You Can Bring Your Ideas to Life in This Main Street Shop Crafters, creators, entrepreneurs, and artists will love MSU’s recently renovated Idea Shop located on Main Street. For a small monthly membership fee, you can get access to all sorts of tools and equipment to bring your idea to life. “You can come in and make anything that you want – whether it’s an anniversary gift or something you just want to try out,” says Idea Shop … [Read more...]
The Beer Garden
In the fall of 2014, world-renowned chef Gordon Ramsey designed and created a restaurant as a part of renovating Hotel Chester for season two of Hotel Hell. The restaurant, located on North Lafayette Street in downtown Starkville, became known as The Beer Garden. Built in 1925 as a full service hotel, the lovingly restored Hotel Chester invites guests to enjoy contemporary hotel amenities and services. A stay at Hotel Chester will leave you … [Read more...]
State Floral
Fresh and Floral When you walk through the doors of State Floral, you are met with the fresh scent of flowers and a view of gifts from wall to wall. The dark wall adorned with the shop’s name in gold creates a high-end space. A Brandon, MS native, Allison Siddall opened State Floral in 2018. Located just off Main Street on University Drive, the shop is in the center of Starkville. After several years crafting beautiful bouquets from … [Read more...]
Merle Norman Luna Bella
A Place Where Customers Feel Just Like Family Merle Norman & Luna Bella owner Alaina Prentice has created a place where her customers feel just like family. Some customers have been visiting the store over thirty years. “Our customer service is what makes us unique,” Prentice said, “because our customers are family; they know that this is a safe space. We laugh with them, and we cry with them.” With such a warm, inviting atmosphere, … [Read more...]
L.A. Green
L.A. Green in Downtown Starkville Located in the heart of historic Starkville, L.A. Green, a thriving retail opened in 2011 is sure to have something for the girls. What started as an idea from Lauren Ann Cooper’s entrepreneurial spirit quickly turned into a reality when she opened the first L.A. Green storefront in Cotton Crossing nine years ago. Since then, she has moved to Starkville’s Main Street and has expanded the business to … [Read more...]
Reed’s
Looking for a Starkville Tradition, Look No Further Located in the old historic Starkville Post Office, where many of the original fixtures still remain, Reed’s has been catering to Mississippi State University students and the Starkville community since 1991. After being in business in Tupelo since 1905, the Reed family wanted to extend its vision to Starkville, and it has been a move that the family does not regret. With its two … [Read more...]
The Book Mart, Bully Shop & Café
Take a break from your busy schedule and curl up with a delicious cup of coffee, a pastry, and a good book, at the Book Mart & Café on Main Street. You can sit at a table in the café to people watch or climb the stairs to the more private (and cozy) reading area. Bully Shop & Café, which opened in 2008, is the perfect spot to meet your friends for a down-home cooked meal. Some of the menu favorites include cranberry & pecan … [Read more...]
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