The Trace Grill

Great experience. The best description dinner with a flare of McAlisters. Everyone was friendly. I had the veggie plate. The lima beans were cooked like my grandmother’s. Baked beans and macaroni and cheese were great. The slaw was not as sweet as I like mine but it was still goid.

Trace grill is a ridgeland staple. A must go when I’m home to visit family.
My grandparents dine here weekly for lunch and love the blue plate special.
The line tends to be long when arriving but the food is usually at your table within about 5 minutes. The meat is almost always well cooked and tender and the sides are plentiful.

Delicious Blackened Shrimp Salad! Get it with Comeback — it’s the tastiest outside of Jackson.

I have been putting off going to The Trace Grill, because it is always so packed. I finally worked up the nerve to go, and I am so glad I did! Everything I had was fantastic. I’ve gone twice now, and the first time I got the plate lunch with bbq chicken, fried green tomatoes, and lima beans. The second time, I just got a veggie plate and I had the fried green tomatoes, lima beans, creamed corn, and sweet potato fries — EXCELLENT. The price can’t be beat, and the food is great.

Great food at a reasonable price at lunch you may have to stand in line but afteryou order and seated food gets there relatively fast.

Did not have a good experience. It appears to be run by children. Tossed salad was just lettuce, nothing added. Service is non existent. Food was tasteless.

The ribs are the best in the area. I love them wet. Comfort food is yummy. Barq’s root beer in the bottle. Is there anything else?
I love this place.

We stayed overnight in Ridgeland on a cross country move & needed some real food before we hit the road so I looked up restaurants near our hotel & we decided to go to The Trace Grill because it was close by & had good reviews. It by far exceeded our expectations! The place is super cute & had really pretty Christmas decorations. The staff was friendly & helpful & patient which was refreshing since we were tired & have a baby. We both got the 1 meat & 3 sides plate which is hard to believe cost less than $ 10. My garlic Rosemary chicken was cooked perfectly & juicy. We liked all of the sides especially the fried green tomatoes. I would definitely recommend this place!

Home cooking at it’s finest. A menu rich in Southern tradition served in a simple but pleasant atmosphere. Very courteous staff. The prices are great because you are not paying for a lot of unnecessary service, fancy linens, etc.
They need a big sign close to the road, though. The place is hard to find since it doesn’t face Hwy 51. We drove right past it first time we went there. Just look for Quiznos and pull into the lot.

So I really love this place. Tons of options and not a bad item on the menu. Have been a regular since before they moved locations. I recommend coming early as the place fills up quick at lunchtime.

We live near here and have gone several times.
The good: the home style southern dishes are great like country fried steak, baba chicken and meatloaf.
It’s not a full service restaurant, you order first at a register then have a waiter/​waitress that veins your food but you get your own drink and no one really checks on you at all. So not my favorite place to eat in.
The not so good:
We get to-​go a lot, but their take out portions are ridiculously small. For instance $ 8 for fish and 2 sides and they only give you one pice of fish. Honestly Cracker Barrel is better portion and price wise.
The burgers aren’t good at all. I’d prefer to grill my own. They’re usually overdone, greasy, and under seasoned.
I like their bread pudding but after they got our order wrong tonight, they gave us free brownie and ice cream. The brownie was so hard my silverware wouldn’t break through it. I mean I know it was free but if you mess an order up and offer something like this as compensation, it better be good. It was not. Not to mention when they mixed our order up their first suggestion was to come pickup the already made correct one. If we’d done that it would’ve been sitting out for 30 minutes. They argued over the phone about who got it wrong before they put a manger on. As a customer I don’t care who got it wrong, just make it right.
I can homemake any of their items twice as good, so in not impressed.

Was only in the Ridgeland area for a week and came here twice. Was a bit hard to find since its not really visible off the main road. Reasonably priced meals and good bang for your buck if you get the blue plate deal. A very solid amount of meat on the ribs. Staff was very friendly. Pleasantly surprised by the fried catfish, the breading on it wasn’t overwhelming, something that many places will do to their fried seafood. Only complaint if I were to really have one was the coleslaw was average. Would definitely come back here next time im near Jackson!

We went for lunch on a Friday. As soon as you walk in the doors the place smells delicious and lets you know that you’re in for a treat.
I got a plate with fried catfish, rice and gravy, and macaroni and cheese. The rice and gravy wasn’t amazing, but the macaroni was better than most and the fish was the best I’ve had in town.
My only complaint at all was the lack of real direction. You order at the counter and need to get your own utensils and fill your own drink. Not really problems, but that isn’t explained and you’re likely to end up having to go fetch a fork after your food arrives. Regardless, it was very good.

Visited this place for lunch for the first time and thought it was good. I was amazed at how crowed the place was and I understand why. The potions are generous, price reasonable and food tasty. It is semi self-​serve; you get your own drinks, utensils, napkins and condiments.
I cannot wait to check it out again. They have a huge menu. Go hungry.

OK, let me set this up for you. Me and my wife are sick and don’t feel like cooking. She sends me to Trace Grill to pick up dinner. We love Trace Grill and eat here frequently. They are one of the best meat & 3 places around. Great selection of veggies and the burgers are good. So I get home after picking up our dinner and the order was mixed up. Tired, sick, hungry, & irritated, I call the restaurant to complain. The manager immediatly wanted to make this right. I didn’t expect or want a «free meal» but I just didn’t want to drive back to the restaurant (like I have done dozens of times before at other places that got my order wrong) I didn’t ask to have my order brought to me but the manager offered. With a sick wife and running fever myself, this was like having the rain clouds part and the sun shine down on us. They even compensated us for the trouble. This kind of old fashoined service is rarely seen these days and I am gratefull for it. We are already frequent customers but now these guys have my loyalty and resect. Hats off to these guys. You guys did a really nice thing for a couple of sick hungry and now satisfied people. Oh yeah, the food was great too

I’m a barbq lover and wanted to try the ribs …
I saw meatloaf on the menu and errrrrrrrp — I rarely find meatloaf on the menu so I changed my mind.
Mistake … it was the end of the loaf and a good part of it was burnt. They brought out another piece and apologized… it was a little better than average.
the vegetables were very good and I’m not a veggie-​type of guy.
The other negative you HAVE to realize — it is hard as hell to find. It is inside a strip mall but the stores go away from the street and do NOT face the street. You can NOT see it from the highway — won’t happen. You will to drive down the hill and away from the street to find it …
the service is OUTSTANDING …
i would go again… i would just try something else
Try it… I’d give them a 3.75 but they are so friendly, courteous and helpful and I imagine some of the Unilocalers are taking that into consideration with their ratings … they are friendly and work at their craft

Great place for lunch or dinner. Fabulous burgers and exceptional blue plate offerings.
The blue plates are available as a meat and one, two, or three vegetables. The entrees and vegetables are great. The one disappointment has been the mashed potatoes.

I first ate here in 2002 when my boss told me about it. We went together and I ordered the chicken tenders, fries, rice, and cream corn. A piece of corn bread came with it as well. The food was excellent! I’m not a cornbread eater either, but theirs is great. Over the years I took my family there and new coworkers as i changed jobs. I moved out of MS for four years but I still made time to visit when i could.
Last month I ate there and I ordered my «usual» tenders, fries, ccorn, rice, all with a side of corn bread. In the now TWELVE years since I first ate at the Trace Grill, the price has barely gone up (pennies) and the food tastes exactly the same as the first time I went.
If I could give them six stars I would.

I called this place to see what time they closed as I was on ny way to another eatery. The young lady who answered the phone told me 8:30. Well about a minute later I got a call from the owner who told me they were going to close at 7:30 because of the weather. He didn’t want me to show up later and the place would be closed. I appreciate the fact that he took the time out to call me and let me know that they were closing earlier then usual.
I ordered the garlic rosemary chicken breast fried green tomato and sweet potato fries. I also ordered the blackberry cobbler with ice cream. Everything was pretty good I really enjoyed the blackberry cobbler it was delicious. As for the cost I can’t complain.
If ever in the area again I will come here again. The thoughtfullness of the owner and friendliness of the staff tops my reason to return.

Checked out the new location last night. it is really a nice place. It was fairly crowded at 6:30. That is good to see. No way another business that does not have such a following could survive there with no HWY 51 frontage.
I had a Bacon Cheese on White last night. The patty was good, not great, but not overcooked, which is a killer to me. Bacon was nice and crispy and the white bun was really, really good. I liked it much better than the Jalapeño bun I had last time.
Bun and burger were a perfect fit when I got the large (8oz) and it stayed together nicely.