Taylor, Mississippi · Six Miles from the Oxford Square

Six Generations of Distinctive Dining

A unique blend of Italian & Creole cuisine, a destination dining tradition since 1933.

Reopened in Taylor, Mississippi in 2025 after eighty-eight years in Greenwood — the family's sixth generation carrying the tradition forward, curtained booths and all.

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Illustration of a couple seated in one of Lusco's curtained booths

Since 1933

Behind the Curtain

A password, a curtain, and a bell to ring.

Long before curtains were charming, they were practical. During Prohibition, a password got you into the back room of Lusco's Grocery — a curtained booth, drawn shut, with a bell of its own to call the waiter when you were ready. No table in view of another, no questions asked.

The booths became the signature of the house. Today, in the new Taylor dining room, the fixtures — carried over from the original Greenwood building — still wait behind the curtain, bell and all.

Some traditions aren't for reinventing. They're for carrying forward.

The Next Chapter

One hundred and five years, still being told.

1921

The Grocery

Charles and Marie Lusco, Sicilian immigrants, open Lusco's Grocery in Greenwood, Mississippi.

1933

Opening Day

A fire takes the original location — the restaurant reopens on March 4th, the same day Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated.

The Greenwood Decades

A Delta Institution

“Lusco's remains the spiritual home of the Mississippi Delta.”Garden & Gun, 2017

2025

Taylor, Mississippi

The sixth generation — Thomas Long, Rhyine Long, Mary Lusco Long, and Carrie Long — reopens Lusco's, fixtures from the original building in tow.

The Next 100 Years

Mary's Wish

“I want this place to go on for 100 more years.”Mary Lusco Long, 2026

Recognition

Recognition

“Lusco's remains the spiritual home of the Mississippi Delta.”

— Garden & Gun, 2017

Find the Curtain

Visit Lusco's.

Where

118 Town Square Lane
Taylor, MS 38673

Six miles from the Oxford square.

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Reservations

Text Reservations to 662.265.3777
or use the reservation form

Walk-ins: call 662.550.4483 Wed–Sat after 4:30pm for that day’s availability.

Dinner Wednesday–Saturday, from 5:30pm. Full bar.

Private Parties

Private party and event requests are welcome by phone or email.

contact@luscos.restaurant

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