Opening Saturday: F. Jones Corner on Farish Street

This is pretty awesome. Can't wait to visit.

Congratulations to both Dillon and Hayes, and I hope their business thrives. This is what believing in Jackson is all about.

This is great news! I will definitely visit soon.

awesome, love the concept, will definitely visit for lunch, congrats and much success!!!

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090720/NEWS/90720015/Jackson+blues+club+opens+on+Farish+St.

Check the inaccuracies in this article, y'all.

#1: the name of the restaurant, although that's a picky detail.

#2: Didn't this place open on July 13th, not today?

#3: Not an inaccuracy, but they didn't give the actual street address: just North Farish and Griffith. An exact street address is much better if you need to use Mapquest or Google to find your way there.

No wonder people don't have a clue what's going on in Jackson! Thanks, Ronni, for giving us a better, more detailed and interesting story than the Ledge ever could.

It's grand opening was July 11; we had a story in the Daily about it almost two weeks ago! What in hell are they talking about?

Also, they misspelled owner Dillon's name once in the piece.

Oh, and Lady, the above story was by our intern Gerard Manogin, who just graduated from Murrah. ;-)

Thanks for the correction, Donna. Shows how crazy I am: I looked at who posted it and didn't read the byline. Hats off to Gerard for such a fantastic article! With writing talent like that, you will go far. :)

Their first night open for business was June 12th for Jesse Robinson's Birthday Bash.

The official "grand opening" was July 11th, when they had the "Blues Benefit Day" for the Boys and Girls Club.

Yesterday, July 20th, the Chamber of Commerce had a ribbon cutting there.

Ah, that's what the Ledger reported as the "grand opening." I see.

So, they only count the ribbon cutting as the grand opening? What kind of business could these guys have had for that one week if the CL had reported that they were open? Another signal that the CL is anti-Jackson.

It appears that CL just ran this piece yesterday, the 20th. Most businesses have soft openings before having a "grand opening." And it seems this article may have misidentified the official ribbon cutting as their grand opening. Three very separate things, just incorrectly identified by CL.

I hate CL as much as the next guy, but c'mon, cut them some slack on this one. They didn't "hurt business" or take an "anti-Jackson stance" by reporting this the way they did. It just ran yesterday, so they are behind for certain. Now the misspelling of names...that's another story.

I agree with the last post - The CL isn't the best paper around for sure, but they just misidentified the event. They did cover the Jesse Robinson birthday party in the "Weekend" thing (June 11) - featured it on the cover and middle section - so, the thing yesterday wasn't the first mention of F. Jones Corner.

In my opinion, the JFP article above is MUCH better. As a matter of fact, I was there last weekend talking to Lonne George during the band's break. He said that he read about the gas pump hole somewhere in the building - I knew he read the JFP article!

I am just happy to see it thriving. Farish Street needs this! Jackson needs this! We can't wait for the city or politicians to "revitalize Jackson." The People have to do it, and that's what Adam, Daniel, and the patrons of F.Jones are doing.

Their t-shirt says, "Revitalizing Jackson... One Beer at a Time."