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Mississippi's Restaurant

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Mississippi's was opened in Kenmore Square during the summer of 1977 by a WBCN late night radio DJ, Joe Rogers, whose on-air persona was "Mississippi Fats." At that time FM radio was the upstart side of the dial and WBCN was considered "underground" radio. Charles Laquidara and company were playing local music, unauthorized productions, and Vietnam War protest records and generally testing the established order of commercial radio. Thanks in part to the high profile connection between Mississippi's and WBCN, the restaurant's creative sandwich menu became an instant success serving thousands of meals a week to the college crowd that ruled Kenmore Square and the baseball fans who made frequent pilgrimages to Fenway Park. Purchased in 1981 by Jim and Cheryl LaFond-Lewis, Mississippi's expanded into the Cafeterias of Harvard Community Health Plan and the State Transportation Building and in 1986 opened a location in Brigham Circle adjacent to the Longwood medical area. The changing demographics in Kenmore Square led to the sale of that location while the 2 year long Huntington Avenue reconstruction project forced Mississippi's to change its focus from retail walk-in customers to delivery into medical institutions throughout the Boston Metropolitan area. In 1998 we found our home in Roxbury at 103 Terrace Street. We purchased and renovated the century old Union Brewery Building where we have increased our production capacity by 200% and added a new retail dining room. Mississippi's continues to break new ground offering delivery of a wide variety of authentic regional and international recipes, guaranteeing reliable and affordable meals for all as well as providing one of the finest venues in Roxbury for group meetings and parties.

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