The good news: all of Market Rhes's dry goods are 20% off.
The bad news: Market Rhes is going out of business.
This fabulous little market and lunch spot opened only one year ago. It provides speciality groceries like you won't find anywhere else in the region... sometimes even in this country. They provide exceptional meats, seafood and cheeses, all fresh and cut to order. 
I don't know any details about when they plan to close, but I am devastated that this little shop has gone the way of so many other little independent shops in Oxford, like the Crystal Palace that used to be on University Ave. The Crystal Palace was a great little bead shop, the ONLY bead shop in Oxford, much like Market Rhes is the ONLY shop of it's kind in Oxford.
Market Rhes is open from 10:30AM - 6:30PM, Monday through Saturday, and they serve lunch from 11AM - 2PM daily. Check out their website here.
Market Rhes
721 North Lamar Boulevard
Oxford, MS 38655
Please support small businesses during the holiday season and during these hard times. You may pay a tiny bit more for products in some cases, but you are paying for quality and craftsmenship, and you are supporting your neighbors, as opposed to supporting our friends over in China.
Meanwhile, while all the small businesses suffer, Walmart racks in the record-breaking profits.
Did we shop our way straight to the unemployment line? Check out this article from 2003 by Charles Fishman: The Walmart You Don't Know. It seems that some of us can still look up from our shopping cart in time to see the future.
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If people want to really understand Wal-Mart's impact, there's now a book about it, called "The Wal-Mart Effect," www.walmarteffectbook.com.
Good post, good blog.
Charles Fishman
Author, "The Wal-Mart Effect," and the story "The Wal-Mart You Don't Know"
cnfish@mindspring.com
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