Shrimp and grits was excellent. Our waitress recommended honey pie with lavender ice cream for dessert . Might sound weird but it was great.

The menu changes but I liked this fruit loop creme brûlée . Very fancy . Upstairs bar is more laid back with great deviled eggs and French fries with comeback sauce

Add the fried oysters . Super quality. Yum! I put them on my salad which was meh without them. The black eyed pea cakes were perfect. The servers were on their A game! Gumbo was weak.

Though locals (especially twenty-somethings) associate City Grocery with its upstairs bar , the restaurant is exceptional and the shrimp & grits are a must.

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Dive Bar ? Sorry Four Square, this time you've got it wrong. This is the home to Shrimp and Grits but everything is good. If you love this restaurant then get up and eat your way through the square.

Excellent bar location, drinks and atmosphere right on the square. Restaurant is more hit & miss.

Great restaurant and even better bar . Mature crowd. Few undergraduate students.

They have rotating seasonal menus . The goat cheese and spinach was so good!

Dive Bar four square? I don't think so! This is southern dining at its best. Chef John Currence was a contestant on Top Chef Masters and his menu proves why he made the show- sorry, everything's good

One of the finest places you'll ever go to. It's in Oxford on the square but don't let that fool you

Congratulations, you've found one of Esquire's Best Bars in America. Head upstairs. Elbow past the crowd. Get a seat on the balcony . Look at Johnny Reb. Sip your Wild Turkey , rocks. Read more

Check out City Grocery as it was featured on Guilty Pleasures for Hot brown - fried chicken , ham and pickles . Read more

Check out the shrimp and grits with house bacon . It's a perfect, rich combination. Read more

Imbibe Magazine found City Grocery's Wine List to be one of the Best in the South in their March/April 2011 Southern Issue

Try the House Pickle Plate With Beet Pickled Eggs , House Pimiento Cheese And Big Bad Bacon - @bigbadchef

Try the Macaroons - Macaroons with basil ice cream and basil sautéed strawberries

Try the Raspberry Mousse - Tart Raspberry Mousse with chocolate lemon cookies

Loved the southern salad with pimento cheese , pickled okra and cornbread croutons .

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Try the Chocolate Mousse - Chocolate Mousse with house made vanilla ice cream

The chocolate chess pie is amazing.

Not only is Chip a great bartender . He has a great split-finger fastball. Ask him to show you.

the pimiento cheese is delicious. they also have a great mint julep .

Chef Patton Robertson of Five Sixty, Dallas, recommends the Shrimp & Grits !

One of my favorite restaurants .

You aren't going to find a better old fashioned in town than right here. Then again, you probably won't find a better anything.

Get the shrimp and grits .

The steak & dessert

Have a reservation get used to a half hour wait, they have no clue about being on time

Short ribs

Their shrimp and grits are the best I've ever had.

Shrimp and grits !

Great food, love the balcony with a glass of wine

Ask for Chip . Best bartender in town .