John Cofield’s Photo of the Week: “Grundy’s and Smitty’s”

Besides being a great restaurant with fine southern cooking and characters for owners through the years, Grundy’s, then Smitty’s, was the home of The Square Coffee-Clubbers. They met mid-morning and mid-afternoon Monday through Friday, for decades.

Tags: Coffee-Clubbers, Grundy's, Mississippi, Oxford, Smitty's, The Square

About the Author

John Cofield John Cofield grew up in Oxford. He is a local historian and author. John is the son of renowned University photographer, Jack Cofield. His grandfather, J. R. "Colonel" Cofield, was William Faulkner's personal photographer, and for decades was Ole Miss annual photographer. Four generations of the Cofield family have contributed to Oxford's pictorial history.