{"id":9474,"date":"2013-09-23T17:29:48","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T22:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=9474"},"modified":"2013-09-24T13:03:25","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T18:03:25","slug":"chef-john-currence-cgrg-take-over-operations-at-lamar-lounge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/chef-john-currence-cgrg-take-over-operations-at-lamar-lounge\/","title":{"rendered":"Chef John Currence & CGRG Take Over Operations at Lamar Lounge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lamar_Lounge_Ad_325x125_whole_hog2\"<\/a>All profits from whole hog barbecue restaurant & bar to benefit not-for-profit Mississippi organizations.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Oxford, Miss. (CGRG) \u2013 James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef John Currence<\/strong> is proud to announce that City Grocery Restaurant Group<\/strong> has taken over operations of Lamar Lounge<\/strong>, with all profits from the restaurant benefitting local Mississippi not-for-profit organizations.\u00a0 Under the direction of Currence and pitmaster Nick Reppond<\/strong>, Lamar Lounge features whole hog barbecue, cooked in a custom-designed pit located adjacent to the back patio, a refreshed menu of daily specials, a full bar, and stage for live music and entertainment. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

C\"LamarLoungeSignphoto\"<\/a>urrence\u2014a long-standing supporter of local not-for-profit-organizations and volunteer culinary teacher at local high schools\u2014and his team will select a different charitable organization every 12 months to be Lamar Lounge\u2019s beneficiary.\u00a0 To coincide with the new school year, Good Food For Oxford Schools (GFOS)<\/strong> will serve as the initial beneficiary.\u00a0 An initiative of the Oxford School District to improve cafeteria menus and educate students and their families, GFOS leverages \u201cfarm to school\u201d principles to bring local farm produce into school cafeterias that serve more cooked-from-scratch and fresh menu items.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCity Grocery Restaurant Group has been proud to call Oxford home for the past 22 years,\u201d says Currence.\u00a0 \u201cDuring that time, we have been fortunate to grow with the city\u2019s family of emerging small businesses.\u00a0 With Lamar Lounge, our goal is to offer affordable and delicious barbecue, fresh and fun food, and live music, while benefiting some of our community\u2019s most deserving charitable organizations.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Lamar<\/a>While the menu features some of the restaurant\u2019s fabled classics, like the Lamar Lounge Burger, Fried Catfish and Hushpuppies, Currence and Reppond have introduced fun and accessible items such as BBQ Tot-chos (nachos made with tater tots instead of tortilla chips, covered in barbecued meat, jalape\u00f1os and nacho fixins) and 4 oz. Econoburgers.\u00a0 As the name suggests, these burgers are wallet-friendly at $3.50 each, and come in three varieties: Chili Econoburger (house-made chili, jalape\u00f1o, pickles, and onions); Hickory Econoburger (topped with hickory BBQ sauce, pickles, and onions); and the Dressed Econoburger (lettuce, tomato, pickle, mayonnaise, and mustard).\u00a0 Daily specials include Fried Grouper Fish Sticks, Chicken & Dumplings, and other tasty items\u2014listed in TLV\u2019s Food & Drink Calendar.\u00a0 The showcase of the 50-seat restaurant is the custom-designed stone barbecue pit, located off the back 30-seat patio, which enables guests to interact with the pit crew and watch as they tend to the smoking meats.\u00a0 Reppond\u2014a four-year alumnus of City Grocery\u2014and his pit crew smoke whole hogs and other responsibly sourced ingredients, like a riff on general manager Taariq David<\/strong>\u2019s family recipe of Jamaican Jerk Chicken. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"LamarLoungeTaterTotchos\"<\/a>Originally built by and for Fat Possum Records, Lamar Lounge features a state-of-the-art sound system and stage for live performances by local and touring musicians.\u00a0 The eclectic d\u00e9cor includes a wood-burning fireplace, old-school Jukebox, taxidermy and a lovingly restored 14-seat 1800\u2019s Brunswick bar, which was once owned by legendary actor Eddie Fisher.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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