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Posted on 12/29/25 at 3:41 pm to
Posted by TygerLyfe
Member since May 2023
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Posted on 12/29/25 at 3:41 pm to
Poor Susan. Unfairly labeled 'lazy' for no reason at all.
Posted by BregmansWheelbarrow
Member since Mar 2020
3123 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 3:46 pm to
You’d be surprised. I’ve met people from all over the world in McComb and Natchez. Europeans, Australians, lots of Kiwis.
Posted by tigersbh
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2005
12591 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 3:47 pm to
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Mendenhall


Now you’re getting out in the sticks. My Dad was from Raleigh.
Posted by LSU Neil
Springfield
Member since Feb 2007
3421 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 3:52 pm to
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Better than an angry Karen


Or an angry Baby Tac?
Posted by chinhoyang
Member since Jun 2011
25673 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 3:57 pm to
I hate community tables. I do not want to sit with strangers. my friend took me to Theo's in Shreveport knowing it had community tables. So, who sits by us ... downtown schizo man with his b.o. and headphones. Told my friend not to greet him, so of course he ignored my request. When he does, the man goes into a ten minute mumbly, slobbering rant, expressing a unique view on many issues, including his dislike of the white man.

Posted by Cincinnati Tiigre
Cincinnati
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 12/29/25 at 4:20 pm to
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How bout the Round Table that was in Mendenhall and still present Walnut Hills in Vicksburg. Both go back decades.


There was also a Round Table in Columbia. 40 miles East of McComb on Hwy 98 but it closed sometime before Katrina.

Was like going back in time. Old black ladies would cook and serve the food and you would have a mix of nearly every social status breaking bread together.

ETA - looks like it remained open well past Katrina but burned in early 2015.
This post was edited on 12/29/25 at 5:12 pm
Posted by AlwysATgr
Member since Apr 2008
20212 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 4:24 pm to
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Lazy Susans


There's a road out toward the Lynyrd Skynyrd crash site called Lazy Heifer Lane. Would love to know it's back story.
Posted by cajunsax62
Member since Nov 2006
924 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 4:27 pm to
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They had one of those on I75 in Jackson Ga


Still do, Buckners. Been there once, wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
Posted by Fat Harry
70115
Member since Mar 2005
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Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:03 pm to
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There was also a Round Table in Columbia. 40 miles East of McComb on Hwy 98 but it closed sometime before Katrina.


That place was as authentic as it gets. I thought it closed and got torn down. Either way it was the best of the bunch, along with a nearby restaurant Aymar’s and also Leathea’s in Foxworth MS.
Posted by BrohemAlem11
Ratchet City, LA
Member since Oct 2014
13374 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:09 pm to
A visit there is either gonna be a blast or a nightmare...literally no in between
Posted by Cincinnati Tiigre
Cincinnati
Member since Nov 2015
1397 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:24 pm to
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Leathea’s in Foxworth MS.


Yep. I’m from Columbia and knew both well. Leathea’s was victim of being bought and moved to Hattiesburg.
Posted by GetmorewithLes
UK Basketball Fan
Member since Jan 2011
22327 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:25 pm to
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Restaurant brings strangers together in Mississippi - cool idea -


Been there
Posted by Riverside
Member since Jul 2022
8531 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:59 pm to
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If I have to choose between communing with the general public vs not…I choose the ‘not’ every time. Most people today are slobs and watching fat people eat is just disgusting to me.


The Dinner Bell is an awesome experience. Sorry your life is so miserable that you aren’t able to enjoy a great meal with other people.
Posted by AllDayEveryDay
Nawf Tejas
Member since Jun 2015
9507 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 8:02 pm to
There's an old grocery store with a restaurant not far from me that has all you can eat catfish on Saturdays. It's a mish mash of random kitchen tables, dining tables, whatever, inside. Maybe about 6 of them. So if you wanna eat you gotta sit with others. Met a fair amount of cool people that way.
Posted by Riverside
Member since Jul 2022
8531 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 8:13 pm to
The Dinner Bell isn’t a community dining hall and they aren’t letting mentally deranged vagrants wander into the restaurant. This is McComb, Mississippi, not Mamdani Manhattan. The restaurant is in an old Victorian house.
Posted by Lsudx256
DFW
Member since Mar 2016
3283 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 8:47 pm to
People are quietly, and sometimes unknowingly, yearning for human connection. Social Media and Online Connectivity are fighting that urge. It’s ok to put down the phone and walk outside.
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