[Here’s another great article from our 2020 Holiday Food & Drink Guide! Check the rest out here to make your holidays extra festive!—eds.]
When it comes to holiday feasts, don’t look to me to prepare the main course, but I will generally bring an interesting side. From the moment my sister infuriated our grandmother by putting leeks in mashed potatoes—which Grandma wanted as pure as driven snow—I’ve delighted in discovering new side dishes to have at my table.
These 2020 holidays are a weird sauce and whether you’re Stay Home feasting on your own or doing the complicated quarantine math to safely hang out with others, you might want to treat yourself to something delicious and easy with any of these side dishes from local restaurants.
Collard Greens from Miss Delta
Back when Miss Delta offered a late night Happy Hour, my friends and I pumped our tired legs over to North Mississippi for the Southern comfort restaurant’s collard greens alone. Miss Delta is the ideal restaurant to have on this list because they already sell their sides in bulk sizes so you can easily share. You won’t want to, but you can. For the every-night side-piece lover, Miss Delta also offers an entree dinner of your choice of three sides, plus cornbread and honey butter—neatly packaged against the cold weather. I’ll always prefer the greens that come with a little topping of the pork they’re stewed in, but there’s a perfectly delightful veggie version, too.
