The barbeque at billy boy's is well known across Shawnee. However, it's the little things that make the restaurant great, from the miniature ice cubes to the excellent fried okra. The employees are friendly, and the atmosphere is nice. It's a perfect place for a family dinner or a lunch date.

Van's Pig Stand, the upstairs restaurant, serves as a wonderful place to get scrumpteous homestyle burgers and cut-potato fries. The tables and walls are wooden, complete with the carvings of previous customers. Van's Charcoal Room, the downstairs restaurant is definately the best place in town to get savory steaks or ribs. The entire meal, from the salads to the potatoes to the filet mignons, are fresh and delicious. Van's is definately a treat.

The food was good and authentically mexican. The service was good as well. The atmosphere is a little lacking, as it is in a strip mall. Overall, however, I personally would prefer takeout.

The restaurant has the entrees of a typical diner, as well as typically Southern entrees. Both are well prepared, though the side items are somewhat lacking in comparison.

The food is good, but not exceptional. I would recommend customers desiring steak to eat at Van's Charcoal Room in Shawnee instead.

The service wasn't fast or reliable, and I was disappointed in the food. I'd been eating authentic mexican food, I'd forgotten how bland americanized mexican food was by comparison. I'd recommend Abuelita's in Shawnee instead.

With half price burgers on Tuesdays and grated cheese on their homestyle burgers, TJs makes a great place to grab some lunch or a quick dinner. The atmosphere is nice and quiet. The decor revolves around Brad Pitt, the owners' nephew and a former resident of Shawnee.

This is a wonderful fast restaurant that serves chicken strips, mainly fried or grilled with a special house sauce. The house sauce is devine, the chicken moist. Of course, they also have great sweet tea and scrumptious cheese cake. My only complaint is they don't cut the chicken ligament off the grilled chicken strips. But the food is definately delicious.

Ajax offers various Southern entrees. While they are all good, considering the location of the restaurant, the just aren't exceptional. However, it is the only southern-style restaurant in Oxford.

Buster Roodies moved to University instead of it's former location on Jackson. It serves wonderfully moist fried catfish, fried chicken strips, various sandwiches and spuds. My personal favorite is the Pig In A Spud, which has pulled pork, cheese, and various other ingredients on top of a huge potato, surrounded by a garden salad. Simply incredible. The catfish is great too.

Depending on what you get, this could be a cheap or expensive meal. The entire restaurant is delivery only, the cost of which is factored into the prices of the food. They are know for their 20+ flavors of buffallo wings. They also have great chicken strip sandwiches. I, however, love their huge salads. The best delivery I've ever eaten, though fattening...

The local college students go for the monster margaritas - 64 ounces of tequila bliss at only $8.99, available in strawberry or lime. If you're nice, they'll fill the same sized glass with strawberry daquarri or pina colada. Their specialties are these frozen drinks and imported mexican beer. They do not know how to make mixed drinks, though they do offer them.
El Charro's is also known for its hot chips and fresh salsa, both free to all customers. For a few extra dollars, you can try their delicious "queso, " which is always fresh white cheese sauce.
After drinking there every week for a year, I finally decided to try the food. Now it's hard to decide which to do. The food is completely divine. You can eat a complete meal at this restaurant for under $5. That's AUTHENTIC mexican food. Simply incredible. You can order individual items - tacos, tamales, etc - for about $1.50 each.
Don't expect to hold too much conversations with the waitstaff, though. They are all mexicans struggling with their english. The owner, Hoolio, is completely courteous, though also not completely fluent. The people are all nice, just sometimes a little challenged at taking your orders. The food, however, makes up for it.

The variety of seafood dishes to choose from is incredible. I however always choose one of the platters, so that I get a variety. I have never been disappointed with their food. The waitstaff singing and dancing to various songs just makes it that much more worth the trip.

The variety of seafood dishes to choose from is incredible. I however always choose one of the platters, so that I get a variety. I have never been disappointed with their food. The waitstaff singing and dancing to various songs just makes it that much more worth the trip.
Reading the above comments, I can't believe people would compare Joe's to a place like Red Lobster. While Red Lobster basically caters to the uncultured crowd who simply desire a taste of seafood one night, Joe's caters to the customers with more sophisticated palates, who desire scrumptious entrees that happen to have seafood in them. Joe's also traditionally prepares Southern-style entrees, such as gumbo and ettouffee.
My cajun parents refuse to eat at Red Lobsters, calling it "fake seafood." Though I believe this to be a slight exageration, the food at Joe's far exceeds the level of appreciation of a typical Red Lobster customer.

OVERRATED????????????? DEFINATELY NOT. The ribs, with their unique dry-barbeque seasoning, are completely divine. The sausage and cheese plate is a MUST for an appetizer. The atmosphere is also incredible. The jukebox allows you to play music of your choice - so long as it's oldies or great southern blues. The newer r&b/hip-hop selections will cause the waitstaff to walk around singing. Such a treat. Definately worth a wait, even on those long weekend nights.

Well prepared barbeque at a great price in a unique (musical history) atmosphere with good service? What more could you ask for...unless you simply don't like barbeque. It's wonderful. Try the tamales for a change...they're also very good.