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It is said that Clarksdale is where the blues began; it certainly has been home to an inordinate number of blues masters, including W.C. Handy, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Ike…

…story goes back to 1924 when Abe Davis opened a snack stall on the street in Clarksdale. Today you will find it at the blues crossroads of Highways 61 and…

…and each radiant with character. Before turning at the Crossroads onto Highway 49, we stopped in Clarksdale, crucible of the blues, to visit Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art—a…

The blues-lore belief that Clarksdale, Mississippi is the birthplace of the blues is captured in the name of this restaurant and blues club. Ground Zero Blues Club is the very…

…this Roadfood gem by a barber up in Clarksdale who said that Crystal Grill pies were the best in the Delta. Coconut and chocolate pies are lofty meringue monuments, and…

It takes a diehard Roadfood devotee to drive along Oakhurst Street in Clarksdale, spy Ramon’s, and think, “My, what an excellent-looking place to eat.” It is, to understate the point,…

…Some accounts hearken back to a visiting cook from the Texas-Mexico border who instilled the passion in local eaters. Pat Davis, grandson of the founder of Abe’s Bar-B-Q in Clarksdale,…

…Club Bakery up in Fairmont. In Clarksdale, Tomaro’s Bakery uses pizza dough to enclose the pepperoni sticks. Tomaro’s repertoire of Italian bread loaves is as good as it gets. Customers…

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