. Southern Rock, Country, and impossibly cold beer will remind exactly what part of the country this is. Located at 1210 Harrison Avenue, 1 662 234-7558. Just Off the Square, Murff's is a local bar and grill offering a full bar service and good bar food. It's the best place in town for a game of pool. Guests must be 21 to enter the bar.
  • Toddy's A 21 & up bar located underneath The Levee in the 10th Street alley (look for the red awning). Toddy's offers food, a variety of specialty drinks, infused vodka and infused bourbon, the newly introduced Mississippi-brewed Lazy Magnolia draught beers and two plasma screen TV's.

Sleep

While Oxford has no luxury hotels yet, two boutique hotels are under construction just off the Square. One, (The Ava, under construction just off the Square on Jackson Ave., next to the pedestrian/bike bridge) will feature a spa and fine dining. Until they are built, the closest you will get to luxury is to stay at a bed and breakfast. Oxford has a large number of hotel rooms for a town of its size. However, if you are coming for a game weekend, nearly all the rooms are presold as a package deal for the season. Occasional rooms do open up though, but chances are slim. The next closest town with motels is Bruce (24 miles) Batesville (25 miles) to the west, Holly Springs (30 miles) to the north, Pontotoc (20 miles) to the east, Grenada (40 miles) to the south, and Senatobia (40 miles) to the northeast. Many visitors choose to stay in downtown Memphis in order to experience Beale Street and only come in for the game, or they stay in Tunica at a casino. However, it can be very difficult to get in, out, or around Oxford on Game Day. A viable option is to rent an RV in Memphis and stay on campus for free. You can park your RV and walk wherever you need to go the whole weekend. If you are staying in Oxford, the Downtown Inn and Suites en die Inn at Ole Miss are the most highly recommended because of the quality of the rooms, the services, and the great locations.

Bed & Breakfast

  • Blue Creek Cabin Bed and Breakfast, 535 Hwy 30 East, ☏ 1 662 238-2897. Provides a unique experience that combines a rustic 1800s log cabin with the charm and detail level that you expect today. The casual and friendly atmosphere will make you feel right at home. About 10 miles from Oxford. 
  • Burrows Bed & Breakfast, 40 County Road, ☏ 1 662 236-3913. About 15 miles SE of Downtown Oxford, just north of US 278. The Burrows is a one-of-a-kind property, offering an eco-friendly, earth-sheltered architecture, luxurious in-room accommodations including whirlpool tubs, and a full southern breakfast. Amenities include a long porch with rocking chairs and a swing in addition to a pool table indoors. It is a great place for a relaxing getaway, and an excellent close-to-Oxford location to catch an Ole Miss football game. 
  • Cart Barn Inn @ Yoda Creek, 07 CR 256, Bruce, ☏ 1 662-983-7829, ✉. A luxury inn 20 minutes south of Oxford in Bruce on the Yoda Creek Golf Club property. Amenities include hot Southern breakfast, luxurious spacious bedrooms with private bath, flat screen satellite tv, high speed internet,plush linens, mini fridge, microwave, bottled water, large porch w/grill and firepits, swings, table and chairs, courtyard and gazebo overlooking Yoda Creek Golf Course, swimming pool. 
  • [dooie skakel]Colonel's Quarters, 20 County Road, ☏ 1 662 236-9601. Nestled in the rolling foothills of North Mississippi, The Colonel's Quarters Bed & Breakfast is 5 miles outside of Oxford. The Colonel's Quarters includes spacious bedrooms with private bath, poolside gazebo & grill, high speed Internet, a large, rose bordered outdoor courtyard, wrap-around porch with beautiful view and a continental breakfast. 
  • [dooie skakel]The Empty Nest Bed And Breakfast, 81 County Road, ☏ 1 662-801-9369, ✉. Close to Oxford, is a quaint cottage in the country. Horses, porches,shade trees, and peace & quiet abound on the quintessential country lane known as Camp Hopewell Road. Accommodations include two bedrooms, 1 Bath with a private entrance and a pool. Just 7 miles from downtown Oxford, the Empty Nest is about a 10 minute drive from the Oxford Square. 
  • Puddin' Place, 1008 University Avenue, ☏ 1 662 234-1250. This historic home features antiques and interesting mementos. They offer two rooms and serve a gourmet breakfast. Walking distance to the Square and Campus. 
  • Ravine, 53 County Road, ☏ 1 662 234-4555. A unique log home with three rooms, all with private baths. Guests will enjoy the outdoor pool, hot tub, and gazebo. Situated on two beautiful acres, the bed and breakfast has a sixty seat full restaurant which serves culinary delights by Chef and Proprietor Joel Miller. If you want to have a drink, then brown bagging is recommended. 
  • The 5 Twelve (formerly known as the Oliver-Britt House Inn and Tea Room), 512 Van Buren Avenue, ☏ 1 662 234-8043. Circa 1905, but with a modern feel. Beautiful Greek Revival architecture and elegant antiques make this a place you're sure to want to visit. Five rooms are offered with private baths and a Southern breakfast is served. Walking distance to the Square and campus. The house also holds wedding receptions and other parties. 

Cabins & cottages

  • Blue Creek Cabin, 535 Highway 30 East, ☏ 1 662 238-2897. Nestled on 50 acres, Blue Creek Cabin is a unique bed & breakfast located in an authentic 1800s log cabin. Guests enjoy relaxing in front of the fireplace, luxurating in the handmade copper bathtub or savoring a full southern breakfast al fresco on the wrap-around porch. 
  • Hightower Properties of Oxford, LLC, 815 Maplewood Drive, ☏ 1 662 801-6692. A variety of condos, townhouses, and private residences for short-term (2 days to 2 months) rentals. Football and other special event weekends, plus many available year-round. 
  • John W. Kyle State Park, 4235 State Park Road, Sardis, ☏ 1 662 487-1345. 20 air-conditioned cabins, furnished with basic kitchen equipment and bed and bath linens. All of the cabins are located near the water, have fire places and accommodate up to four people. Additionally, 2 cabins are located on the Mallard Pointe Golf Course[dooie skakel]. Each of these cabins consist of 4 bedrooms and equipped much the same as the other cabins. Reservations are required. 
  • Wall Doxey State Park, 3946 Highway 7 South, Holly Springs, MS (25 miles north of Oxford), ☏ 1 662 252-4231. Features nine air-conditioned cabins offering forest or lake views. Accommodating four to seven persons, cabins are equipped with bed and bath linens and feature screened porches and fireplaces. Reservations are strongly recommended. 

Motels / Hotels

  • Comfort Inn Oxford, 1808 Jackson Ave W, ☏ 1 662 234-6000, faks: 1 662 281-0101. This hotel offers 49 rooms with one king or two queen sized beds. The one-room suites are equipped with hair dryers, coffee units, sofa beds, a large desk, and a seating area. A spacious executive suite offers an in-room jacuzzi. All rooms include microwaves, refrigerators, irons and ironing boards, and data port telephones. 
  • Days Inn, 1101 Frontage Rd, ☏ 1 662 234-9500, 1 662 513-4580, faks: 1 662 234-9330. Rooms here include a coffee maker and hair dryer. There is an outdoor pool and conference/meeting facilities. Close to both the campus and the Square. 
  • [dooie skakel]Downtown Oxford Inn & Suites, 400 N Lamar Blvd, ☏ 1 662 234-3031. Located within walking distance of the Courthouse Square. The hotel is equipped with a restaurant, lounge, meeting facility, and outdoor pool. It is one of the best moderately-priced places to stay because of its great location. Consider this and the Inn at Ole Miss first. 
  • Hampton Inn, 110 Heritage Dr, ☏ 1 662 232-2442. Clean fresh comfortable rooms standard with coffee maker, iron and ironing board, data port and complimentary in-room movie channel. Enjoy complimentary local calls and no surcharge for using a calling card. Guests also enjoy the following complimentary items: hot breakfast or takeout breakfast bags (M-F), high speed internet access in every room, Wi-Fi in the lobby, meeting rooms and public areas, coffee and tea in the lobby 24 hours a day, and USA Today copies M-F. Hampton also offers a 24-hour front desk, message and fax service. One of the newest and nicest moderately-priced hotels. 
  • Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, 112 Heritage Dr, ☏ 1 662 236-2500, tolvry: 1-866 270-5110, faks: 1 662 236-7987. Hotel offers 67 rooms including 34 suites. A deluxe continental breakfast, guest laundry, and a fitness center available. Rooms include 2 two-line telephones, voice mail, data ports, coffee maker, iron and ironing board, hair dryer, work desk, and ceiling fan. The suites also include microwaves, refrigerators, wet bar, and sleeper sofa. A newer hotel and one of the better in Oxford. 
  • Inn at Ole Miss, Alumni Dr (Ole Miss Campus), ☏ 1 662 234-2331, tolvry: 1-888-486-7666. The Inn at Ole Miss is on the Ole Miss campus right across from the beautiful Ole Miss Grove. 91 rooms and two suites are available. A free continental breakfast, outdoor pool, and conference facilities are offered. A new all-suite tower is under construction. If you can get a room here, this is the best place to stay in town because of the value and location. 
  • Ole Miss Motel, 1517 University Ave, ☏ 1 662 234-2424. If you are having an affair, this would be the place to meet your mistress. In fact, this motel was featured in the early 1990s comedy flick The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag as the scene of an affair and murder. Despite its limited services, it has a good location close to the Square and offers the nostalgia of a Route 66 motor inn. However, word may spread in church that your vehicle was seen in the parking lot, causing severe damage to your reputation. 
  • Super 8 Motel, 2201 Jackson Ave W, ☏ 1 662 234-7013. 114-room hotel on Jackson Ave. close to Wal-Mart. Guest rooms and amenities include clock/radio, coffeemaker, iron and ironing board, hairdryer, and 25 inch television with Direct TV, free local calls, super start breakfast. Jacuzzi rooms, Executive 2-room suites, and microwaves/refrigerators available. 

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Oxford is a very safe town, with the court dockets mostly full of minors-in-possession, public drunks, and DUIs. Oxford Police are always nearby and allow little slack for disruptive behavior. The town is safe to walk at any time of night, with only the most basic precautions necessary.

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Game Day

Homecoming 2012 - Ole Miss vs. Auburn

Oxford is very crowded on football game days. Football is a religion here, and fall Saturdays are the sabbath. Therefore, expect heavy traffic, hotels that fill months in advance, and no available reservations at restaurants. The Grove opens for tailgating at 6PM Friday night, but the crowds can overwhelm security as early as 4PM Friday night, and all the good spots in the Grove will be gone by 8PM. Most tailgating is concentrated in the Grove, but it takes place everywhere on campus. The Circle, next to the Grove, has more of a family atmosphere. Officially, liquor but not beer is allowed in the Grove, but all alcohol must be kept in a cup and out of plain view.

The Grove - Ole Miss vs. Texas - 9/15/2012
  • Alcohol Policy. The university policy on alcohol is very complicated and enforcement of it is even more so. Liquor is legal on all the campus and beer on the part of campus east of Gertrude Ford Boulevard. However, all alcohol must remain out of plain view at all times. Keep it in a cup or in your cooler. While beer is illegal in the Grove, the police will not confiscate it if you keep it in a cup. Police are allowed to search unattended coolers, so keep it at a tent that is attended at all times or put a lock on it. Bottom line: keep your alcohol out of plain view and under your control, keep your behavior in check, and you won't be bothered by the police. And don't even think about drinking and driving.
  • Vaught-Hemingway Stadium Where the three-time national champion Ole Miss Rebels play football. For online ticket sales and a seating chart, visit the Ole Miss Ticket Office. The stadium is officially alcohol-free, but many fans sneak in a flask, and drinking in the club levels and suites is completely ignored. Expect extensive body searches at the visitor and student gates. If you enjoy being molested by a security guard of the same sex, you're in heaven. At the other gates, security generally just looks inside purses and bags.
  • Game Day Info from the University. Including tailgating and stadium rules, traffic info, and parking info.
  • RV information. The university provides free gravel RV lots at the Old Taylor Road and the Coliseum Drive exits off of the Hwy 6 bypass. Overflow RV parking is available at the intramural fields, accessed by the Coliseum Drive exit (turn left at the four-way stop). Paved lots with hookups including cable TV are available, but they must be purchased for the whole season. The University officially does not allow RV parking before Friday afternoon, but in reality, they allow parking in the gravel lots days in advance. People are known to never move their RVs from one Saturday to the next. A private RV park with full amenities is available in town. Many choose to stay at the more spacious and scenic Sardis Lake, which offers a plethora of cheap RV parking with full hookups in a tree-shaded environment. It is located between Oxford and Batesville, 15 to 20 minutes from town.
  • RV information. Cart Barn Inn @ Yoda Creek has Rv parking. [email protected] ☏ 1 662-983-7829, 20 minutes south of Oxford down hwy 7 to hwy 9w to Bruce.

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If your weekend visit to Oxford necessitates a visit with the Deity, there are many local worship options. Some of these houses of worship have enough historic value to warrant a purely secular visit any day of the week. True to its Deep South locale, Oxford is replete with Baptist and Methodist churches, but other faiths are by no means left out in this cosmopolitan university town. Here is a very small sampling of Oxford's larger and historic religious buildings and bodies:

Baptist

  • Antioch Primitive Baptist Church, South 15th Street. Sunday services are at 10:30AM. This congretation was organized in 1836. The congregation has been meeting in the current building since 1949. 
  • First Baptist Church (SBC), 800 Van Buren Avenue, ☏ 1 662 234-3515. Sunday services are at 8:30AM, 9:45AM and 11AM. The congregation was founded in 1842 and the original church structure was burned by Union troops in 1864. Current site was obtained in 1881 and the current building was completed in 1952. 
  • Second Baptist Church (MBC), 611 Jackson Avenue, ☏ 1 662 234-7868. It was organized by former slaves in 1869. The roots of this faith community stretch back to Baptist and Methodist ex-slaves who built a brush arbor on the edge of the old Pegues Plantation near the current church structure immediately after emancipation. 

Catholic

  • St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church(Roman Catholic), 403 University Avenue, ☏ 1 662 234-6073. Catholic presence in Oxford dates back to antebellum times when small numbers of Catholic residents and students at the University relied on visiting priests for spiritual sustenance. St. John's was founded in the 1930s as a mission of Water Valley's St. Patrick's parish. The original church building (a simple neo-classical structure constructed in 1943) and its adjoining rectory/parish hall, played host to federal troops sent to quell the riots surrounding the integration of the University in 1962. These buildings were later declared structurally unsound and were razed in 2003 for the construction of a new church building on the same property. Masses are celebrated on Sundays at 8:30AM, 11AM and 5PM.

Episcopal

  • St. Peter's Episcopal Church(ECUS), 113 South 9th Street, ☏ 1 662 234-1269-. Organized in 1851, this was the original seat of the first Episcopal bishop of Mississippi, making this building the pro-cathedral (i.e. preliminary cathedral) for the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi. First resident pastor was Frederick A.P. Barnard, originally a faculty member at Ole Miss, eventually the university's chancellor and, later, president of Columbia University. The building was completed in 1860 and was the only religious structure within the town limits of Oxford to survive the burning of the town by Union troops in 1864. William Faulkner was a parishioner. Sunday services are at 7:45AM, 9AM, 11AM and 5:30PM. There is a Spanish language service at 7PM.

Methodist

  • Old Burns Church/Belfry Building, Original Building - West Jackson Avenue. Oxford's first African-American church, organized by former slaves in 1869 as Sewell Chapel, it was renamed Burns Methodist-Episcopal Church in 1900. An original wood frame structure was replaced in 1910 by the current brick building. The current congregation moved to a modern structure in 1973 on the corner of Molly Barr Road and Washington Avenue. After the congregation moved out, the 1910 building served for a time as an office for author John Grisham. Grisham donated the building for use as a Civil Rights museum. The congregation's current church building is located at 600 Molly Barr Road. Sunday worship service is at 11AM.
  • Oxford-University Methodist Church (UMC), University Avenue, ☏ 1 662 234-5278. Founded in 1836 as Oxford Methodist-Episcopal Church, the congregation was served by a circuit-riding minister who made regular stops in Oxford for services. The church's first building was on Van Buren Avenue and the congretation went through two more structures on Jackson Avenue before purchasing the current site in 1936. Services began at the current site in 1937 and the current brick sanctuary was completed in 1950. Famous parishioners have included Charles B. Galloway and L.Q.C. Lamar.

Presbyterian

  • College Hill Presbyterian Church (PCA), College Hill Road, ☏ 1 662 234-5020. The church was founded in 1835. The building, built using slave labor and bricks fired on the grounds, was completed in 1846. It is the oldest church building in the Oxford area. During the Civil War, the surrounding community of College Hill was invaded by Union General Sherman and his troops in 1862, who occupied the grounds of the church and used the church building for sleeping quarters. William Faulkner was married here in 1929. The original structure and furnishings remain remarkably unchanged. The pulpit, pews and pew gates are original to the structure. The only major structural changes to the original structure were: 1) the addition of a veneer of modern brick which covers the structure's original exterior bricks (though the original brickwork is still viewable at a view points on the east side of the church exterior where some of the modern bricks were purposefully left un-mortared and can be temporarily removed to "peek" at the original bricks beneath), 2) the modern addition of office space in the rear of the structure, and 3) the removal of the building's slave galley (a balcony reserved for slaves to sit in during church services). The exterior doors which once led to the galley, however, still remain, floating ominously above the main entrance to the church, sans stairs.
  • First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 924 Van Buren Avenue, {{phone| 1 662 234-1757}. The first Presbyterian congregation in the town of Oxford was organized in 1837 by early settlers of Scottish descent. The church's original 1847 wood frame building fell casualty to the flames of 1864 (when the courthouse, its square and other buildings and homes in town were burned by federal troops). The current building was built in 1881. Sunday worship services are at 8:30AM and 11AM.

Unitarian-Universalist

  • Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Oxford, 31 County Road 198, ☏ 1 662 513-0970. An intergenerational community that fosters spiritual growth through free thought and respect for personal beliefs. Visitors of all faiths and beliefs are welcome. Services are Sundays at 11AM, and children of all ages are welcome with childcare provided during the service (from 10:50AM -12:15PM.)

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  • Oxford Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3501 S Lamar Blvd, Worship service at 10AM. Visitors are welcome.

Gaan volgende

  • An excellent side trip, especially late at night after the bars close, is to Graceland Too. It is 30 miles north in Holly Springs. Students from the University have been known to visit this culturally-unique icon at all hours of the day (and night). Even if you are not an Elvis fan, the real entertainment is the proprietor Paul McLeod, who puts on quite a show. Just get to Holly Springs and any local can direct you to the fun. It is open 24 hours and the cost is only $5. After your third visit, you become a lifetime member and never have to pay again. You also get your picture taken while wearing Elvis' actual leather jacket.
  • Memphis-- The closest major city, known for Graceland, Beale Street, great music, and a revitalized downtown
  • Tunica-- The South's gambling mecca featuring a dozen large casino resorts
  • Tupelo--The birthplace of Elvis Presley
  • Clarksdale--The location of the famous Crossroads intersection of Highway 61 and 49 is known for its Delta blues and famous blues musicians
  • Natchez--The historic rivertown with the South's grandest collection of antebellum homes
Routes through Oxford
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