In this edition of Mississippi Stories, Mississippi Today Editor-at-Large Marshall Ramsey sits down with restauranteur Randy Yates. Yates founded and owns Ajax Diner on the Square in Oxford, Miss.
Opened in 1997, Ajax Diner fed Oxford as the city changed and grew. Yates talks about the highs and lows of the restaurant business, including the challenges faced during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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