Peaches Restaurant | Mississippi Roads | MPB

Willora "Peaches" Ephram opened Peaches Restaurant on Farish Street in 1961. During the Civil Rights Movement, Peaches Restaurant served as a safe have for activists and Peaches herself provided Freedom Riders with food despite the personal risk. Since then, Peaches has grown into a soul food mecca visited by the likes of Muhammed Ali and President Barak Obama.
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  • @markj2838
    @markj28384 жыл бұрын

    I wanna eat at mrs Peaches right now.. love these stories👍... just read she passed away.. God bless her..

  • @AdrianTaylorthesupertrainerllc

    @AdrianTaylorthesupertrainerllc

    3 жыл бұрын

    Generational bleed...🤔.

  • @jackdarapper2451
    @jackdarapper24513 жыл бұрын

    Made me cry when the guy told her she feed him as a kid when he was hungry.

  • @alicewashington5633

    @alicewashington5633

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow.. Exactly we don't forget those who help us along the way.. We never know who may be hungry along the way... Lord have mercy upon us all 😭😭😭😭..

  • @accelwell7018
    @accelwell70184 жыл бұрын

    There's just no school like the old school

  • @PedalToTheMetal61888

    @PedalToTheMetal61888

    3 жыл бұрын

    Accel Well...yesss OLD SCHOOL DANCING ...and The Belly RUB ( SLOW DRAGGING MUSIC ) ...DIM all the Lights says Teddy penderGRASS ...and Lets get a Little closer ...These...simpleTon...kids nowaDays don''t know what they are missing ...You can't DANCE to DUMBAss Gangster Rap ...

  • @accelwell7018

    @accelwell7018

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PedalToTheMetal61888 Facts👍

  • @joebaxley1503

    @joebaxley1503

    3 жыл бұрын

    You got that right

  • @cyavelle
    @cyavelle4 жыл бұрын

    Oh my! How beautifully styled is her hair. Such a gracefully aged woman. ❤

  • @robincorprew9007

    @robincorprew9007

    4 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @michaelgaynor6866

    @michaelgaynor6866

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sadly,I just read a comment above saying she passed away in 2018

  • @cyavelle

    @cyavelle

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelgaynor6866 ok...so she died a gracefully aged woman.

  • @onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433

    @onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@cyavelle lmao😂 I love how positive you are 💯

  • @msway836

    @msway836

    4 жыл бұрын

    SO SAD THIS ONE OF THOSE SWEETEST THAN PIE GRAND MAMAS YOU WOULD BE AROUND. DONT HAVE A HATEFUL BONE IN HER BODY, WOULD HELP ANYONE ANY COLOR CAUSE SHE WOULD BE JUST SWEET AS CAN BE...GLAD TO SEE THE SON IS KEEPING THE TRADITION GOING HOPEFULLY...

  • @IZRElLO747
    @IZRElLO7473 жыл бұрын

    My father was from Laurel Mississippi and he told me the thing "Work so you don't have to ask nobody for nothing" and I know your food is on hit! God bless you and may you prosper

  • @milespitts7982
    @milespitts79824 жыл бұрын

    learn to work so you don't have to beg...great advice

  • @shirleyconerly2724

    @shirleyconerly2724

    3 жыл бұрын

    You must be white

  • @queencastlepodcast6828

    @queencastlepodcast6828

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@shirleyconerly2724 😂 Them white people don’t know nothing about that good cooking

  • @shirleyconerly2724

    @shirleyconerly2724

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@queencastlepodcast6828 big facts😂😂😂😂😂

  • @KINGAMONGMEN1978

    @KINGAMONGMEN1978

    3 жыл бұрын

    I tell my kids that to this very day

  • @meemeethecat7391

    @meemeethecat7391

    3 жыл бұрын

    I. LIKE THAT ONE TOO.

  • @cathyt144
    @cathyt1444 жыл бұрын

    there are special places in Heaven for folks like Ms Peaches. maybe i will have the pleasure of meeting her one day. RIP MS PEACHES 🙏

  • @joansmythe6214
    @joansmythe62143 жыл бұрын

    Thank you ms. Peaches for not leaving your community it’s very important that we support our own thank you may you be bless.🌺

  • @MrTeatreeoil
    @MrTeatreeoil6 жыл бұрын

    Now this is where they should've filmed the tv show "in the heat of the night" instead of in the state of Georgia because Greenville Mississippi has a much more real down to Earth Southern atmosphere!!!

  • @PedalToTheMetal61888

    @PedalToTheMetal61888

    5 жыл бұрын

    ...it was sparta ...mississippi...

  • @MrTeatreeoil

    @MrTeatreeoil

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@PedalToTheMetal61888 ain't no sparta Mississippi

  • @PedalToTheMetal61888

    @PedalToTheMetal61888

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@MrTeatreeoil ...THERE''s...a Philadelphia...OHIO...there''s...a SPARTA''...Mississippi...i was Born...raised ...Ray...City...Georgia...

  • @MrTeatreeoil

    @MrTeatreeoil

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@PedalToTheMetal61888 that must be new sparta Mississippi

  • @aderlinejohnson8566

    @aderlinejohnson8566

    5 жыл бұрын

    It was actually filmed in Illinois

  • @michelefrye3321
    @michelefrye33214 жыл бұрын

    Miss. Peaches is so beautiful!! From the inside out!!

  • @staceyk.210
    @staceyk.210 Жыл бұрын

    It's such a blessing 🙌🏽 to see owners first off who have their own business but it's especially a Joy when they've been in business for over 30 years!! Ms.Peaches started back when our society was racially divided and by her cooking Soul Food and Good Home Cooking it keep our Community together!! I do wish her all the very best and much success!!💜💜

  • @bigh9884
    @bigh98845 жыл бұрын

    Black Hospitality!

  • @alrodriguez7496

    @alrodriguez7496

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Best 😃😆👍

  • @fernandezshaw4303
    @fernandezshaw4303 Жыл бұрын

    Fried chicken, fried okra, biscuits and gravy, collard greens, catfish and cornbread are mainstays of Mississippi cuisine!.

  • @IPeach10
    @IPeach103 жыл бұрын

    Now that's the kind of restaurant I'd eat at every day! The food is home made, from scratch, like it should be.

  • @user-vy4xx2qp3d

    @user-vy4xx2qp3d

    9 ай бұрын

    Type - 2 diabetes meals

  • @eddielaster9496
    @eddielaster94964 жыл бұрын

    That's beautiful.I miss places like these you never forget the meals they made for you.

  • @malissa4901
    @malissa49013 жыл бұрын

    We need more places like this ,good home cooking and God fearing folks,God Bless You All

  • @jason127x99
    @jason127x995 жыл бұрын

    Damn! This place sounds so good! I hate when Mom and Pop eateries close! Damn corporate restaurants trying to take over. Maybe not in this case. But it's still happening to other home town restaurants.

  • @PedalToTheMetal61888

    @PedalToTheMetal61888

    5 жыл бұрын

    ...'''BiG-Momma''s...still OPEN...in TURNER's...Station...Baltimore'...All NIGHT LONG ...WESTPORT...and...CHERRY-HiLL-...MT.-Winans...''DRUG-DEALERS'''...say Keep it OPEN...crazy-JOHN''s Up on EASTSIDE''...POLLOCK...Johnny's...Up on ...WESTSIDE...all Night Long''...Like ...Bronx-New-York...and ...MANHATTEN''...City...that ...never...sleeps...

  • @virginiaoflaherty2983

    @virginiaoflaherty2983

    4 жыл бұрын

    If you want mom and pop restaurants you have to go there and eat. Not hard just go and eat there . Stop mourning the passing of old places like this. Go eat there. Simple.

  • @septiawoman2911

    @septiawoman2911

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is WHY it is so important that young and old, keep legacies like hers alive. The formula is very simple: patronize ALL of our businesses.

  • @mattwilliam5522

    @mattwilliam5522

    2 жыл бұрын

    So erotic when that happens

  • @moniquewilliams6035
    @moniquewilliams60353 жыл бұрын

    This the kind of History I want my Children to learn about

  • @wayne2816wayne
    @wayne2816wayne4 жыл бұрын

    I’ve always wanted to try authentic American soul food. This place looks great.

  • @williepurdom9253
    @williepurdom92533 жыл бұрын

    Location, location, location!!!. Location is everything.

  • @shaunlowekey4525
    @shaunlowekey45254 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your video, I have never been to Mississippi, and I hope that one I get to visit, and to eat the good ole soul food.

  • @1handsmoke565

    @1handsmoke565

    4 жыл бұрын

    It’s peace and quiet in Mississippi. I so love it and planning to retire.

  • @craigjohnson8217

    @craigjohnson8217

    3 жыл бұрын

    Get your stomach ready cause there are tons of mom and pop eats still around. May have to drive through the woods but they're still hanging around.

  • @shaunlowekey4525

    @shaunlowekey4525

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@craigjohnson8217 Bro I am really looking forward to travel to the South.

  • @MultiNeedmoney
    @MultiNeedmoney4 жыл бұрын

    Peaches the southwest Restaurant, looks like down home togetherness love

  • @stevenkies802
    @stevenkies8023 жыл бұрын

    Peaches is one classy lady. She makes me think of my Gran-mama in Montreal.

  • @missbee4574
    @missbee45744 жыл бұрын

    Wat a strong and beautiful lady God bless

  • @floral-smoke
    @floral-smoke9 жыл бұрын

    So sad that it closed. Such a piece of history

  • @mzparidise3000

    @mzparidise3000

    7 жыл бұрын

    krissjay AWW THATS SAD TO HEAR..I NO IT WAS GOOD TO

  • @MrTeatreeoil

    @MrTeatreeoil

    5 жыл бұрын

    krissjay why it closed up?

  • @PedalToTheMetal61888

    @PedalToTheMetal61888

    5 жыл бұрын

    ...WELL SO MUCH ...for that ,..What about ...Tupilo''...where Richard-Pryor-...Once...roamed...Richland ...Where i Once ...roamed...They Refused to Serve ...my blackass...

  • @bg357wg

    @bg357wg

    5 жыл бұрын

    MrTeatreeoil well and she passed away a year ago

  • @shaunrocksthecitytvshow4117

    @shaunrocksthecitytvshow4117

    4 жыл бұрын

    It didn't close its still open.

  • @TracyBurns-jf9dx
    @TracyBurns-jf9dx3 ай бұрын

    Yes ma'am the year I was born. St. Petersburg FL. Love you mama ❤️❤️

  • @bigvalley4987

    @bigvalley4987

    3 ай бұрын

    I was born that year as well.

  • @kaefreemanduchess719
    @kaefreemanduchess7195 жыл бұрын

    I love you Ms Peaches 💗➕

  • @vel1hunnid348
    @vel1hunnid3485 жыл бұрын

    REAL Food 😳IM HUNGRY Now!!!

  • @pamelastates5600
    @pamelastates56003 жыл бұрын

    Hello Queen sending Love&Prayers from Canada 🇨🇦. Your food reminds me of my mammas & grandmother. And MAMM u were opened b4 I was even born, I’m only 55yrs old . But it place reminds me of DOWN HOME!! I know you cooking with your heart ❤️ and you are so right I never forgot were you cane from . You started out here , the people helped ur business out when U first started and you have helped them all through out these yrs. why move? I don’t blame you!! Stay were you started out. Everyone still love& appprerate you Queen.never forget we’re you cake from!! And never forget your people! 🙏🏽❤️🇨🇦

  • @stephenharbisonsr.4557
    @stephenharbisonsr.4557 Жыл бұрын

    Opened a year before I was born . I want to come try some good authentic soulfood . I haven't had any in years. I always loved Does Place in Greenville Ms. I got to go to find Peaches when we travel back threw Mississippi. Hopefully when we go on vacation in a mth or so. Mam its sound delicious. Hope to see you soon Mrs. Peaches.

  • @koolhub5891
    @koolhub5891 Жыл бұрын

    This is what I love about these friendly and loving places to eat, a very wise woman, yes work and do for your self.

  • @shaswai
    @shaswai3 жыл бұрын

    " Wish I would have visited this restaurant when I was in Mississippi years ago darn it. I miss Southern food ans hospitality.💜

  • @benniebarrow348
    @benniebarrow3482 жыл бұрын

    Down home cooking by a down home beautiful lady.........true Americana, lets hope this spirit never goes away.

  • @marionweigel3542
    @marionweigel35423 жыл бұрын

    How lovely! What a nice restaurant! I'd like to go one day.

  • @ciarankelly4338
    @ciarankelly43384 жыл бұрын

    Lovely lady and obviously done a tremendous amount for her community -wish you well!

  • @rashadharris4700
    @rashadharris47003 жыл бұрын

    Now that’s a real cook that don’t use recipe just by taste and by feel

  • @madrista1232
    @madrista12323 жыл бұрын

    Too bad this place is no longer around. Would have loved to visit here, the atmosphere and history is so amazing❤️

  • @robertbishop5357
    @robertbishop53574 жыл бұрын

    Two truths about restaurants like this. You'll always be satisfied and want to come back for more.

  • @kimilamb3262
    @kimilamb32623 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful story about how she started! my great grandmother cooked without recipes as well, my grandmother would watch her and write down what she was doing so she could remember we have some wonderful family recipes we’ve been able to pass down from her. does anyone know how the restaurant is doing through this pandemic?

  • @ELLPD316
    @ELLPD3164 жыл бұрын

    God bless you, Mrs. Peaches.

  • @TracyBurns-jf9dx
    @TracyBurns-jf9dx3 ай бұрын

    Yes ma'am that's the year I was born September 1961. Blessings for this family 🙏❤️

  • @ikebritten2467
    @ikebritten24673 жыл бұрын

    May God continue to bless you mrs.peaches.

  • @Lumberjackmattz
    @Lumberjackmattz Жыл бұрын

    I’m on the heartfelt side of KZread now. What a wholesome video and now I’m hungry, all that cooking looked so good

  • @teeslist8495
    @teeslist84954 жыл бұрын

    Thanku for sharing your story. It's always good to hear your people doing & being successful and caring for other's. May you have many more yrs of happiness & success. GOD bless you and yours. Peace

  • @MichaelTurner-cd7er
    @MichaelTurner-cd7er3 жыл бұрын

    Been there done that. White pei were so welcomed here. Food and hospitality cannot be beat. The comratery with white and black was undefined. Loved this place. Omlettes were out of this world.

  • @edubya1261
    @edubya12614 жыл бұрын

    it's 2020 and this video warms my heart....

  • @moniquechambers1600
    @moniquechambers16004 жыл бұрын

    Love it God bless u and your family beautiful cooking 👑😍😘😍🙏💪

  • @royparker6407
    @royparker64074 жыл бұрын

    I hope one day I will come to America and try its local products. Greetings from GREECE 🇬🇷

  • @TracyBurns-jf9dx
    @TracyBurns-jf9dx3 ай бұрын

    Thank you Miss peaches. For all your blessings all of your service thank you for staying in your community. Nobody but God.❤❤

  • @sharonjackson268
    @sharonjackson2684 жыл бұрын

    Mamma Peaches you have it going on. God Bless you!!! I wanna eat at your establishment.

  • @trinimarie9974
    @trinimarie99743 жыл бұрын

    I love Home Town Soul Food Places like that. It's Just like Grandma or Mama House

  • @publicanimal
    @publicanimal Жыл бұрын

    Some local friends brought us there when my band was on tour and played in Jackson. They told us it would be the best fried chicken we had ever tasted. It indeed more than lived up to the billing. Peaches was not there, but Roderick was and he asked if we had a CD that he could buy for their jukebox! My understanding is that they did indeed put our CD in their jukebox. I'm sorry to hear that Peaches has died and the restaurant is closed. I'll always remember my meal there.

  • @xsqd5e7en30
    @xsqd5e7en304 жыл бұрын

    Peaches is such a beautiful lady

  • @aplacevalue6309
    @aplacevalue63094 жыл бұрын

    Praise God for Ms. Peaches and all that share in her vision. The blessed one is the giver. GAGUT greetings to you all.

  • @sheryljones856
    @sheryljones856 Жыл бұрын

    Peaches looks really good I know it's got to be some of the best soul food around would love to come and try it. God bless the lady that owns it.

  • @charlottewarren5083
    @charlottewarren50834 жыл бұрын

    Just amazing God bless you

  • @muddywaterbass5769
    @muddywaterbass57692 жыл бұрын

    May God in Heaven poor down the blessings upon you my dear Sister !What a legacy you will leave behind I hope you have some one standing near to take over and continue to feed the people my dear Sister ! God bless .

  • @artisansportsman8950
    @artisansportsman89504 жыл бұрын

    I can only imagine how nice the food is in there but it sure looks good, we have some really good Caribbean food outlets in the UK but this looks so nice.

  • @latonyam-turney7814
    @latonyam-turney78144 жыл бұрын

    BEAUTIFUL!!!

  • @sugarrayleonard1453
    @sugarrayleonard14533 жыл бұрын

    Another great American feel good story: we could all support, be proud of, learn or benefit from.

  • @leestill4530
    @leestill45305 жыл бұрын

    The best!!

  • @ronnieneville5914
    @ronnieneville59143 жыл бұрын

    Bless you mother much love.

  • @careysharp8340
    @careysharp83404 жыл бұрын

    Road trip anyone?? 😎

  • @Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence

    @Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence

    4 жыл бұрын

    Time travel.

  • @shaunlowekey4525

    @shaunlowekey4525

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes let us get together and plan it together soon.

  • @rodschmidt1806
    @rodschmidt18062 жыл бұрын

    What a nice lady! I've never been to Mississippi but when I do, I'm going to Peaches Cafe!

  • @niccolethomas4591
    @niccolethomas45913 жыл бұрын

    I pray yall are still doing well during these times❤

  • @fernandezshaw4303
    @fernandezshaw4303 Жыл бұрын

    Dishes to try in the Mississippi Delta! Mississippi Mud Pie, Comeback Sauce, Fried Dill Pickles, Delta Tamales, Pressed Po' Boy, Mississippi Seafood Enjoy Mississippi Cuisine on your next visit!.

  • @MS-vg3kb
    @MS-vg3kb5 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful lady! I don’t think it would matter what color she is!

  • @jamesjeff29
    @jamesjeff293 жыл бұрын

    Food so good. Use to eat a peaches all the time back in the day. And big apple inn

  • @philaman1972
    @philaman19723 жыл бұрын

    Just awesome!!

  • @executivewoman678
    @executivewoman6784 жыл бұрын

    I'm coming to see you all the way from the ATL Mrs. Peaches. Hold on, I'm coming. This is what I am talking about. Intergration was OUR DOWNFALL!

  • @melissabryant6639

    @melissabryant6639

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thats so sad to think!! I would love to eat at a place like this. Think we really messed up by defining everyone by color!

  • @powerhouse8338

    @powerhouse8338

    3 жыл бұрын

    She passed away in 2018 they close now

  • @Southerngirl675
    @Southerngirl6753 жыл бұрын

    I got to check miss Peaches out the next time I go down home. ☺️

  • @bigdickchaneytripp8024
    @bigdickchaneytripp80243 жыл бұрын

    Mississippi stand up

  • @leestill4530
    @leestill45305 жыл бұрын

    Love it

  • @tonypayne1894
    @tonypayne18944 жыл бұрын

    Amazing ✌

  • @tj-kv6vr
    @tj-kv6vr3 жыл бұрын

    God Bless you!

  • @bellaluna2921
    @bellaluna29213 жыл бұрын

    Respect....

  • @victordasilva5255
    @victordasilva52554 жыл бұрын

    Bless those good people

  • @MsTray
    @MsTray4 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @tayaridaima9092
    @tayaridaima90925 жыл бұрын

    I miss Jackson Ms Chicago ain't da same

  • @acquanellaogbemudia9930
    @acquanellaogbemudia99304 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful Lady going to stop by on my next Trip

  • @petertraudes106
    @petertraudes1064 жыл бұрын

    Greetings from Amsterdam love to visit one time

  • @kwon2289
    @kwon22894 жыл бұрын

    Awesome ms peaches much love 👍🏾👍🏾💯

  • @lacharismississippiharris9131
    @lacharismississippiharris91312 жыл бұрын

    ❤️ goals

  • @seand67
    @seand673 жыл бұрын

    Nice documentary

  • @MSPublicBroadcasting

    @MSPublicBroadcasting

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it

  • @FeliciaReign
    @FeliciaReign3 жыл бұрын

    A wise woman... food looks so good!

  • @rufusdean-el8336
    @rufusdean-el83365 жыл бұрын

    I love it. I love it! Oh I love it!!!!

  • @karenhargis3422
    @karenhargis34224 жыл бұрын

    I love you Peaches

  • @vanessahill3691
    @vanessahill36913 жыл бұрын

    Awesome 🙏😇🙏

  • @trevorholland7
    @trevorholland75 жыл бұрын

    Goes to show anyone can do anything in America

  • @goldenheart751
    @goldenheart7514 жыл бұрын

    We have a peaches restaurant here in Chicago.

  • @randyanderson4360

    @randyanderson4360

    4 жыл бұрын

    What's the address? Cause I'm an eater not a drinker. My middle name is Food

  • @goldenheart751

    @goldenheart751

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@randyanderson4360 4652 S. King Drive in Chicago 😊

  • @robincorprew9007

    @robincorprew9007

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@randyanderson4360 lol

  • @ghoulie1313666
    @ghoulie13136663 жыл бұрын

    i love my restaurant family.

  • @loreanjenkins3777
    @loreanjenkins37773 жыл бұрын

    Bless woman

  • @-covid-20
    @-covid-204 жыл бұрын

    Awe..may the GOD of Moses GOD of Jacob rest her soul ...

  • @paulnokio1199
    @paulnokio11993 жыл бұрын

    Wow, real deal right there

  • @josephnaldi3467
    @josephnaldi34673 жыл бұрын

    Lovely lady and restaurant 😊

  • @kandygurl1310
    @kandygurl13104 жыл бұрын

    "Learn how to work, so you won't have to beg"

  • @ShawnBen

    @ShawnBen

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's the problem, everyone is always wanting and need something! People today get mad when you don't ask them what they need. Like I say always wanting and needing help makes you greedy.

  • @ShawnBen

    @ShawnBen

    3 жыл бұрын

    Helping dependent people never made their lives better. It only makes them less human. No one is obligated to care about another person or their problems. To all the people who inconvenience others with asking for help you are not special!

  • @brickcity1711

    @brickcity1711

    3 жыл бұрын

    work were? Are you hiring?

  • @underdog0731
    @underdog07313 жыл бұрын

    God bless you❤️Mrs, peaches 🍑 👍🏾💯💯💯💯🙏🏾

  • @layde1
    @layde14 жыл бұрын

    A life well lived.🌷

  • @carloswashongton3031
    @carloswashongton30316 жыл бұрын

    what city is Ms. peaches in ??

  • @gochargers14

    @gochargers14

    5 жыл бұрын

    Carlos Washongton it was in Jackson, MS. She passed away a few years ago & the business is now closed

  • @aderlinejohnson8566

    @aderlinejohnson8566

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@gochargers14 oh so sorry to hear that

  • @darrylpowell8247

    @darrylpowell8247

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gochargers14 woooooow! I missed it. I'm a truckdriver that use to run down 49 to Gulfport regularly picking up bananas. Always planned on stopping there one day. Dang.😔🤨

  • @marlomills6800

    @marlomills6800

    4 жыл бұрын

    someone should have kept her legacy going.!

  • @darrylpowell8247

    @darrylpowell8247

    4 жыл бұрын

    The younger generation doesn't have that kind of patience and dedication.

  • @publius1252
    @publius1252 Жыл бұрын

    This was filmed 21 years ago (I'm writing from 2023}. This place and the surrounding businesses are no more and the whole street looks like a scene from a dystopian end-of-the-world movie. God bless America.