{"id":39107,"date":"2017-04-25T11:14:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T17:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=39107"},"modified":"2017-04-25T11:19:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T17:19:58","slug":"phillips-grocery-named-best-burger-in-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/phillips-grocery-named-best-burger-in-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillips Grocery Named Best Burger in Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Best Things Mississippi<\/strong> put together a list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bestthingsms.com\/burgers\/\">top 10 burgers in Mississippi<\/a>. Among them are the usual suspects of <strong>Mugshots<\/strong>, <strong>Neon Pig<\/strong> in <strong>Tupelo<\/strong>, <strong>Christy&#8217;s<\/strong> in <strong>Starkville<\/strong>, and at the number one spot is <strong>Oxford<\/strong>&#8216;s own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=3&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjm-ZfUjMDTAhUD7mMKHSOJAd4QFgg1MAI&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPhillips-Grocery-of-Oxford-LLC-1500045903566374%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNEwxMFwHuwIE54cNsmVHwfngIwpRg&amp;sig2=3LPe18-7Kurw-Eae9mnxJw\"><strong>Phillips Grocery<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The burger joint down <strong>South lamar<\/strong> has been a staple in town, and for good reason considering the reputation the original Holly Springs location had long held. Receiving praise as far back as 1989 from <strong>USA Today<\/strong> as one of the top burgers in the country, Phillips Grocery has kept true to the original recipe. The recipe has been traced back to 1948 when then-owner Mrs. S.K. Phillips put together the very first, now-famous, burger. In 2017 that same recipe is still used in both Oxford and Holly Springs locations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The current Oxford Location has been in use since 1996 when <strong>Emmie Lou Greene<\/strong> bought into the business. A teacher at the time she used her former home as the business location, built by her father in 1966. The house was renovated to resemble a country store and has faithfully served that same burger for over 20 years<\/span>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14544\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"The Local Voice Ligature\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best Things Mississippi put together a list of the top 10 burgers in Mississippi. 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