Jackson Jambalaya

Another outstanding Lumumba achievement!

too bad they couldn't hold on just a little longer - granted, the Regions Bldg is emptying quickly, but if the JSU deal on the old Marriott goes thru and it becomes a dorm, I'd love to have a Chick across the street for that crowd.

It was actually busy at lunch, but i don't know how they've stayed in business this long off lunch 5 days/week.

I hope they will board it like the Elite. It is called beautification. Do they have any functioning stop lights in downtown Jackson. There must be some money somewhere, because the city bought new parking meters. If you don’t know who sold the city those very expensive state of the art parking meters, look it up.

Too late to get clucky now!

Time to get out of that free fire zone. That's how you lose a Chick-fil-A.

@3:51pm. I was wondering that very thing. Where would one look that information up?

I never thought Jackson would end up like this... so unfortunate..

Chick-fil-A receives more than 40,000 applications per year but only grants around 75 - 80 new franchisees.

With an acceptance rate of 0.19% it is harder to become be a Chick-fil-A operator than it is to get into Harvard which had an acceptance rate of 4.9% for the class of 2024.

I would trust a Chik-fil-a operator over a graduate of the Harvard/Yale incestuous echo chamber anytime, anywhere.

Interesting facts @6:17. I’ll bite, where would you spend your money at 18? Your Harvard education is expensive but I don’t know that it’s more expensive than a CFA franchise. Plus, CFA will NEVER give a franchise to an 18 year old.

Your Havard education does not require you to conform to regimented behavior. They supposedly imbue you with worldly knowledge (like any university, even ole miss), and think you to think independently (the current culture war).

So, Harvard or CFA as a place to invest money and knowledge as an 18 yo. No brainer, the 18 yo can’t run anything, their brain’s still sorting stuff out. And he doesn’t have economic or emotional ability to pass CFA’s test to be a franchisee. So why really did you post this?

Don’t get me wrong - I love the outcome CFA realizes for it’s customers, and I think they treat their employees admirably. And I eat there regularly.

This location did most of their business between 11 am and 2 pm. In fact, they closed every day at 2. I'm actually surprised they lasted this long, because when many downtown businesses went 'remote' during Covid, downtown was never the same. Most folks did not come back downtown after Covid was over.

Why did you not publish my truthful analysis regarding Hertz Investment Group and HRI saying sayanara thanks to our boy Mayor. What didn't make the cut?

Never saw it.

The operator of this location is the new owner/operator of the new one going in Flowood.

Restaurant Failure 101 - Open a restaurant in a free fire zone.

Chick in the coal mine

CFA franchisees can operate two locations, no more than that. It’s not the whole truth to say the franchisee is opening the new one in Flowood and that’s why the downtown one is closing. Downtown location for a time was a company owned location. But then again, see what’s happened to the County Line location since the franchisee sold/left that one to open the one on Highland Colony.

Maybe because this operator is opening the new location at a more suitable location on Lakeland next to GI Associates...besides if the deal goes through for JSU and the old Marriott the building large enough and built for a on-site Cafeteria and supporting franchises...a win for Sodexo Magic or whoever has the dining contract now...even so JSU could add satellite campus to the mezzanine..opportunities are limitless and not to forget the former McAllister and Subway anchors attached to the building

Hope the Mayflower is doing well.

This franchise owner is opening the one near GI Associates on Lakeland. That was a big a part of his decision as any.

Darn, I thought this was about Chowke "going, going, gone."

I don' t think any of the negative comments come from those who actually have been downtown in years! If they did, they would notice the improvements and new businesses and restaurants. I would also remind everyone, Jackson isn't just " Capitol Street". State St between Capitol and Fondren has never looked as good as it does NOW.
It's also very clear you folks don't travel much to other cities of the same size or their airports. Nor do you watch the local news where you travel and realize not all " crime" is the same. I don't worry about a stranger shooting me . Here it's people who have met shooting each other! Grow UP!

Choke Filet. Will Thalia Mara Hall really open Jan 17th. Maybe to exhibit Dancing Plague.

The price of a pig ear sandwich is about to increase on January 2, 2025. No reason to be concerned at all.

Too chicken to have a downtown business?

@December 28, 2024 at 8:58 AM - I go downtown frequently. The comment "State St between Capitol and Fondren has never looked as good as it does NOW" is a bit of a stretch. But, even with that area going through a renaissance of sorts (thanks to outside investment), the rest of the city continues to crumble. Comparing it to failures in other cities doesn't justify a complete failure in managing the state capitol of Mississippi.

8:58 - Take off those blinders and try to keep up.

It's also very clear you folks don't travel much to other cities of the same size or their airports.

That person not traveling much is YOU.

Flying from ATL to JAN on Tuesday, Dec 17th, two sales guys were immediately behind me and talked the entire flight about the customer they were going to call on when they arrived. My guess from the subject matter of their discussion is that they were calling on one of Nissan's suppliers though I heard no specific company names. Right when we are deplaning one of them asked the other if they had ever been to JAN. The other man answered 'no'. The questioner then warned his colleague to 'get ready' because, in his opinion 'this entire terminal smells like a toilet bowl'.

JAN IS A DUMP.

"Hope the Mayflower is doing well.
December 28, 2024 at 7:27 AM"

The Mayflower was never going to turn a profit in it's current location. The investors must have plans to franchise the name/likeness. The Mayflower would kill it in Madison, Flowood, Hattiesburg, etc.

I tried twice. KF will say, "Never saw it". So, for the third time, where and what the hell is Regions Plaza?

3:59, KF is part of a vast conspiracy to conceal the secret lair of Regions Plaza from you by cleverly naming it so even 3 year olds can Google it in a few seconds. Diabolical, no?

"I tried twice. KF will say, "Never saw it". So, for the third time, where and what the hell is Regions Plaza?
December 28, 2024 at 3:59 PM"

1. type "regions plaza" into google maps
2. note address
3. profit

At the corner of Lamar and Amite, old timers would know it at the Deposit Guarantee Plaza.

She didn't really want to know, she just wanted something to bitch about.

@10:32 - What has happened to the County Line one? I didn't realize ownership changed. The new one is great. I've never been to a bad CFA, except for the ones in schools/hospitals where the food is not prepared the same.

I feel the most sympathy for the young ones growing up today who won’t know an America with nice things. Instead they will see a world of TikTok filters and fake staged “experiences” viewed only on their screens but never experienced.

I dunno if this location simply went off-menu or if CFA changed it a while back, but the breakfast burritos here used to have onions and bell pepper and were thrown back on the griddle for a sear, top notch

Cute that KF responds as anon three posts in a row about Regions Plaza. If we gonna look shit up on Google, whatta we need a clown in the room for?

Nope. Wasn't me. I don't need an anonymous to tell you to google it so GO GOOGLE IT.

As someone that works for one of the last professional services firms downtown, this hurts. The area has benefited from the Capitol Police being in the same building, but the area is still a ghost town. Homeless people keep camping on the porches of the Landmark Building, and nothing new is going to come downtown until the mayoral administration changes. We're stuck here for the foreseeable future unfortunately.

2025? So they have a year to take a victory lap???

I also never heard of Regions Plaza. Whatever it is won't even exist in two years at the rate the town is dissolving in its own poison vat. Is there even a Church's Chicken left?

As someone who works downtown, this is a huge loss to the working class down here. Chick-Fil-A was dependable, quick, consistent and busy. You could pop in for lunch or breakfast and be out the door. This area is pretty walkable for many folks and this is a big bummer. In the last few years, we have lost, Basil's, Steves, Parlor Market, McAllisters, that Sushi place, Cups and now the Lord's Chicken. There is opportunity.