Day Tripper: Get away for a day to Oxford, Mississippi
Conner Bills and his daughter Avalyn pick out a pumpkin at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Oxford, Mississippi, Oct. 20, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Built in 1872, the Lafayette County Courthouse seen on Oct. 20, 2020, is the center of the town square in Oxford, Mississippi. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Jude Burke-Lewis searches for a book at Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi, Oct. 20, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Autumnal decorative pumpkins sit outside of Chicory Market in Oxford, Mississippi, Oct. 20, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphain)
Aria Gordon (left) and Isabella Keiser greet guests as they walk into Boure in Oxford, Mississippi, Oct. 20, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
An award-winning hamburger Handy Andy in Oxford, Mississippi, seen on Oct. 20, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A masked-statue of William Faulkner sits socially distanced on a bench in Oxford, Mississippi, with a Martin Luther King book in his lap. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Neilson's Department Store in Oxford, Mississippi, seen on Oct. 20, 2020, is the oldest department store in the south. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Tallahatchie Gourmet is located underneath Neilson's Department Store in Oxford, Mississippi. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Oxford is a short (shorter than you think) drive south of Memphis and a great place to see some new sights, eat some good food, shop a little and get home the same day.
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Jennifer Biggs is a native Memphian and veteran food writer and journalist who covers all things food, dining and spirits related for The Daily Memphian.
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