Who’s Open for Business (or Closed) in Jackson?

The Jackson Free Press is open as normal.

FYI, per Fondren office: Roosters, Basils and The Auditorium WILL be serving lunch today. Water brought in and paper products will be used. Wed Jan 13 10:30:05 am 2010

Fondren Nails closed; hopes to be open by Saturday. Call to check.

Per Grady Griffin: JxnMS procedures to operate restaurant under a Boil Water Notice http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/23,9166,148.html Wed Jan 13 01:04:48 pm 2010

Two Sister's Kitchen closed until further notice for the public's safety

never mind, link got fixed :)

restaurants need to contact us direct, members of the association or not, as we can help. Dept of Health website not completely accurate. see important updates at http://www.msra.org or call 601-420-4210

Olga's Fine Dining will remain closed tonight

Julep IS OPEN today, as of 1:00pm

Magnus Eklund LMT 144 is open Thursday - Saturday
1935A Lakeland Drive

Tye's is OPEN! Plaza has some good pressure.

RT from Twitter: Steam Room Grille is open for biz!

Just had a call from the Kessler folks -- The Wizard of OZ is still on for Thursday and Friday night -- the cast is en route as we speak.

Downtown restaurants -- let us know if you're going to be open to accommodate folks in to see the Wizard. ;-)

The Bulldog is open with limited menu (no salads). Beer not affected ;)

Foodies is open, go relish in Iron Horse chips and salsa

Hinds County Schools Openings and Closings for Thursday, January 14th

Raymond, Mississippi, January 13, 2010, 3:25 p.m.

Gary Road Elementary School and Gary Road Intermediate School will OPEN and follow their regular operating and bus schedules. 

Byram Middle School will remain CLOSED.

With the continued efforts of the public works departments in Jackson and Hinds County continue, we hope to have full water service restored to Byram Middle School by Friday, but we cannot be certain at this time.  Families should continue to monitor the local media and the district web site in order to stay up to date with the latest information. 

All interested individuals and families are encouraged to sign up for E-Alerts in order to receive the fastest notification by email and/or text message. You can sign up on our web site at http://www.hinds.k12.ms.us.

State offices closed again Thursday.

Sportsman's Lodge & Time Out Sports Cafe are open

JPS and Hinds Community College still closed Thursday.

Jackson Academy is open tomorrow -- Thursday, Jan. 14.

Yesterday, on Wednesday, January 13, both Basil's Downtown and Kiefer's were open for lunch. Hal & Mal's continues to persevere as always!

Just had a call from the Kessler folks -- The Wizard of OZ is still on for Thursday and Friday night -- the cast is en route as we speak.

Downtown restaurants -- let us know if you're going to be open to accommodate folks in to see the Wizard. ;-)

I am so glad to hear this, I didn't want my 3 y/o niece to be disappointed, she is OBSESSED with the Wizard of Oz!

Open today, Thursday:

- The Mayflower
- Chimneyville on High St
- Newks on I-55 Frontage Rd
- All Papa Johns Pizza locations
- Huntington's Grille at the Hilton
- Fitzgerald's at the Hilton
- Wellington's at the Hilton
- Jason's Deli (County Line Road)
- Keifer's (both locations)
- Majestic Burger

We anticipate Walker’s and Olga’s to receive clearance for dinner tonight, but call them first for details.

Bravo, Broad Street and Sal & Mookie's still closed today (Thursday), which means no JFP Lounge tonight of course. (See Jeff's post here about his businesses and helping Haiti.)

Also, D'Lo Trio wrote and said they won't be at The Cherokee tonight.

We were at the King Edward bar last night. They were only serving beer and wine; no food except sandwiches for room serve. Free Chex Mix at the bar, though. ;-)

(Cheers to Grady Griffin of the restaurant association for helping get this thread going and keeping it current. Support local businesses, all. This crisis is hard on them. The little guy can barely afford to close for one day, much less a week.)

And here's a dedicated restaurant blog post by Todd.

jaylosset tweet: All water pressure restored to One Jackson Place downtown. Are we almost out of the woods?

For the record, the JFP has water pressure back today, too (in Fondren), although we returned to a flooded hall (the faucet in the men's bathroom was "on" when the water returned! Flood or drought!

Libraries open/closed as of today (Jan. 14):

Eudora Welty Library,
300 North State Street, Jackson 39201

Willie Morris Library,
4912 Old Canton Road, Jackson 39211

Charles Tisdale Library,
807 East Northside Drive, Jackson 39206

The following libraries in the Jackson/Hinds Library System
are closed until further notice:

Margaret W. Alexander Library,
2525 Robinson Road, Jackson 39209

Bolden/Moore Library,
1444 Wiggins Road, Jackson 39209

Medgar Evers Library,
4215 Medgar Evers Blvd, Jackson 39212

Fannie Lou Hamer Library,
3450 Albermarle Road, Jackson 39213

Richard Wright Library,
515 West McDowell Road, Jackson 39204

Raymond Library,
126 West Court Street, Raymond 39154

Ole Tavern is open

are the courts that convene in the city of Jackson - city, county, state - postponing cases?

thnx for the info

health department just gave us the ok for dishwasher use. NO MORE PAPER PRODUCTS HERE! ha ha.

All Hinds County Schools Open on Friday, January 15th
Raymond, Mississippi, January 14, 2010, 2:15 p.m.

Byram Middle School will OPEN on Friday, January 15. With the reopening of Byram Middle School, all schools in Hinds County School District will be operating on regular schedules with regular bus routes in effect.

While bottled water will be available for students in all impacted schools in the Byram area, children may bring additional bottled water from home if they prefer. 

The Hinds County School District sincerely appreciates the diligent efforts of the public works departments from Jackson, Hinds County and the surrounding areas who assisted us all during this challenging time. 

In order to be prepared for future contingencies, families are encouraged to sign up for E-Alerts in order to receive the fastest notification of any school closings by email and/or text message. You can sign up on our web site at http://www.hinds.k12.ms.us.

Contact:


James Mason
Phone: 601-857-7012
Fax: 601-857-2003
E-mail:  .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Underground 119 will be open Friday (15th). BRAVO! hopefully will be.

Salvation Army providing free showers:

The Jackson Metro Salvation Army Provides Showers For Local Residents Lacking Water Resources.

The Salvation Army will open up the Disaster Shower Unit, at 28-foot trailer outfitted with six shower stalls, to the public on a first come first serve basis to help ease the water crisis here in Jackson. The shower unit is located at 110 Presto Lane at The Center of Hope. “This is what we do”, stated Captain Ken Chapman. “This is a disaster, a crisis in our community and our services are readily available for those in need.” The Disaster Shower Unit will be open for use between 7PM and 10PM tonight only. “We will asses the situation daily to decide whether we need to keep the Unit open for multiple days” sated Chapman.

Since the weather dropped to near freezing in the last 15 days, The Salvation Army has been out in the Community feeding the homeless and needy at the temporary shelter set up by the Office of the Mayor and out on the Disaster Canteen. Since the water crisis hit Jackson five days ago, The Salvation Army has not been able to provide showers to its over 120 residents of the shelter at The Center of Hope. “Although this is only a temporary solution, we will continue to serve the residents of our shelter, and those in the Community needing assistance to the best of our ability”, stated Chapman.

During this time, resources are running low and The Salvation Army is in need of bottled water and monetary donations to help meet the increase in demand for services. For more information or to donate contact The Salvation Army at 601-982-4881.

The Salvation Army would like to thank the citizens of the Metro Jackson area for their unwavering support throughout the years. With the generous contributions of time, money and resources received from the members of our communities, The Salvation Army continues to Do The Most Good by serving those in need, in His name, without discrimination, 365 days a year. To donate to The Salvation Army, please call 1-800-SAL-ARMY or log on to http://www.salvationarmyjackson.org.

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Two Sister's Kitchen will be open for normal business (less salad bar) beginning Friday. Closed Saturdays (always) but open Sunday for lunch. GO GET JFP'S BEST FRIED CHICKEN and lots of it please. Best veggies and angel biscuits as well.

Yay, Two Sisters!

Barbour just ordered state offices closed again Friday.

Grady Griffin's dishwasher answer:

You can use a dishwasher IF it has sufficient pressure to remove debris, and only IF the sanitizing cycle is checked with test strips frequently and one keeps those strips in a log. How much is frequently depends on volume, but at least once an hour.

If a dishmachine has no sanitizing cycle, despite high temp rinse, a dedicated sink full of low-temp sanitizing solution can be used with boiled, but cooled, water. Submerge washed wares based on sanitizing chemical: follow directions on your chemical container.

Also, restaurant owners, we can give you Grady's cell # for any questions about regulations/re-opening. Shoot me an e-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you need it.

JPS schools and offices closed Friday.

The Elite and Hal and Mal's are both open.

Olga's Fine Dining is now open for buisness.

Thanks for reporting in, Olga! Good luck.

High Noon Cafe will be open Friday with seaside cakes special!

Who dat say they gone stop Jeff Good? Who dat!?

He just tweeted:

it's true! we have our water back at all three restaurants! We start @broadstreetcafe at 7 a.m., @bravobuzz & @ salandmookies at 11!

Yay!

JSU re-opens Tuesday, Jan. 19. Residence halls open Monday.

Nick's & CS's are open for normal hours.