Brian Izzord News Today

A landmark Jackson restaurant is undergoing big changes, but one of the goals is to make sure they are changes that won’t change the customer experience. The Blue Lion deal officially closed Feb. 1, sold by Ned Brown to Joe Rice’s Blue Collar Restaurant Group. The takeover began with behind-the-scenes activity about two months before. Rice, best known as owner of Sidewinders American Grill, Merry Piglets Mexican Grill and Bubba’s BBQ, said he plans no big alteration in what diner...