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Hattiesburg road trip: Where to eat before (and after) the MSU at USM season opener

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It’s far better to be the guy everyone calls The Mayor than to actually be the mayor. And really, The Mayor doesn’t quite do justice to the reach and influence of Robert St. John, a name known and respected well outside the city limits of his native Hattiesburg – or the state line of Mississippi or even the border of the United States. (“I’ve got a guy in Paris I’ll get you in touch with,” he told me at one point.)

RSJ (photo courtesy New South Restaurant Group)
RSJ (photo courtesy New South Restaurant Group)

A writer, traveler, chef and restaurateur, St.