Mama’s Eats-N-Sweets

Nothing fancy here, just very good Mamas’ food. I had the BBQ chicken. Sweet, juicy and sauce cooked on/​in, not dumped on top. Greens wonderful as well as candied yams and butter beans. I’m afraid I’d hurt myself if I lived close to this restaurant.

Great Southern cooking! I’ll definitely eat here again when I’m in the area. Good value for the amount and quality of food served. I was too full to try the desserts, but they looked good. Thanks, Mama!

We were driving through Jackson headed to Memphis and found this restaurant on Unilocal.After reading the first review we had to check it out! It was awesome! The service was great and Mama was awesome! She takes pride in her food, service, and making you feel at home! We had plenty of food and even had leftovers!
Our expectations was exceeded! We had the ribs & catfish, made me take a trip down memory lane being a born & raised South Carolina girl! BTW did I tell you about the sweet tea! It was the bomb! We will stop at this place again!

I love this place. It is good food at a good price and a good «feel good» story. Mama is this black older lady that is as sweet as can be. Anyone that walks in here will be treated like one of her own. I do not care who you are. She is nice to everyone. I have seen it. So I do not care what color or gender or sexual orientation you have, go visit. Mama. I will not give this place five stars because it is pretty basic. But day in and day out basic is what we all want. It is awesome to see someone like this succeed and cut across racial and other lines.
She cooks the food and serves herself with her two daughters. The place is dive, but clean… located in between the ghetto and an industrial area. Don’t worry… you will be safe. When you first get there you may wonder if you should get out of the car, and the place looks pretty shabby from the outside. But soon you will see lots of people go in and out during luch time. That includes cops, construction and utility workers, black, white and everything in between.
When you walk in you are staring at the food in a cafeteria style set up with the girls serving. Then Mama and the register are to the right. Ample seating to the left. Works pretty efficiently. The lunch includes mama’s sweet tea which is pretty good. There is usually about 3 choices of entrees and another three of four choices of sides. The entrees change from day to day. Sometimes the food can be a bit greasy, specially when its ribs or pork. But it is all good. The fried chicken is delicious. I love the greens… yummy. And if you want something extra, Mama makes at least a pie every day and her pecan pie is nothing to sneer at.
For under ten dollars you will eat enough to satisfy the hungriest. Everytime I pass through Jackson I make it a point to eat here at least once. By the way, I am talking lunch here… they may not open for dinner. I will find out more next time I go and post the changes. I might even take pictures if I remember to do so…