Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Oxford from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Oxford
Oxford’s clearest wine picks sit inside full-service dinner rooms, especially around the Square and North Lamar.
Courthouse Square. City Grocery is Chef John Currence’s Modern Southern flagship, with a wine list, craft cocktails, a la carte ordering, and a 2009 James Beard Award for Best Chefs. It has been part of Oxford since 1992 and holds a 2025 Michelin Plate.
Oxford Square. Saint Leo is a James Beard-recognised wood-fired Italian restaurant with an extensive wine list, and craft cocktails. The menu uses a la carte ordering and small plates in a narrow brick room, with local, seasonal sourcing.
The Square. McEwen's Oxford is a fine-dining restaurant for elevated, creative Southern dishes and traditional American cooking, including steaks and seafood, with Sunday brunch and a la carte ordering. It has a wine list, craft cocktails, and an extensive wine list.
Oxford also does low-key meals well, with diners, pubs, pizza, and sandwich counters spread across the city.
Courthouse Square. Ajax Diner is a Classic Southern Diner with a standard wine program, a la carte ordering, and a 2025 Michelin Plate. Inside are Christmas lights, neon signs, and red vinyl booths, and the kitchen has served classic Southern comfort food since 1997.
The Square. Proud Larry's is a long-running Oxford restaurant with live music, comfort food, a standard wine program, and a la carte ordering. It serves American and Italian pub fare, including hand-tossed pizza and bar food, and it has a beer program.
Phillips Grocery is an Oxford institution and a classic American burger joint. Meals are a la carte. Drinks are BYOB. The kitchen centres on award-winning hand-patted burgers, hand-cut fries, and fried pickle spears, and the setting is a nostalgic porch and patio.
wine lists in our guide sit in four neighbourhoods: City Grocery on Courthouse Square, Saint Leo on Oxford Square, McEwen's Oxford on The Square, and Snackbar in Midtown. The Square holds seven venues, the largest neighbourhood count in Oxford. Saint Leo and McEwen's Oxford also have an extensive wine list.
Oxford has no Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide. City Grocery, a Modern Southern restaurant on Courthouse Square, Ajax Diner, a classic Southern diner on Courthouse Square, and Snackbar, a Southern bistro with Indian influences in Midtown, each hold a 2025 Michelin Plate.
City Grocery, Saint Leo, McEwen's Oxford, and Snackbar are the Oxford restaurants with wine lists. Saint Leo and McEwen's Oxford also have an extensive wine list. City Grocery is on Courthouse Square, Saint Leo on Oxford Square, McEwen's Oxford on The Square, and Snackbar in Midtown.
Our guide counts one Wine Spectator Award of Excellence in Oxford. That single award is the only Wine Spectator award counted for the whole city, and it covers Oxford citywide. The guide does not name any Oxford restaurant or hotel for that award.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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A Michelin Plate recipient on Oxford's Courthouse Square, Ajax Diner occupies the casual end of Mississippi's farm-informed American cooking tradition. Direct plates, a diner-counter format, and a price point well below Oxford's white-tablecloth competition make it a reliable reference point for understanding how the town feeds itself beyond the university-district fine dining corridor.
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City Grocery sits on Courthouse Square in Oxford, Mississippi, holding a 2025 Michelin Plate that places it in rare company for a small university town. The kitchen works within the mid-price American register, drawing on the Deep South's layered culinary traditions without reducing them to nostalgia. For Oxford's dining scene, it functions as a reference point rather than a novelty.
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A Michelin Plate recipient and Esquire-recognised martini destination on North Lamar, Snackbar operates at the upper tier of Oxford's American dining scene without the formality that price point often implies. The kitchen delivers serious food in a room that reads more neighbourhood bar than tasting-menu theatre, and the cocktail program pulls national attention in a college town that has consistently outpunched its size on the dining circuit.
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An easy, low-cost Oxford pick for tacos, burritos, and tortas near the University Avenue corridor. Go for quick à la carte Mexican street food, casual counter-style pacing, and a family-friendly setup; skip it if the occasion calls for polished service, cocktails, or a formal dinner.
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Hand-patted burgers, hand-cut fries, and fried pickle spears are the reason to go. Phillips Grocery is worth it for a casual Oxford lunch or relaxed Friday/Saturday dinner, especially if BYOB appeals and the group wants a low-cost burger-joint meal rather than a polished special-occasion restaurant.
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Proud Larry's is a strong pick for casual Oxford dining when pizza, burgers, drinks, and live music are part of the same plan. It is better for lunch, dinner, late night, groups, and solo bar dining than for quiet brunch or polished service. Expect an easy, loud, walk-in-friendly college-town hangout near The Square at about $20 per person.
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South Depot Taco Shop is worth choosing for a quick, casual Mexican/Tex-Mex meal near Oxford’s square, especially with kids, students, solo diners, or groups that need flexibility. Go for the build-your-own format, not a special-occasion experience: it is strongest for lunch, easy dinner, and low-friction downtown eating.
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Southern Coop is a low-friction Oxford pick for casual wings, house-made tenders, chicken sandwiches, and pizza. Go when the group wants a quick, affordable, chicken-focused meal rather than a polished special-occasion setting. Local Best Wings and Favorite Wings recognition gives the core order real weight.
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The Blind Pig Pub is a practical Oxford Square pick for casual American pub food, beer, and low-pressure group meals. Go for sandwiches, burgers, BBQ plates, and deli-style options in a lively, casual room; skip it for private dining, quiet dates, or a wine-focused dinner.
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Toyo Japanese Sushi Bar & Hibachi is a good Oxford pick for an easy, lively Japanese meal built around hibachi rather than a formal sushi counter. Go for group dinners, family celebrations, lunch, or casual late-night dining; choose the hibachi table first and treat sushi, udon, cocktails, beer, and sake as flexible add-ons.
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Graduate by Hilton Oxford sits on North Lamar Boulevard in Oxford, Mississippi, earning a place on the Michelin Selected Hotels list for 2025. The property brings the Graduate Hotels brand formula to one of the American South's most academically storied small cities, positioning it within a compact tier of recognised lodging options in a town where hotel choice is deliberately limited.
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