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Why in the h*ll would you eat at a Picadilly in 2026 when there are so many good local restaurants around here?

Crime? Unable to hire decent staff? All of the above?

People ate at that Picadilly because they were stuck in the medical mall, waiting for their appointment, etc. Or they worked at the mall and didn't want to leave the premises to go elsewhere for lunch. It was a quick place to grab something to eat without having to exit the parking lot, go find a restaurant, eat, and drive back to the mall parking lot.

I wonder what, if anything, will replace it.

@11:58 AM The answer? Nostalgia. That’s important to a lot of people. Remembering better days. There is no future to look forward to and hasn’t been since the late 90s. All we have left is nostalgia.

It would do folks some good if more parents took their families to eat at places like Piccadilly. I’m in my mid 30’s, and my wife and I take our boys to the I-55 location for Sunday lunch about ten times a year. Although we stand out like marshmallows in a sea of milk duds, the service is usually better than we find at Madison restaurants and the food is typically more consistent and flavorful, too. And before anyone criticizes our palate, we frequent the highfalutin spots in the metro area often, but like 1:14 said, nostalgia and tradition is important. Don’t knock it till you try it!

I assume it was a not profitable for lack of customers. There is a Subway in the mall.

I appreciate all the good restaurants we do have, but whoever thinks Piccadilly food isn’t good, is just a vain individual. The roast can’t be touched.

I like Picadily. That location isn't close to me so I'd go to the I55 one. Tons of choices and its not loud. Eaten many many meals there.

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cause the food was good and reasonably priced. unlike your hyper inflated good local restaurants.

Nostalgia to be sure. Jackson Mall was shining gem of the city. Piccadilly and the theater were major components of the experience. Delta drive had several good restaurants, stores and talented tradesmen.

I can remember many moons ago when that Piccadilly had two big serving lines and it was always crowded. That was when the Mall was a shopping Mall. Even the McDonalds across the street was busy. There was an Orange Julius at the other end of the Mall with great hot dogs, the Pizza Hut across the street.....

I would have never guessed that place was still open. I can remember eating there for the first time after the 1970 Ole Miss - Kentucky football game. Great food, especially to someone from a small Delta town.

Orange Julius. Man, 4:17, you brought back tons of memories. My Dad LOVED Orange Julius.

Spice pepper cornbread. That’s one reason.

McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut in Jackson Medical Mall area have all closed in past few months. A real shame to loose Piccadilly’s.

11:58 probably grew big muscle scarfing down McNuggets. Most of these local restaurants you speak will never make it 20 years, much less 56 in a location where they have been.

You probably think that when you use a crock pot and the meat isn’t raw, it must be a good meal.

You eat at Piccadilly ‘26 for the same reason you ate there in ‘70. And the same reason you would eat at any other restaurant, multiple times. Because it is good.