I thought it might be a good idea to hit Doe’s for lunch and give their hamburger a try. Very good call. Good beef and bun, fresh cut condiments, and the house fries were some of the best I’ve had. Super crisp. They have a lot of poboys and plate lunches to round out the lunch menu, and I’m pretty sure everyone already knows about their steaks and shrimp and tamales. After all, they’ve been in town awhile now.
I was pretty intrigued by the Mississippi origin of Doe’s, since I just got back from a trip to Natchez (Vicksburg is next up on the list) and I’ve always liked the combination camp/old home feel of the dining room and the speak-easy cosiness of the attached bar. Doe’s is probably the first place I encountered that took high end product and dressed it as down home fare. The paper towels on the table mark a clear divergence from the path taken by places like Ruth’s Chris and J. Alexander’s. I’m probably headed back real soon to see what kind of job they can do with their country fried steak, hamburger steak, and spaghetti and meatballs. And I’m interested in trying their debris poboy, yet another link between Mississippi and New Orleans. Also the history posted on their website is worth a look. Very enlightening entry in the muddy back story of Mississippi race relations.
