Mar 22, 2019
Since opening his restaurant City Grocery in Oxford, Ms. more than 20 years ago, Chef John Currence’s name has become synonymous with Southern cooking. He’s received the Southern Foodways Alliance Guardian of Tradition Award, he’s won the James Beard Foundation award for Best Chef South, and he’s often a sought after writer -- just ask Garden & Gun, his book editors, or Esquire. City Grocery Restaurant Group now encompasses Snackbar and a growing number of Big Bad Breakfast locations, including the one I visited in Rosemary Beach that had a line out the door on a Saturday morning. Beyond the kitchen, he’s someone who speaks his mind on just about anything, and when I caught up with him at the 30A Wine Festival for a chat, he did just that.