Oxford (Mississippi) - Oxford (Mississippi)

Oxford er en historisk, malerisk by i det nordlige Central Mississippi. Med sin naturskønne torv, anerkendte restauranter, unikke butikker, egetræsskygge kvarterer og venlige mennesker er Oxford den sydlige model. Byen blev opkaldt efter Oxford i England i håb om at tiltrække et universitet og blev valgt som hjemsted for University of Mississippi i 1848, som dominerer livet her i dag.

Peabody Hall

Forstå

Oxford er hjemsted for University of Mississippi, kærligt kendt som Ole Missog er i Lafayette County. Det tjente også som inspiration for nobelprisvinderen William Faulkners fiktive Jefferson (Lafayette County som Yoknapatawpha), lokaliteten for mange af hans romaner. Oxonians og universitetsmedlemmer kan lide at beskrive byen med mottoet "Vi vinder måske ikke hvert spil, men vi mister aldrig en fest." Lokalbefolkningen henviser delvis til en sjov til pladsen som "Universets centrum". Mange beboere ser Oxford som en lille by New Orleanskalder det Lidt let. Det er almindeligt kendt i hele Syd for sin sydlige charme, det gamle sydlige præg, festatmosfære og dets smukke kvinder, som selv Hugh Hefner kaldte verdens fineste. Oxford betragtes også som et litterært center med mange forfattere, der kalder det hjem. At være hjemsted for Ole Miss School of Law og et føderalt retshus, siges det ofte, at alle i Oxford er en "advokat, forfatter eller begge dele." Som for at bevise dette punkt ejer den berømte forfatter John Grisham, en Ole Miss Law alum, stadig et hus i Oxford og besøger ofte.

Pladsen er centrum for centrum og er den vigtigste placering for byens bedste restauranter, butikker, barer og landskaber (af det gamle syd-arkitektur og smukke sydlige beller). Kæderestauranter, et Wal-Mart Supercenter og andre nationale detailhandlere ligger i udkanten af ​​byen. Imidlertid er de fleste lokale stærkt anti-kæde. De protesterede aktivt med ankomsten af ​​Applebees og Wal-Mart Supercenter og stemte endda ud af den gamle borgmester, fordi hun ikke gjorde mere for at stoppe det. For at virkelig nyde Oxford skal du besøge pladsen og spise og shoppe på lokalt ejede virksomheder. Ellers spilder du din tid på besøg og går glip af, hvis du kun kommer til en fodboldkamp. Fordyb dig i byen for at se hvorfor Reader's Digest proklamerede, "Hvis Oxford ikke eksisterede, ville det være nødvendigt at opfinde det."

Som National Geographic Traveler skrev magasinet: "Sofistikeret lille Oxford venter på dig."

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Kort over Oxford (Mississippi)

Med fly

De nærmeste lufthavne med flyselskab er i Memphis, 70 miles mod nord, og Tupelo, 45 miles mod øst. Memphis er et vigtigt knudepunkt for Delta Air Lines og er således den foretrukne lufthavn. Tupelo har daglige flyrejser til Memphis og Atlanta.

University-Oxford lufthavn, også kendt som Clegg Field, tilbyder service til private fly, herunder jetfly. Lufthavnen har en 5.600 fods landingsbane med en terminal og luftfartens fulde tjenester.

Med tog

For passagerservice, den nærmeste Amtrak stoppesteder er på City of New Orleans line in Memphis og Greenwood, Mississippi. Toget fører dig til Chicago eller New Orleans.

Med bil

Hovedveje i området er som følger:

  • Nord syd - State Highways 7, 9, 315 og 331
  • Øst Vest - State Highways 6,30,314,328 og 334
  • Motorvej 6 - Forbinder med Interstate 55

Fra Memphis eller Jackson (Frøken.) Kør I-55 til Batesville og gå ud MS Hwy 6 øst. Tag den Old Taylor Rd. eller Colosseum Dr. udgange for at få adgang til universitetet. Afslut ved South Lamar Blvd. at komme til pladsen og centrum. Oxford ligger cirka 40 km fra Batesville. Det tager cirka en time og 15 minutter at rejse til Oxford fra Memphis, ca. 2½ time fra Jackson og ca. 45 minutter fra Tupelo. En kortere rute fra Memphis og Jackson er Hwy 7, men denne vej er tofelts. Men fra de østlige forstæder til Memphis er det hurtigere at tage Hwy 78 til Hwy 7. Fra centrum, lufthavnen og Southaven, I-55 til Hwy 6 er hurtigere.

Med bus

  • Greyhound busforbindelse til Oxford blev suspenderet. Det nærmeste Greyhound-busstoppested er i Tupelo.

Komme omkring

Den offentlige transport kaldes O-U-T. Det har flere linjer, der løber gennem alle de store punkter rundt omkring i byen. Den bedste måde at komme rundt er til fods, da Oxford er en smuk by at gå, og parkering er knap i centrum og på campus. Den næstbedste måde er i bil. Når du har fundet et sted at parkere på campus, skal du blive der og gå overalt, hvor du vil hen. Det samme gælder i centrum. Når du først har fundet ud af, hvordan du navigerer på pladsen (det tager et stykke tid) og de omkringliggende envejsgader, kan du finde et sted at parkere ved at krydse baggyderne. Hvis du parkerer ulovligt, får du en dyr billet.

Drik ikke og kør ikke, da politiet holder øje med byveje, for ikke at nævne, at du risikerer dit liv og andres liv. Du kan undgå dette ved at gå hjem, trække en tur (det er let at finde en tur fra en venlig fremmed på pladsen) eller ringe til en taxa.

Taxa

Biludlejning

Limousineservice

  • Oxford Limo, 206 Hwy. 30 E, 1662238-7787
  • Southern Comfort Limo's, 12 Dell Street, Batesville, Mississippi, 16622563-5466.
  • Limousine-forbindelse, 124 S Thomas St, Suite B, Tupelo, Mississippi, 16682840-9484, 16682840-5884 (fax).

Oxford er et certificeret cykelvenligt samfund. Der er mange cykelstier åbne for offentligheden; mange bilister er dog ikke fans af cyklister. Det er bedst at holde sig til fortove og se, når man krydser kryds.

Cykel

  • LOU-stier. Denne organisation har ansvaret for at udvikle stienesystemet i Oxford-området. Dens hjemmeside indeholder adskillige kort og kørselsvejledning.
  • Oxford Cycling Club. Den lokale cykelklub vedligeholder kort og organiserer forlystelser som Double Decker Spring Ride og Clear Creek Challenge.

Se

Oxford er en historisk by, der bedst ses til fods. Begynd med antebellum-bygningerne på campus, Courthouse Square og Rowan Oak. Nyd byen og mød nogle af de lokale, mens du er ved det!

  • Det historiske Oxford Courthouse - Placeret i hjertet af byen, pladsen. Brændt af føderale tropper i 1864, blev det genopbygget efter krigen og er planlagt til at gennemgå en omfattende restaurering. Besøgende har lov til at gennemse bygningen alene. Retssalen ovenpå er et skridt tilbage i tiden.
Lafayette Courthouse under Double Decker Festival
  • 1 Rowan Oak, ☏ 1 662 234-3284. Old Taylor Road. Hjemmet til den nobelprisvindende forfatter William Faulkner. Dette historiske hjem og grund ligger kun få gader fra pladsen. Faulkner skrev endda en del af en roman på væggen i sit soveværelse, senere afdækket under en renovering. Vandreture til rådighed. Gratis adgang på onsdage, $ 5 på andre hverdage (donationer accepteres altid). Indgangen til grunden er gratis, åben indtil solnedgang. Rowan Oak (Q7371803) on Wikidata Rowan Oak on Wikipedia 
Rowan Oak, hjemsted for William Faulkner
  • Oxford kirkegård, Her er begravede bemærkelsesværdige som William Faulkner og LQC Lamar, konfødereret ambassadør i Rusland og Mississippis eneste amerikanske højesteret. Tradition opfordrer besøgende i Faulkners grav til at efterlade en halvliter whisky, selvom skotsk er det, han foretrækker.
  • The Grove, på campus ved University of Mississippi. I løbet af det tidlige forår ser det ud som en pænt velplejet park, men i løbet af fodboldsæsonen bliver det til det mest ærede tailgating-sted i hele college-fodbold. Sports Illustrated vurderer tailgating i Grove, et græsareal med flere hektar i hjertet af Ole Miss-campus, som en af ​​Amerikas førende college-begivenheder, og placerer det nr. 3 på en liste over 100 ting, der skal gøres inden eksamen. Medbring dine "forfriskninger" og dit bedste søndag. Se afsnittet "Cope" nedenfor for en vigtig regel under tailgating.
  • Southside Gallery, 150 Courthouse Square (på pladsen), ☏ 1 662 234-9090. En intim samling af skiftende kunstværker placeret i hjertet af Oxford, The Square. Gratis adgang. Dette er et dejligt stop, hvis du gennemsøger pladsen om dagen, eller hvis du venter på et bord om natten. 
  • 2 Universitetsmuseum, 5th & University Avenue, ☏ 1 662 915-7073. Tu-Sa 09.30-16.30, Su 13-16, lukket de fleste universitetsferier. Indeholder græske og romerske antikviteter, videnskabelige instrumenter fra det 19. århundrede, Theora Hamblett-samlingen, en voksende sydlig folkekunstsamling og andre midlertidige udstillinger. Der er en asfalteret natursti, der fører fra museets parkeringsplads til Rowan Oak (Faulkners hjem). Det er en let gåtur, der giver dig et glimt af en gammel vækst i Mississippi-skoven, og det vil også give dig en idé om junglen, som de første bosættere her måtte rydde for at bygge deres plantager. University of Mississippi Museum (Q7895820) on Wikidata University of Mississippi Museum on Wikipedia 
  • Ole Miss Blues Archives, University of Mississippi Campus, 1666915-7753. Verdens mest omfattende samling af bluesoptagelser og relateret materiale. Hvis du er en bluesentusiast, er dette et must-see. B.B. King indspillede et live album (Bo på Ole Miss) i Grove.
  • Lyceum, Den første bygning på Ole Miss-campus. Set som et symbol på universitetet. Brugt som et konfødereret hospital under borgerkrigen. De forreste søjler indeholder kuglehuller fra integrationen af ​​James Meredith. Stop ved kanslerens kontor på første sal, og nogen vil med glæde give dig en rundvisning i den smukke bygning. Selv den venlige kansler elsker at møde besøgende.
Lyceum
  • Ventress Hall, en victoriansk bygning fra det 19. århundrede i udkanten af ​​The Grove. Oprindeligt brugt som et bibliotek, nu hjemsted for College of Liberal Arts. Indvendigt er der et stort farvet glasvindue, der skildrer en kampscene fra krigen (medmindre andet er angivet, betyder "krigen" i det dybe syd den, der finder sted mellem 1861 og 1865). Vinduet blev bestilt af Delta Gamma Sorority fra Tiffany Glass Company for at ære University Grays, et firma bestående fuldstændigt af Ole Miss-studerende, der led 100 procent tab i slaget ved Gettysburg. Tårnet indeholder en snoet trappe fyldt med graffiti over 100 år gammel. Legenden siger, at William Faulkner blev beruset, klatrede til toppen af ​​tårnet og begyndte at råbe "Hotty Toddy" - skolens uofficielle jubel. Dette er sandsynligvis kun en legende, men en darn god en. Et medlem af personalet inde vil gerne give dig en kort rundvisning.
  • 3 Center for Studie af Sydlig Kultur (Barnard Observatory). En anden antebellum bygning på campus, der blev bygget til at huse verdens største teleskop. Det antages bredt blandt lokalbefolkningen, at teleskopet blev sendt under krigen, da det blev fanget af Yankee-tropper og sendt til Northwestern University. Det er dog mere sandsynligt, at universitetet ikke længere havde råd til at betale for teleskopet efter krigen begyndte, og Northwestern købte det i stedet. Bygningen blev aldrig brugt som observatorium og er nu hjemsted for Center for Studiet af Sydkultur og er vært for små udstillinger. Center for the Study of Southern Culture (Q5059969) on Wikidata Center for the Study of Southern Culture on Wikipedia (opdateret okt 2020)
  • Konfødererede kirkegård. bag Tad Smith Coliseum på Ole Miss-campus. Det er hvilestedet for mere end 700 konfødererede døde, hovedsagelig fra slaget ved Shiloh. Universitetsbygninger blev brugt som hospitaler og hovedkvarter for både Unionens og de konfødererede styrker mellem 1862 og 1865. Alle dem, der blev begravet her, omkom på grund af universitetet. Mens mange navne er kendte (de er ætset på et monument i midten af ​​kirkegården) er de mest begravede her ukendte soldater. Unionens døde blev engang også begravet her, men for længe siden flyttet til en national kirkegård. En af Oxford og Ole Miss 'mindre kendte steder, det er et must se for borgerkrigs buffs. (opdateret okt 2020)
  • UM Institut for Arkiver og Specialsamlinger. Et must for enhver Faulkner afficianado. Det er i J.D. Williams bibliotekog huser over 300 samlinger af manuskripter William Faulkner Collection, Universitets arkivsamlinger, Mississippi-statens dokumenter og i Mississippi-samlingerne over 20.000 bind Mississippiana. Flytter snart til den smukt restaurerede og historiske Bryant Hall. 

Gør

Oxford har en regelmæssig rotation af bemærkelsesværdige højttalere, kunstudstillinger, skuespil, musikproduktioner, konferencer og koncerter i Grove. Det Ford Center har en regelmæssig rotation af en række scenekunst. Det Lott Leadership Institute sponsorerer kendte talere såsom højesteretsdommere, senatorer og royalty. Tidligere talere inkluderer John McCain, Antonin Scalia og King of Jordan. Det Ole Miss begivenhedskalender har en liste over mest kommende begivenheder. Årets største begivenhed bortset fra fodboldkampe er Double Decker Arts and Music Festival. En favorit blandt mange er ugentlige Thacker Mountain Radio Show, hvor områdemusikere optræder foran et live publikum. Hvis kultur ikke er dine ting, har området flere golfbaner, det enorme Sardis Reservoir, et par statsparker og rekreative områder og endda et par dages kurbade.

  • Gertrude C. Ford Center for scenekunst, 100 University Ave, ☏ 1 662 915-2787. Et scenekunstcenter med en række forestillinger fra klassiske og populære kunstnere, bemærkede højttalere og teaterforestillinger. Grunden inkluderer også en mindesroshave og en mindre skulptur. 
  • Thacker Mountain Radio Show. En ugentlig live-udsendelse, der finder sted i Oxfords Off-Square Books. Del Austin City Limits, del Prairie Home Companion, dette eklektiske show er den perfekte repræsentation af Oxfords down-home-hip karakter. Hver uge viser radioprogrammet Thacker Mountain house band og andre velkendte forfattere, der læser fra og underskriver deres seneste arbejde. Tiltrækker en skare af både besøgende og lokale. Fantastisk før-middag eller underholdning før happy hour. 
  • Big Truck Theatre, Taylor, MS. Denne sort show er slags Austin City Limits møder Taylor Grocery. Tidligt om natten går individuelle kunstnere på scenen. Senere kommer et 10-delt bånd ud og lever stedet op. Du kan finde den ved siden af ​​Taylor Arts lige ned fra Taylor Grocery.
  • Grand Oaks, 1603 Grand Oaks Boulevard (på Country Club i Oxford), ☏ 1 662 236-3008. Nyd det smukke udendørs, mens du spiller denne 18-hullers golfbane. Det gennemgår en omfattende renovering som et Fazio-designet kursus. 
  • University Golf Club, College Hill Rd.-147 CR 1056, ☏ 1 662 234-4816. University Golf Club opretholdes af Landscape Services Department ved universitetet. Banen er en 18-hullers, par 72 golfbane og en driving range. 
  • Malcos Oxford Studio Cinema, 1111 Jackson Ave W, ☏ 1 662 236-3000. Denne biograf har siddepladser til gyngestolstadion og er vært for det årlige Oxford Film Festival i februar. 
  • Mallard Pointe Golf Course, 3037 State Park Road, Sardis, ☏ 1 662 487-2400, momsfri: 1-888-TEE-MISS (833-6477). En offentlig 18-hullers golfbane lige uden for Oxford i den smukke John Kyle State Park. Dette er blevet rangeret som en af ​​de store offentlige baner at spille af flere golfpublikationer. For Ole Miss-studerende M-Th er det mindre end $ 17 inklusive vogn. For besøgende i weekenden handler det om $ 45. 
  • 1 John W. Kyle State Park, 4235 State Park Road, Sardis, ☏ 1 662 487-1345. Indeholder 20 kahytter med aircondition, indrettet med grundlæggende køkkenudstyr og sengetøj og håndklæder. Alle hytter er i nærheden af ​​vandet, har pejse og har plads til op til fire personer. Der er 2 hytter på Mallard Pointe Golf Course[dødt link]. Hver af disse hytter består af 4 soveværelser, og de er udstyret stort set på samme måde som de andre hytter. Reservationer er påkrævet. John W. Kyle State Park (Q6262365) on Wikidata John W. Kyle State Park on Wikipedia 
  • 2 Puskus Lake Recreation Area, ☏ 1 662 236-6550. Cirka 10 miles øst for Oxford på Highway 30. Puskus Lake Recreation Area er et dejligt sted at nyde den naturlige skønhed i Holly Springs National Forest. De, der leder efter et alternativ til overfyldte, konkrete rekreative områder, vil glæde sig over Puskus Lake naturlige skønhed og rolige omgivelser. Dens fjerntliggende indstilling, praktisk i forhold til Oxford, giver en perfekt atmosfære til camping, fiskeri, vandreture og afslapning. Puskus Lake Recreation Area (Q49546908) on Wikidata 
  • Sardis Lake / Clear Creek, Sardis (8 miles nord på motorvej 314), ☏ 1 662 563-4531. Sardis Lake-området byder på en bred vifte af rekreative aktiviteter såsom camping, fiskeri, sejlsport, skiløb, picnic og meget mere. Der er 32 steder tilgængelige med el, picnicborde, grill, vandtilslutninger osv. Campingpladsen er åben året rundt. Reservationer skal foretages på forhånd. 
  • Upper Sardis Wildlife Management Area (Lafayette County - fra krydset mellem Hwy. 7 og Hwy. 30 ved Oxford gå 20 miles øst på Hwy. 30 for at underskrive til højre med hovedkvarteret), ☏ 1 662 234-6125. Denne 42.274 hektar store naturreservat giver et naturligt habitat for mange arter. Jagt på vildt er hjorte, duer, and, vagtler, kanin, egern, kalkun og skovhaner. (opdateret juni 2020)
  • 3 Wall Doxey State Park, 3946 Highway 7 South, Holly Springs (41 km nord for Oxford), ☏ 1 662 252-4231, ✉. Tilbyder en overflod af friluftsmuligheder i omgivelser rig på naturlig skønhed centreret omkring en 60 hektar stor, foråret fodret sø. Dagsbrug $ 4 / køretøj og $ .50 pr. Person over 6 personer. Wall Doxey State Park (Q7962594) on Wikidata Wall Doxey State Park on Wikipedia (opdateret jul 2018)
  • [tidligere dødt link]Yoda Creek Golfklub, 70 CR 259, Bruce (39 km syd for Oxford), ☏ 1 662-983-9632. Yoda Creek Golf Club er semi-privat og åben for offentligheden. Dens smukt velplejede midt i træer, bølgende bakker, masser af vand og smukke hjem og hjemsteder. Ugedag 18 huller $ 27 inklusive vogn. Weekender / helligdage 18 huller $ 36 inklusive vogn. Driving range spand med bolde til $ 3. Yoda Creek Golf Club tilbyder indkvartering på ejendom i Cart Barn Inn @ Yoda Creek. 
  • Lyric Theatre, 1006 Van Buren Avenue, ☏ 1 662-234-5333. Lyric Theatre åbnede som en tavs biograf i 1913. Efter omfattende renoveringer åbnede Lyric Oxford sine døre på Oxford Square og giver nu Nord-Mississippi-regionen et førende live musik- og arrangementslokale. Oxfords nærhed til Memphis, New Orleans, St. Louis og Nashville gør det til et let stop for turnerende musikere og bands. 

Store særlige begivenheder

  • Blues Symposium, på Ole Miss Campus, kontakt Greg Johnson på 1662 915-7753. Lær om Mississippi og blues. Fødested for musikken og kunstnerne. Adgang er gratis.
  • Oxford Film Festival, ☏ 1 662 236-6429, fax: 1 662 236-6988, ✉. Denne fire-dages årlige filmfestival, der afholdes i februar, indeholder shorts og film fra regionale filmproducenter sammen med uafhængige film med høj profil. Oxford International Film Festival (Q7115382) on Wikidata Oxford International Film Festival on Wikipedia 
  • Oxford Conference for the Book, ☏ 1 662 915-5993, fax: 1 662 915-5814, ✉. Kontakt Ann Abadie. Siden indvielsen i april 1993 har konferencen fejret bøger, skrivning og læsning; den har også beskæftiget sig med praktiske bekymringer, som litterær kunst er afhængig af. Adgang er gratis. 
  • Double Decker Arts Festival, ☏ 1 662 234-4680, momsfri: 1-800-758-9177, ✉. Courthouse Square. En langvarig fest med musik, mad og kunst på Oxfords historiske plads. Bland dig med malere, pottemagere og træarbejdere. Prøve forretter fra sydlige kokke. Nyd en eklektisk blanding af musik inklusive jazz, funk, blues og rock 'n' roll. Adgang er gratis. 
  • Den fjerde juli fest i Oxford, En dagslang begivenhed fyldt med patriotiske taler, musik, mad, børns aktiviteter og en parade til uafhængighedsdagen. Festlighederne slutter med en gratis koncert på Oxford University Stadium med Oxford Community Band - efterfulgt af et fyrværkeri. Spring over underholdningen i Grove på forhånd, eller i det mindste picnic langt fra scenen. De tillader alle, der mener, at de har talent til at udføre.
  • Årlig Faulkner- og Yoknapatawpha-konference, ☏ 1 662 915-5993, fax: 1 662 915-5814, ✉. Kontakt Ann Abadie. En populær litterær begivenhed, der inkluderer seks dages foredrag og diskussioner fra forskere og dramatiske aflæsninger fra William Faulkners værker. Fejr på Rowan Oak, engang hjem for den berømte forfatter. 
  • [dødt link]Oxfords Town BBQ Throwdown, ☏ 1 662 232-2367. Kontakt Kelly Houston. Mesterskab hold konkurrerer i en Memphis Barbecue Network sanktioneret konkurrence. Amatørhold konkurrerer mod hinanden for at bestemme, hvem der laver de bedste ribben. Over $ 20.000 i kontanter og præmier. 

Lære

Det University of Mississippi er et omfattende forskningsuniversitet og er hjemsted for et kapitel af den prestigefyldte Phi Beta Kappa. Det er opført i Studievejledningen til Amerikas 100 bedste college-køb og Studievejledningen til Amerikas bedste college-stipendier. UM rangerer 50. på Kiplingers personlige økonomi magasinets liste over bedste collegekøb til undervisning i staten og 46. for undervisning uden for staten. Også i byen er en gren af Northwest Mississippi Community College[dødt link].

Arbejde

Langt den største arbejdsgiver er University of Mississippi, men andre arbejdsgivere inkluderer FNC, Inc. (et administrationsfirma for banksystemer og data / analyser) og mange lokale banker. Oxford er også et regionalt sundhedscenter med konstant voksende sundhedsfaciliteter. Der findes en række forskellige job på Baptist Memorial Hospital - Nord Mississippi. Den gratis Daglig Mississippian og det daglige Oxford Eagle har opdateret hjælp eftersøgte annoncer.

Købe

Du finder en række lokalt ejede butikker i centrum, hvor du kan købe designertøj, specialfremstillet keramik af Gail Pittman og McCartys af Merrigold, Mississippi, lokale kunstværker, lokale musikalbum og en række andre eksklusive varer. Shoppingmagasinet Heldig har Oxford som en lille by med storbyshopping. De fleste butikker giver deres kunder mulighed for at have betalingskonti, hvilket gør det praktisk for studerende at sende regningen hjem til betaling.

  • Campus Book Mart, 1111 Jackson Avenue West (Inde i Oxford Mall), ☏ 1 662 234-5993, momsfri: 1-888-712-5081. Ole Miss tøj, gaver, tilbehør og lærebøger. Lokalt betjent. 
  • Glo, 1417 University Ave, ☏ 1 662 234-6266. Fornemme tilpassede møbler og indretning. 
  • Hinton & Hinton, 135 Courthouse Square (på pladsen), ☏ 1 662 234-0691. En herrebutik med designertøj i traditionel stil og udendørs udstyr. 
  • Landry's, 302 South Lamar Boulevard, ☏ 1 662 281-0846. Landry's ligger lige ved torvet ned fra Square Books on South Lamar og er en familieejet og drevet virksomhed, der bærer fint herretøj, tilbehør og har venlig service. 
  • Le Shea's, 138 Courthouse Square (på pladsen), 1662236-5741. Specialiserer sig i moderne damemode og tilbehør. Le Sheas bærer et komplet udvalg af fritidstøj, formelt tøj og Grove passende påklædning. I erhvervslivet siden 1996 er Le Sheas blevet en favorit blandt Ole Miss-medarbejdere og rejsende.
  • Lilly Pad, 128 Courthouse Square (på pladsen), ☏ 1 662 238-2900. Broderskab, sororitet og andre personlige gaver. De tilbyder også Yankee stearinlys, Vera Bradley bagage, afdeling 56 samleobjekter og trendy beaded smykker. 
  • Lokal farve, 1000 N Lamar Blvd., ☏ 1 662 234-9605. M-Sa kl. 11-18. Denne lokalt ejede butik med memorabilia fra modkulturen til lokal kunst. Denne butik af alternativ stil har mange genstande som gobeliner, frisbeediskgolf, livealbum, rygeartikler, t-shirts og hacky sække. 
  • Midtown Farmer's Market, ☏ 1 662 234-6447. Maj-september: Sa 07.00-11.00, W 14.30-17.30. Markedet ligger på nordsiden af ​​parkeringspladsen Mid-Town Shopping Center på North Lamar Boulevard. Det er bemandet og drives af frivillige og er begrænset til landmænd, producenter og bagere, der dyrker eller bruger produkter produceret i Mississippi. 
  • Mississippi galskab, 141 Courthouse Square (på pladsen), 1662234-5280, 1-866-234-5280. Indeholder en række forskellige madlavningstilbehør, Mississippi designer keramik og Mississippi-fremstillede gourmetretter. Hent nogle Knock-You-Naked margarita mix lavet af Fat Mama's Tamales i Natchez.
  • Sennepsfrø Antik Emporium, 1737 University Ave, ☏ 1 662 281-8004. M-Sa 10: 00-17: 00. Et indkøbscenter med flere forhandlere med antikke møbler, samlerobjekter, dekorativt tilbehør, vintage tøj og smykker. Kåret som "Bedste sted at finde antikviteter" i staten i juli / august 2007 udgaven af Mississippi Magazine. 
  • Neilson's stormagasin, 119 Courthouse Square (på pladsen), ☏ 1 662 234-1161. Ældste stormagasin, der kører kontinuerligt i syd, og tilbyder det nyeste i alle afdelinger. Du finder tøj, sko og tilbehør til hele familien samt boligmøbler og gaver. Neilson's bærer også Clinique og Estee Lauder kosmetik. Indeholder alle de typiske stormagasinprodukter, men har specialiseret sig i personlig service. 
  • Oxford Floral Company, 1103 Jefferson Avenue, ☏ 1 662 234-2515. M-Sa 08.00-17.30. Antikke møbler og samlerobjekter, ejendomssølv, tilbehør, usædvanlige gaver, fint porcelæn, krystal og blomsterarrangementer. Kåret som "Bedste sted at finde en perfekt gave" i juli / august 2007-udgaven af Mississippi Magazine-. 
  • Oxford Tattoo Company, 1151 Frontage Rd, ☏ 1 662 281-8226. M-Sa 2 PM-11 PM. Et tatoveringsstudie, der tilbyder fuld tilpasset kropskunst placeret på hjørnet af S. Lamar Blvd. og Hwy 6. 
  • Rebel Rags, 2302 West Jackson Avenue (Inde i Goose Creek Mall), ☏ 1662-234-RAGS (7247), momsfri: 1-877-281-REBS (7327). M-Sa 9 AM-7 PM og Su 1 PM-6 PM. Rebel Rags har et komplet udvalg af genstande, der er dedikeret strengt til Ole Miss-påklædning og personlige ting. Kunder kan købe alt fra Ole Miss-kasketter til jeans til t-shirts til autograffodbold til sækkestole. Produktlinjer inkluderer Tommy Hilfiger, Cutter & Buck, Adidas, Russell, Heritage Pewter, Champion, Gear, Soffee, Team Jeans, Little King og mange flere populære mærker. 
  • Firkantede bøger, 129 Courthouse Square (på pladsen), ☏ 1 662 236-2828. Lokalt ejet boghandel, der er blevet vurderet som den bedste uafhængige boghandel i nationen. New Yorker beskrev det "så godt som eller bedre end nogen i New York." Hyppige underskrifter fra fremtrædende forfattere. Se inde i omslaget til din yndlingsbog, da den måske er underskrevet. De fungerer også Off Square Bøger, en boghandel med rabat, der faktisk er på pladsen, men i en separat bygning. Derudover har de en børneboghandel også placeret separat på pladsen. 
  • Taylor Farmers Market, Town Square Lane, Plein Air Neighborhood (fra Hwy. 6, tag Old Taylor Road i 8 miles, følg skiltene. Fra Hwy. 7, tag Hwy. 328 ca. 5 miles, drej til højre ad Cutoff Road og følg skiltene), ☏ 1 662-832-8727. Sa kl. 09.00 til 13.00. Taylor Farmers Market er 13 km fra Oxford centrum og fejrer lokal mad, kunst og levende musik hver lørdag juni til oktober. Ved siden af ​​Southern Living Idea House fra 2008 og lokale butikker og restauranter er Taylor Farmers Market sjovt for hele familien med masser af skygge og grønt område at boltre sig i eller sprede et picnic tæppe. ledig. 
  • Kalejdoskopet, 116 Courthouse Square (på pladsen), ☏ 1 662-234-6722. M-F 10.00-17.30. Sjovt, funky, moderigtigt tøj og tilbehør. Det eneste sted i Oxford at finde mærket Free People. 
  • [dødt link]Terapi, 136 Courthouse Square (på pladsen), ☏ 1 662 281-1197. Fine sko, kosmetik, tøj og tilbehør. 
  • Universitets sportsudstyr, 105 Courthouse Square (på pladsen), ☏ 1 662 234-1736. Butikken er et must-stop for Ole Miss tøj, løbesko og t-shirts. University Sportsing Goods laver også serigrafi til t-shirts. 
  • Village Tailor, 145 Courthouse (på pladsen), ☏ 1 662 234-8217, ✉. M-Sa 10.00-17.30. Designer dametøj og tilbehør. 

Spise

For en by på kun 20.000 (35.000 når skolen er i session) er Oxford velsignet med en bred vifte af spisemuligheder. Hjem til Southern Foodways Alliance[dødt link], Oxford har udviklet sig til et "mekka .... der trækker professionelle madlærere såvel som amatørspisere" ifølge Food & Wine-forfatteren, Pete Wells. By købmand, 208og Ravin anbefales stærkt til fornemme fine dining. For mere afslappet billetpris kan du ikke gå galt med Boure eller Ajax. For en ægte Mississippi-oplevelse skal du spise kl Taylor købmand eller Yocona River Inn.

Budget

  • Abners berømte kyllingeanbud (2 blokke fra pladsen). Store kylling bud. Væg-til-væg sportsmemorabilia. Fantastisk sød te. Det har nu udviklet sig til en lille kæde med placeringer i hele Mississippi og Memphis-området. Dette er den oprindelige Abners og blev startet af den tidligere fodboldspiller Ole Miss, Abner White. Fantastisk til en hurtig frokost. 
  • Bottle Tree Bakery En malerisk kaffe- og konditori om morgenen. Et sandwich sted om eftermiddagen. Kendt i hele byen for deres vidunderlige brød, boller og bagværk. Har været med på Food Network og Oprah, der elsker deres æbletærte.
  • B's Hickory Smoked Bar-B-Q, 825 College Hill Road (Sky Mart), ☏ 1 662 236-1562. Dagligt kl. 9-22. Røget mørbrad, kylling, cornish høns, vagtler, ribben, mørbrad, oksekødbryst, varme vinger, sider. Fantastisk sted at hente grill til tailgating inden fodbold eller baseballkamp, ​​selvom du bliver nødt til at placere en stor ordre på forhånd. Selvom det er inde i BP-tankstationen, skal du ikke lade det narre dig. Det er noget af den fineste grill der findes. Enhver Q-rest, der sælges, sælges med dyb rabat sent på aftenen. 
  • Praktisk Andy, 800 North Lamar Boulevard, ☏ 1 662 234-4621. M-F 06.30-20.30, Sa 07.00-20.30. Specialiseret i god grill, sandwich, ribben og salater. Gå ikke glip af fersken og æble stegte tærter! En af de mest populære steder i byen. Publikum kommer ikke for atmosfæren, som bestemt ikke er dikkedarer, men for den gode mad til billige priser. Prøv bøffesandwichen, men du kan ikke gå galt med den store grill (stadig hickory røget, når de mest berømte Memphis-steder er skiftet til gasrygere) eller hamburgere gjorde, som de var for 50 år siden. Banan budding er noget af det bedste, du nogensinde vil spise, og du kan ikke slå prisen til 97 cent per portion. 
  • McAlister's Deli, 1515 University Avenue, ☏ 1 662 234-1363. Fantastisk suppe og sandwichbutik. Mens det nu er vokset til et selskab med placeringer i 18 stater og vokser, er Oxford hjemsted for den originale McAllister's Deli, der stadig ligger i en gammel, konverteret tankstation på University Avenue. Scener i filmen Hjertet af Dixie blev filmet her. Alt i menuen er godt, men den søde te gjorde dem berømte. Sandwich og andet koster mindre end $ 10. 
  • Newks Express Cafe, 1309 University Avenue, ☏ 1 662 513-5303. Atmosfæren er meget eksklusiv og hip. Enestående menu inklusive supper, salater, pizza og ristede sandwicher. Ejes af den samme familie, der åbnede den allerførste McAllister's Deli. 
  • Pizza Den, 499 Heritage Drive, ☏ 1 662 234-5537. M-F 11 AM-11PM, Sa Su noon-23PM. Pizza Den er flyttet til et nyt sted og har den samme menu, som Pizza Bob bruger til at gøre dette til et foretrukket spisested blandt generationer af Ole Miss-studerende og Oxford-beboere. Restauranten drives af Pizza Bobs fem børn, og det samme udstyr, der bruges på det gamle sted, implementeres på det nye sted. Menupunkter inkluderer pizza, spaghetti og sandwich. Sandwichene er gode uden for denne verden, og stromboli er en lokal favorit. Ventetiden på din mad er notorisk lang, selv når de ikke ser ud til at være travle. 
  • Ribbenburet, 311 South Lamar, 1662238-2929, M-Sa 10 AM-11 PM, Su 10 AM-3 PM. En ribbenforbindelse, der har en ovenpå restaurant og bar nedenunder. Dette er det perfekte sted at fange et spil på et af deres 10 fjernsyn. Maden er god, og den kolde øl holder publikum ind. Det sjove er i kælderen. Hold øje med de smukkeste servitricer i byen.
  • Uptown kaffe, 265 North Lamar Boulevard, ☏ 1 662 513-0905. Uptown ligger lige ved torvet og er et perfekt sted at mødes med venner for at få en kop joe og hænge ud. High Speed ​​Internet til rådighed. 
  • Tienda Y Taqueria, University Ave. (bag Oby's). Superautentisk, frisk mexicansk køkken til bundpriser. Mexicansk mad, som mexicanerne spiser.

Mellemklasse

  • Ajax Diner118 Courthouse Square (på pladsen), 1662232-8880. Soul Food med lidt krydderi i en funky atmosfære. Matties mors meatloaf er en lokal favorit. Fried Oyster Poboy anbefales stærkt. Fremragende kylling og dumplins samt veggie plader og stegte pickles. Var et yndet frokoststed for Eli Manning i hans college-dage. Stemte på Oxfords bedste "tallerkenfrokost", "frokost" og "afslappet spisning". Forretter $ 8-15. Forbehold accepteres ikke.
  • BBB (Big Bad Breakfast), 719 North Lamar Boulevard, ☏ 1 662 236-2666. Den bedste morgenmad i byen, en stor, virkelig sydlig fælles servering på stedet røget morgenmadskød, lokale æg og ost, frisklavede gelé og syltetøj og lokalt malede korn. Prøv Big Bad Breakfast-tallerkenen, eller nyd en af ​​de andre sydlige litterære navngivne retter. Åben til morgenmad og frokost. Forbehold accepteres ikke. 
  • Boure, 309 North Lamar Boulevard, ☏ 1 662 234-1968. A moderately-priced offshoot of City Grocery, featuring contemporary and traditional items. Try the French Dip. Entrees $10-20. 
  • Proud Larry's, 211 South Lamar Boulevard, ☏ 1 662 236-0050. M-Sa 11AM-10PM. Downtown. Hand tossed pizza, grill food, pasta specials, salads. When you step into Proud Larry's, you know instantly by the look of the building and the aroma of fresh bread that you have really found a unique place to dine. You can't beat their hand tossed pizza (the Mediterranean is exceptionally good), pasta dishes, salads, and burgers. Their spinach and artichoke dip is a must before every meal! By day, "Larry's" is a great place for a hot meal. By night, it becomes a true Oxford hotspot featuring great live music, including local and regional bands - such as North Mississippi All-Stars - as well as occasional surprises such as Elvis Costello. 
  • Taylor Grocery (Taylor Grocery), 4 County Road 338, Taylor (8 miles south of Oxford), ☏ 1 662 236-6363, ✉. This may well be det best catfish place in the world. Rustic atmosphere in a historic former grocery in the arts community of Taylor, about 10 minutes south of Oxford. Menu includes steaks, pork, and chicken, but well known for its fried catfish. Live bluegrass and blues. Brown Bag (bring your own alcohol) is a must. Be prepared to wait for at least 30 minutes to an hour, but it's well worth it. Locals bring their own drinks and tailgate outside on the front porch. An art gallery is close by, as well as sculptor's and potter's shops, which you can browse while waiting for your table. Down the road is Taylor Creek Farm, where you can find fresh flowers, herbs and eggs, and they welcome folks to tour the gardens during the summer. Just steps away Big Truck Theater hosts Mississippi-rooted music, and they will notify you when your table at Taylor is ready. You are encouraged to brown bag there as well. It is customary to sign the Taylor Grocery guest book as well as the walls, so bring your Sharpie. Such notable signatures on the walls of Taylor Grocery include Archie, Eli, and Peyton Manning, Deuce McAllister, Barbara Walters, Jimmy Buffet, Elvis (though no confirmation on authenticity), and a number of literary greats. Head south on Old Taylor Road for about 8 miles. When you think you are lost, the road will end, and you'll see the place. Featured in Southern Living and many other publications. Open Th-Su from 5PM until they decide to close. No reservations, and they frequently quit taking names by 7PM on the Friday of football weekends. 

Splurge

  • 208, Some of the best food in town. Hip, chic atmosphere. Can't go wrong with anything on the menu. Carolina Crabcakes, Wasabi Tuna over Stir fry, She-crab Soup, and the oysters are great. Reservations a must on Fridays of football weekends. Entrees $20-30.
  • City Grocery, 152 Courthouse Square (on the square), 1 662 232-8080. Upscale dining in the New Orleans tradition. Good wine list. Famous for their "shrimp & grits." Probably the most well-known restaurant in Oxford. Chef John Currence was nominated for the prestigious James Beard award, the highest national award a chef can receive. Entrees $20-30. Reservations not available home football weekends, seat upon arrival.
  • Prime: A Steakhouse, 1201 Jefferson Ave, ☏ 1 662 238-7750. Upscale dining steakhouse located within the Downtown Oxford Inn & Suites. One of the newest additions to Oxford's menu, serving steak, fish, soups and more. Completely renovated dining area offers a relaxed bar atmosphere as well. Entrees $20-30. Reservations available, and will be a must on ballgame weekends. 
  • Ravine, 53 County Road, ☏ 1 662 234-4555. Outside the typical loop of the Square, this restaurant has an ever-changing menu using local products, set out in the country in a bed and breakfast. A five minute drive from town in a log cabin off of South Lamar, serene setting and excellent food. Menu is Southern with many contemporary twists, such as rack of lamb and seared duck breast. Local produce and goods are used when available. W-Su for dinner, as well as Sunday brunch. Reservations as well as walk-ins accepted. 
  • Yocona River Inn, 04 Business 7 South, Abbeville, ☏ 1 662 234-2464. Impressive menu which changes weekly. Check the website to find out what is being served any given week. There are a few mainstays which includes their famous Yocona Fillet. It's Brown Bag (BYOB), so bring along a bottle of wine or liquor. Located in an old home 15 minutes from Oxford on Hwy 334, (take the South exit from Hwy 6). Like Taylor Grocery, diners tailgate on the porch while waiting for a table. No reservations, and they frequently quit taking names by 7PM on the Friday of football weekends. Entrees $10-32. 

Drikke

Cold beer is not sold in Oxford, except for bars and restaurants. Either purchase your cold beer at the county line on Hwy 6 or Hwy 7 as you are coming into town, or ice it down. An often told myth is that Oxford does not sell beer cold because the mayor once owned the local icehouse. Open containers are also not allowed in the city limits, but as long as you pour it in a cup, you are fine. If a cop sees a beer can or liquor bottle, he will pour out all of your supply. However, if you have it in a cup, you will not be bothered unless you are extremely unruly. This especially applies to the Ole Miss campus and The Grove. Just keep it in a cup and pour discreetly. Due to antiquated Southern laws, the Ole Miss campus is wet on liquor only (no beer allowed), except east of Gertrude Ford Boulevard (the old railroad bed), where both liquor and beer are allowed. In any case, alcohol is not allowed in plain view and must be kept in a cup.

Remember, bars in Oxford close early. Monday-Wednesday they close at midnight. Thursday and Friday they close at 1AM. They close at midnight on Saturdays except on game weekends, when they are open till 1AM. Still, most bar goers don't go home and go to bed but instead head to the infamous "late-nights," parties at someone's home or apartment. Despite police efforts to crack down on late-nights, they are still going strong, sometimes numbering into the thousands of partiers. Word spreads about the location of late-nights earlier in the night at the bars. Be sure to secure your beer or liquor for the late-night before you go out, because they will have stopped selling by the time the bars have closed (midnight most days, Sunday it's a "dry" city).

The Chevron at University and South Lamar, called "Chicken-on-a-Stick" because of the drunk food it serves by the same name, is a very popular stopping point between the bars and the late-nights and has achieved legendary status. Several other convenience stores carry the same food minus the tradition. If you are too drunk to drive and have no other way home, you can almost always find a ride at Chicken-on-a-Stick (the Chevron) just after the bars close.

The City Grocery Bar, or "The Grocery," is located above its namesake restaurant and tends to attract a mix between locals, writers, lawyers, and older college students. The Downtown Grill also has a great upscale bar popular with preppy students and the older crowd alike. "The Grill," as it is commonly referred to, frequently features live jazz and other types of music.

If you prefer a more casual place, you can't beat Parrish's. Located just down from The Grill, it features great local bands and many blues artists from the region. Never a cover charge and the friendliest bouncers ever - not that they can't or won't still turn a drunken frat boy into a human shoe horn.

The bar in the basement of the Rib Cage has cheap beer and is a good place to watch a game.

The eclectic crowd prefers The Jubilee Lounge, which is the most democratic establishment in Oxford. Be sure to check out their photobooth. Another alternative place is Two Stick, but it attracts a wide variety of people from the Greeks to the womens studies majors, perhaps because it also serves sushi and often has live music.

The best place to hear live music is either Proud Larry's, Two Stick, eller Parrish's, which all have local and regional artists frequently.

The Levee is also 18-and-up, is the young preppy students. 1008 Jackson Avenue, 1 662 236-3666, just off the Square next to Henry's Jubilee Lounge. Musicians be warned, the crowd is not there to listen to you.

There is one other bar that is popular with the 18-21 crowd--Illusions, which is frequently referred to by its former names Nighttown eller The Billiards Club. Pick up a free copy of the Daily Mississippian or the weekly Local Voice for drink specials and band listings.

  • The Library Sports Bar, known as the "Sports Bar", is an addition to the Library Bar & Grill and fills the void of a true sports bar on the Oxford Square. At the corner of 11th Street and Van Buren - just down from the original Library Bar & Grill. The Library attracts a younger crowd as it is 18-and-up.120 South 11th Street, 1 662 234-1411. It l features talented local bands and entertainment at night. During the day, you can stop by and say hi to Johnny "D" to have lunch and a drink.
  • Murff's is a great pool joint. Southern Rock, Country, and impossibly cold beer will remind exactly what part of the country this is. Located at 1210 Harrison Avenue, 1 662 234-7558. Just Off the Square, Murff's is a local bar and grill offering a full bar service and good bar food. It's the best place in town for a game of pool. Guests must be 21 to enter the bar.
  • Toddy's A 21 & up bar located underneath The Levee in the 10th Street alley (look for the red awning). Toddy's offers food, a variety of specialty drinks, infused vodka and infused bourbon, the newly introduced Mississippi-brewed Lazy Magnolia draught beers and two plasma screen TV's.

Søvn

While Oxford has no luxury hotels yet, two boutique hotels are under construction just off the Square. One, (The Ava, under construction just off the Square on Jackson Ave., next to the pedestrian/bike bridge) will feature a spa and fine dining. Until they are built, the closest you will get to luxury is to stay at a bed and breakfast. Oxford has a large number of hotel rooms for a town of its size. However, if you are coming for a game weekend, nearly all the rooms are presold as a package deal for the season. Occasional rooms do open up though, but chances are slim. The next closest town with motels is Bruce (24 miles) Batesville (25 miles) to the west, Holly Springs (30 miles) to the north, Pontotoc (20 miles) to the east, Grenada (40 miles) to the south, and Senatobia (40 miles) to the northeast. Many visitors choose to stay in downtown Memphis in order to experience Beale Street and only come in for the game, or they stay in Tunica at a casino. However, it can be very difficult to get in, out, or around Oxford on Game Day. A viable option is to rent an RV in Memphis and stay on campus for free. You can park your RV and walk wherever you need to go the whole weekend. If you are staying in Oxford, the Downtown Inn and Suites and the Inn at Ole Miss are the most highly recommended because of the quality of the rooms, the services, and the great locations.

Bed & Breakfast

  • Blue Creek Cabin Bed and Breakfast, 535 Hwy 30 East, ☏ 1 662 238-2897. Provides a unique experience that combines a rustic 1800s log cabin with the charm and detail level that you expect today. The casual and friendly atmosphere will make you feel right at home. About 10 miles from Oxford. 
  • Burrows Bed & Breakfast, 40 County Road, ☏ 1 662 236-3913. About 15 miles SE of Downtown Oxford, just north of US 278. The Burrows is a one-of-a-kind property, offering an eco-friendly, earth-sheltered architecture, luxurious in-room accommodations including whirlpool tubs, and a full southern breakfast. Amenities include a long porch with rocking chairs and a swing in addition to a pool table indoors. It is a great place for a relaxing getaway, and an excellent close-to-Oxford location to catch an Ole Miss football game. 
  • Cart Barn Inn @ Yoda Creek, 07 CR 256, Bruce, ☏ 1 662-983-7829, ✉. A luxury inn 20 minutes south of Oxford in Bruce on the Yoda Creek Golf Club property. Amenities include hot Southern breakfast, luxurious spacious bedrooms with private bath, flat screen satellite tv, high speed internet,plush linens, mini fridge, microwave, bottled water, large porch w/grill and firepits, swings, table and chairs, courtyard and gazebo overlooking Yoda Creek Golf Course, swimming pool. 
  • [dødt link]Colonel's Quarters, 20 County Road, ☏ 1 662 236-9601. Nestled in the rolling foothills of North Mississippi, The Colonel's Quarters Bed & Breakfast is 5 miles outside of Oxford. The Colonel's Quarters includes spacious bedrooms with private bath, poolside gazebo & grill, high speed Internet, a large, rose bordered outdoor courtyard, wrap-around porch with beautiful view and a continental breakfast. 
  • [dødt link]The Empty Nest Bed And Breakfast, 81 County Road, ☏ 1 662-801-9369, ✉. Close to Oxford, is a quaint cottage in the country. Horses, porches,shade trees, and peace & quiet abound on the quintessential country lane known as Camp Hopewell Road. Accommodations include two bedrooms, 1 Bath with a private entrance and a pool. Just 7 miles from downtown Oxford, the Empty Nest is about a 10 minute drive from the Oxford Square. 
  • Puddin' Place, 1008 University Avenue, ☏ 1 662 234-1250. This historic home features antiques and interesting mementos. They offer two rooms and serve a gourmet breakfast. Walking distance to the Square and Campus. 
  • Ravine, 53 County Road, ☏ 1 662 234-4555. A unique log home with three rooms, all with private baths. Guests will enjoy the outdoor pool, hot tub, and gazebo. Situated on two beautiful acres, the bed and breakfast has a sixty seat full restaurant which serves culinary delights by Chef and Proprietor Joel Miller. If you want to have a drink, then brown bagging is recommended. 
  • The 5 Twelve (formerly known as the Oliver-Britt House Inn and Tea Room), 512 Van Buren Avenue, ☏ 1 662 234-8043. Circa 1905, but with a modern feel. Beautiful Greek Revival architecture and elegant antiques make this a place you're sure to want to visit. Five rooms are offered with private baths and a Southern breakfast is served. Walking distance to the Square and campus. The house also holds wedding receptions and other parties. 

Cabins & cottages

  • Blue Creek Cabin, 535 Highway 30 East, ☏ 1 662 238-2897. Nestled on 50 acres, Blue Creek Cabin is a unique bed & breakfast located in an authentic 1800s log cabin. Guests enjoy relaxing in front of the fireplace, luxurating in the handmade copper bathtub or savoring a full southern breakfast al fresco on the wrap-around porch. 
  • Hightower Properties of Oxford, LLC, 815 Maplewood Drive, ☏ 1 662 801-6692. A variety of condos, townhouses, and private residences for short-term (2 days to 2 months) rentals. Football and other special event weekends, plus many available year-round. 
  • John W. Kyle State Park, 4235 State Park Road, Sardis, ☏ 1 662 487-1345. 20 air-conditioned cabins, furnished with basic kitchen equipment and bed and bath linens. All of the cabins are located near the water, have fire places and accommodate up to four people. Additionally, 2 cabins are located on the Mallard Pointe Golf Course[dødt link]. Each of these cabins consist of 4 bedrooms and equipped much the same as the other cabins. Reservations are required. 
  • Wall Doxey State Park, 3946 Highway 7 South, Holly Springs, MS (25 miles north of Oxford), ☏ 1 662 252-4231. Features nine air-conditioned cabins offering forest or lake views. Accommodating four to seven persons, cabins are equipped with bed and bath linens and feature screened porches and fireplaces. Reservations are strongly recommended. 

Motels / Hotels

  • Comfort Inn Oxford, 1808 Jackson Ave W, ☏ 1 662 234-6000, fax: 1 662 281-0101. This hotel offers 49 rooms with one king or two queen sized beds. The one-room suites are equipped with hair dryers, coffee units, sofa beds, a large desk, and a seating area. A spacious executive suite offers an in-room jacuzzi. All rooms include microwaves, refrigerators, irons and ironing boards, and data port telephones. 
  • Days Inn, 1101 Frontage Rd, ☏ 1 662 234-9500, 1 662 513-4580, fax: 1 662 234-9330. Rooms here include a coffee maker and hair dryer. There is an outdoor pool and conference/meeting facilities. Close to both the campus and the Square. 
  • [dødt link]Downtown Oxford Inn & Suites, 400 N Lamar Blvd, ☏ 1 662 234-3031. Located within walking distance of the Courthouse Square. The hotel is equipped with a restaurant, lounge, meeting facility, and outdoor pool. It is one of the best moderately-priced places to stay because of its great location. Consider this and the Inn at Ole Miss first. 
  • Hampton Inn, 110 Heritage Dr, ☏ 1 662 232-2442. Clean fresh comfortable rooms standard with coffee maker, iron and ironing board, data port and complimentary in-room movie channel. Enjoy complimentary local calls and no surcharge for using a calling card. Guests also enjoy the following complimentary items: hot breakfast or takeout breakfast bags (M-F), high speed internet access in every room, Wi-Fi in the lobby, meeting rooms and public areas, coffee and tea in the lobby 24 hours a day, and USA Today copies M-F. Hampton also offers a 24-hour front desk, message and fax service. One of the newest and nicest moderately-priced hotels. 
  • Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, 112 Heritage Dr, ☏ 1 662 236-2500, momsfri: 1-866 270-5110, fax: 1 662 236-7987. Hotel offers 67 rooms including 34 suites. A deluxe continental breakfast, guest laundry, and a fitness center available. Rooms include 2 two-line telephones, voice mail, data ports, coffee maker, iron and ironing board, hair dryer, work desk, and ceiling fan. The suites also include microwaves, refrigerators, wet bar, and sleeper sofa. A newer hotel and one of the better in Oxford. 
  • Inn at Ole Miss, Alumni Dr (Ole Miss Campus), ☏ 1 662 234-2331, momsfri: 1-888-486-7666. The Inn at Ole Miss is on the Ole Miss campus right across from the beautiful Ole Miss Grove. 91 rooms and two suites are available. A free continental breakfast, outdoor pool, and conference facilities are offered. A new all-suite tower is under construction. If you can get a room here, this is the best place to stay in town because of the value and location. 
  • Ole Miss Motel, 1517 University Ave, ☏ 1 662 234-2424. If you are having an affair, this would be the place to meet your mistress. In fact, this motel was featured in the early 1990s comedy flick The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag as the scene of an affair and murder. Despite its limited services, it has a good location close to the Square and offers the nostalgia of a Route 66 motor inn. However, word may spread in church that your vehicle was seen in the parking lot, causing severe damage to your reputation. 
  • Super 8 Motel, 2201 Jackson Ave W, ☏ 1 662 234-7013. 114-room hotel on Jackson Ave. close to Wal-Mart. Guest rooms and amenities include clock/radio, coffeemaker, iron and ironing board, hairdryer, and 25 inch television with Direct TV, free local calls, super start breakfast. Jacuzzi rooms, Executive 2-room suites, and microwaves/refrigerators available. 

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Oxford is a very safe town, with the court dockets mostly full of minors-in-possession, public drunks, and DUIs. Oxford Police are always nearby and allow little slack for disruptive behavior. The town is safe to walk at any time of night, with only the most basic precautions necessary.

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Game Day

Homecoming 2012 - Ole Miss vs. Auburn

Oxford is very crowded on football game days. Football is a religion here, and fall Saturdays are the sabbath. Therefore, expect heavy traffic, hotels that fill months in advance, and no available reservations at restaurants. The Grove opens for tailgating at 6PM Friday night, but the crowds can overwhelm security as early as 4PM Friday night, and all the good spots in the Grove will be gone by 8PM. Most tailgating is concentrated in the Grove, but it takes place everywhere on campus. The Circle, next to the Grove, has more of a family atmosphere. Officially, liquor but not beer is allowed in the Grove, but all alcohol must be kept in a cup and out of plain view.

The Grove - Ole Miss vs. Texas - 9/15/2012
  • Alcohol Policy. The university policy on alcohol is very complicated and enforcement of it is even more so. Liquor is legal on all the campus and beer on the part of campus east of Gertrude Ford Boulevard. However, all alcohol must remain out of plain view at all times. Keep it in a cup or in your cooler. While beer is illegal in the Grove, the police will not confiscate it if you keep it in a cup. Police are allowed to search unattended coolers, so keep it at a tent that is attended at all times or put a lock on it. Bottom line: keep your alcohol out of plain view and under your control, keep your behavior in check, and you won't be bothered by the police. And don't even think about drinking and driving.
  • Vaught-Hemingway Stadium Where the three-time national champion Ole Miss Rebels play football. For online ticket sales and a seating chart, visit the Ole Miss Ticket Office. The stadium is officially alcohol-free, but many fans sneak in a flask, and drinking in the club levels and suites is completely ignored. Expect extensive body searches at the visitor and student gates. If you enjoy being molested by a security guard of the same sex, you're in heaven. At the other gates, security generally just looks inside purses and bags.
  • Game Day Info from the University. Including tailgating and stadium rules, traffic info, and parking info.
  • RV information. The university provides free gravel RV lots at the Old Taylor Road and the Coliseum Drive exits off of the Hwy 6 bypass. Overflow RV parking is available at the intramural fields, accessed by the Coliseum Drive exit (turn left at the four-way stop). Paved lots with hookups including cable TV are available, but they must be purchased for the whole season. The University officially does not allow RV parking before Friday afternoon, but in reality, they allow parking in the gravel lots days in advance. People are known to never move their RVs from one Saturday to the next. A private RV park with full amenities is available in town. Many choose to stay at the more spacious and scenic Sardis Lake, which offers a plethora of cheap RV parking with full hookups in a tree-shaded environment. It is located between Oxford and Batesville, 15 to 20 minutes from town.
  • RV information. Cart Barn Inn @ Yoda Creek has Rv parking. [email protected] ☏ 1 662-983-7829, 20 minutes south of Oxford down hwy 7 to hwy 9w to Bruce.

Churches

If your weekend visit to Oxford necessitates a visit with the Deity, there are many local worship options. Some of these houses of worship have enough historic value to warrant a purely secular visit any day of the week. True to its Deep South locale, Oxford is replete with Baptist and Methodist churches, but other faiths are by no means left out in this cosmopolitan university town. Here is a very small sampling of Oxford's larger and historic religious buildings and bodies:

Baptist

  • Antioch Primitive Baptist Church, South 15th Street. Sunday services are at 10:30AM. This congretation was organized in 1836. The congregation has been meeting in the current building since 1949. 
  • First Baptist Church (SBC), 800 Van Buren Avenue, ☏ 1 662 234-3515. Sunday services are at 8:30AM, 9:45AM and 11AM. The congregation was founded in 1842 and the original church structure was burned by Union troops in 1864. Current site was obtained in 1881 and the current building was completed in 1952. 
  • Second Baptist Church (MBC), 611 Jackson Avenue, ☏ 1 662 234-7868. It was organized by former slaves in 1869. The roots of this faith community stretch back to Baptist and Methodist ex-slaves who built a brush arbor on the edge of the old Pegues Plantation near the current church structure immediately after emancipation. 

Catholic

  • St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church(Roman Catholic), 403 University Avenue, ☏ 1 662 234-6073. Catholic presence in Oxford dates back to antebellum times when small numbers of Catholic residents and students at the University relied on visiting priests for spiritual sustenance. St. John's was founded in the 1930s as a mission of Water Valley's St. Patrick's parish. The original church building (a simple neo-classical structure constructed in 1943) and its adjoining rectory/parish hall, played host to federal troops sent to quell the riots surrounding the integration of the University in 1962. These buildings were later declared structurally unsound and were razed in 2003 for the construction of a new church building on the same property. Masses are celebrated on Sundays at 8:30AM, 11AM and 5PM.

Episcopal

  • St. Peter's Episcopal Church(ECUS), 113 South 9th Street, ☏ 1 662 234-1269-. Organized in 1851, this was the original seat of the first Episcopal bishop of Mississippi, making this building the pro-cathedral (i.e. preliminary cathedral) for the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi. First resident pastor was Frederick A.P. Barnard, originally a faculty member at Ole Miss, eventually the university's chancellor and, later, president of Columbia University. The building was completed in 1860 and was the only religious structure within the town limits of Oxford to survive the burning of the town by Union troops in 1864. William Faulkner was a parishioner. Sunday services are at 7:45AM, 9AM, 11AM and 5:30PM. There is a Spanish language service at 7PM.

Methodist

  • Old Burns Church/Belfry Building, Original Building - West Jackson Avenue. Oxford's first African-American church, organized by former slaves in 1869 as Sewell Chapel, it was renamed Burns Methodist-Episcopal Church in 1900. An original wood frame structure was replaced in 1910 by the current brick building. The current congregation moved to a modern structure in 1973 on the corner of Molly Barr Road and Washington Avenue. After the congregation moved out, the 1910 building served for a time as an office for author John Grisham. Grisham donated the building for use as a Civil Rights museum. The congregation's current church building is located at 600 Molly Barr Road. Sunday worship service is at 11AM.
  • Oxford-University Methodist Church (UMC), University Avenue, ☏ 1 662 234-5278. Founded in 1836 as Oxford Methodist-Episcopal Church, the congregation was served by a circuit-riding minister who made regular stops in Oxford for services. The church's first building was on Van Buren Avenue and the congretation went through two more structures on Jackson Avenue before purchasing the current site in 1936. Services began at the current site in 1937 and the current brick sanctuary was completed in 1950. Famous parishioners have included Charles B. Galloway and L.Q.C. Lamar.

Presbyterian

  • College Hill Presbyterian Church (PCA), College Hill Road, ☏ 1 662 234-5020. The church was founded in 1835. The building, built using slave labor and bricks fired on the grounds, was completed in 1846. It is the oldest church building in the Oxford area. During the Civil War, the surrounding community of College Hill was invaded by Union General Sherman and his troops in 1862, who occupied the grounds of the church and used the church building for sleeping quarters. William Faulkner was married here in 1929. The original structure and furnishings remain remarkably unchanged. The pulpit, pews and pew gates are original to the structure. The only major structural changes to the original structure were: 1) the addition of a veneer of modern brick which covers the structure's original exterior bricks (though the original brickwork is still viewable at a view points on the east side of the church exterior where some of the modern bricks were purposefully left un-mortared and can be temporarily removed to "peek" at the original bricks beneath), 2) the modern addition of office space in the rear of the structure, and 3) the removal of the building's slave galley (a balcony reserved for slaves to sit in during church services). The exterior doors which once led to the galley, however, still remain, floating ominously above the main entrance to the church, sans stairs.
  • First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 924 Van Buren Avenue, {{phone| 1 662 234-1757}. The first Presbyterian congregation in the town of Oxford was organized in 1837 by early settlers of Scottish descent. The church's original 1847 wood frame building fell casualty to the flames of 1864 (when the courthouse, its square and other buildings and homes in town were burned by federal troops). The current building was built in 1881. Sunday worship services are at 8:30AM and 11AM.

Unitarian-Universalist

  • Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Oxford, 31 County Road 198, ☏ 1 662 513-0970. An intergenerational community that fosters spiritual growth through free thought and respect for personal beliefs. Visitors of all faiths and beliefs are welcome. Services are Sundays at 11AM, and children of all ages are welcome with childcare provided during the service (from 10:50AM -12:15PM.)

Mormon

  • Oxford Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3501 S Lamar Blvd, Worship service at 10AM. Visitors are welcome.

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  • An excellent side trip, especially late at night after the bars close, is to Graceland Too. It is 30 miles north in Holly Springs. Students from the University have been known to visit this culturally-unique icon at all hours of the day (and night). Even if you are not an Elvis fan, the real entertainment is the proprietor Paul McLeod, who puts on quite a show. Just get to Holly Springs and any local can direct you to the fun. It is open 24 hours and the cost is only $5. After your third visit, you become a lifetime member and never have to pay again. You also get your picture taken while wearing Elvis' actual leather jacket.
  • Memphis-- The closest major city, known for Graceland, Beale Street, great music, and a revitalized downtown
  • Tunica-- The South's gambling mecca featuring a dozen large casino resorts
  • Tupelo--The birthplace of Elvis Presley
  • Clarksdale--The location of the famous Crossroads intersection of Highway 61 and 49 is known for its Delta blues and famous blues musicians
  • Natchez--The historic rivertown with the South's grandest collection of antebellum homes
Routes through Oxford
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