Everyone else probably knew this already, but somehow I only recently noticed that McDade’s has a hot bar at the deli counter.  I heard a rumor that the breakfast* was an especially good deal, so I stopped at the Belhaven store (904 E. Fortification St, Jackson) on my way to work this morning.

The hot bar when I went offered scrambled eggs, biscuits, grits (cheese and regular), rice, gravy, toast, french toast, breakfast sausage, regular sausage, and bacon.  I chose a biscuit, sausage, and cheese grits.

The biscuit was quite good, if …

I was pretty thrilled to hear that Scurlock’s Donuts was opening a second location downtown (125 S. Congress St–the entrance is on Pearl St). I haven’t yet been to the original Scurlock’s (4157 Robinson Rd) because getting somewhere before noon on a Saturday is not one of my strengths. But stopping to get donuts a couple blocks from work is something even I can handle in the morning.

My first trip was their first day open. There was already a long line at 8am so maybe other people had been prowling around every morning …