Sal and Mookie's

Free ice cream cone just for visiting the Zoo in June! 

We are showing our support for the Jackson Zoo's 90th Birthday by giving anyone with a Jackson Zoo ticket stub a FREE ice cream cone at Sal & Mookie's!   Mississippi is so fortunate to have a fantastic zoological park like the Jackson Zoo... take your kids during the month of June and make a full day of it!  The zoo then Sal & Mookie's!

Abita Brewery Beer Dinner Monday Night   May 18, 2009 - 6:30 p.m.

Louisiana's brewery nestled in the piney woods 30 miles north of New Orleans...  Abita's Sean Basile comes to Jackson to share the story... The little brewery that could...  founded in 1986, the Abita Brewing Company is one of the South's favorite success stories. In its first year, the brewery produced 1,500 barrels of beer. By 1994, Abita outgrew their original site (now converted to a 100 seat brew pub!) and moved up the road to a larger facility to keep up with demand. Today Abita brews over 80,000 barrels of beer and 5,000 barrels of root beer in a state of the art brewing facility. Their lagers and ales are brewed in small batches, hand-crafted by a team of dedicated workers with only the highest ideals of quality. Abita is privately owned and operated by local shareholders, and they use only the finest ingredients – British and North American malted barley, German and American yeast strains, Pacific Northwest hops and the pure artesian water of Abita Springs, their namesake hometown. An extraordinary 5-course meal... each course matched with an extraordinary beer!  The Beers...   Restoration Pale Ale -  made with Pale, Lager, Crystal and Cara Pils malted barley. It is liberally hopped and dry hopped with American Cascade and fermented with California Ale yeast. The end result is a brilliant gold ale with a rich body, mild bitterness and a snappy fresh citrus hop flavor and aroma. Turbo Dog - dark brown ale brewed with with Willamette hops and a combination of pale, crystal and chocolate malts. This combination gives Turbodog its rich body and color and a sweet chocolate toffee-like flavor. Turbodog began as a specialty ale but has gained a huge loyal following and has become one of our flagship brews. Purple Haze - a crisp, American style wheat beer with raspberry puree added after filtration. Therefore, you may see raspberry pulp in the beer. The raspberries provide the lager with a subtle purple coloration and haze, a fruity aroma, and a tartly sweet taste. Amber - Munich style lager brewed with crystal malt and Perle hops. It has a smooth, malty, slightly caramel flavor and a rich amber color. Abita Amber was the first beer offered by the brewery and continues to be our leading seller. Amber is Abita’s most versatile beer for pairing with food. It has been voted "best beer" in numerous New Orleans reader polls and is used frequently in recipes of great Louisiana chefs. Golden - a crisp, clean continental lager. Just four ingredients are all it takes: American malt, Mt. Hood hops, German lager yeast and pure Abita Spring's water. As the name applies, Abita Golden has a brilliant gold color. Strawberry Harvest Lager - is a wheat beer made with real Louisiana strawberries, picked late in the season when they’re at their sweetest. This brew has earned quite a reputation in a short time, causing the brewery to up their production year after year. When this brew is found, emails and phone calls fly to friends informing them of the store’s location. Strawberry Harvest is a crisp, light lager with just a hint of strawberry sweetness.   The Menu... Merguez sausage skewers over cous cous with a harissa-yogurt dipping sauce Arugula with dried cranberries, spiced pecans, Gorgonzola and charcoaled red onions in a raspberry vinaigrette   Buccatini Amatriciana   Chicken breasts with feta, tomatoes and spinach   Buttermilk pound cake with balsamic/vanilla macerated strawberries c  $55 per person - Reservations required... limited seating. Credit card required to hold reservations - 48 hour cancellation policy     6:30 p.m. Monday, May 18th at Sal & Mookies! Call Sal & Mookie's @ 601.368.1919 or e-mail ilovepizza@salandmookies.com to secure your place! Curious?  Want to learn more about Abita?  Go to www.abita.com.

Second Anniversary Street Carnival Benefitting Children's Hospital a HUGE success!!!

Saturday, April 25th , we celebrated our second anniversary with a fun, old time STREET CARNIVAL!  We had it all:  air jumps (3 sizes!), magician, dunking booth, pie throws, cake walk, ring toss, face painting, bag toss, giant bubbles, the Fondren Express Trolley, and THREE pizza eating contests (kids, tweens and adults) and an ice cream eating contest!   A complete photo album can be found by clicking on the picture on the right side of this page or by clicking here.

Here are the winners: 

KID PIZZA EATING CONTEST 8 & UNDER

Tiphanie Ellis won by eating three 14" cheese pizza "kid slices" in 8 minutes and 25 seconds!  Tiphanie's name will go on our winner's plaque, and she won a year's worth of kid slices - twelve $20 gift cards to Sal & Mookie's so she can take her family!

 

 

KID PIZZA EATING CONTEST 9 - 15

Alex Good, 12 year old daughter of Sal & Mookie's co-owner Jeff Good showed it runs in the family.  She finished off FOUR 14 inch cheese pizza "kid slices" in 4 minutes 41 seconds..  Since she's "in the family" the prize of $360 in free pizza (12 $30 gift cards) went to second place winner Gabe Starr who finished in 5 minutes 43 seconds. 

ADULT PIZZA EATING CONTEST 16 & OVER

This wasn't even CLOSE.  Jamie Evans crushed the competition by eating an entire 18” cheese pizza in 5 minutes and 25 seconds.  The closest competitor had just finished 1/2 of his pizza!  It was unbelieveable!!!   Jamie won $1,200 in Sal & Mookie's Pizza... twelve $100 cards!  CONGRATULATIONS JAMIE!!

 

ADULT ICE CREAM EATING CONTEST 16 & OVER

Morris Mermelstein  put the competition to shame as he downed 2 1/2 pints of ice cream in 5 minutes.  Each contestant had one pint each of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry, and were allowed to choose the order in which to eat them.   Morris won $600 in dessert from Sal & Mookie's - twelve $50 gift cards!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR WINNERS... BUT MOST OF ALL THANKS TO ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS WHO CAME WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND MADE OUR FIRST STREET CARNIVAL A HUGE SUCCESS!

We raised $1,061 for the Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital, and we had a wonderful time doing it... together as one community!

So, for those of you who want to give the eating contests a shot... better start training!  Next year will be here before you know it!!!

Lazy Magnolia Beer Dinner Monday Night - February 16, 2009 - 6:30 p.m.

Mississippi's Brewery and her Brewmistress...       How fortunate we are to be friends with Leslie Henderson, the owner of, and master brewer for, Lazy Magnolia Brewery of Kiln, Mississippi!    Leslie wishes to co-host a very special beer dinner at Sal & Mookie's right after Valentine's weekend... it is her gift to our Jackson friends.   Most folks who love beer know all about Lazy Magnolia... but just in case you don't, please click here to learn Leslie's story. An extraordinary 5-course meal... each course matched with an extraordinary beer! The Beers... Southern Pecan: The original Pecan-Nut Brown Ale, made with real roasted Pecans. A Bronze Medal Winner at the 2006 World Beer Cup® in the Specialty Beer Category. Indian Summer: Our American Style Wheat Ale spiced with orange peel and coriander seed. A great light-bodied Ale with a citrus finish. Southern Gold: Our original Golden Honey Ale made with local honey from Ellisville. A light body and smooth taste is capped off with a hint of honey. Reb Ale: Our very own Deep South Pale Ale is dry-hopped at two different stages to accentuate hop flavor. A crisp, smooth and classic brew. Jefferson Stout: Mississippi's one and only Sweet Potato Cream Stout brewed with real Southern-grown sweet potatoes and milk sugar. The Menu... Pecan-crusted goat cheese cakes over a roasted red bell pepper, red onion & caper salad Tandoori chicken wings over Basmati rice Grilled duck breast sauced with a honey-balsamic agrodolce over creamy gorgonzola orichiette Green Thai Curry Mussels Sweet Potato Crème Brulee    $55 per person - Reservations required... limited seating. Credit card required to hold reservations - 48 hour cancellation policy     6:30 p.m. Monday, February 16th at Sal & Mookies!   Call Sal & Mookie's @ 601.368.1919 or e-mail ilovepizza@salandmookies.com to secure your place!