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New Parker House owners celebrate past and future.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 18-SEP-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
RIDGELAND -- In April 1994, Steve and Barbara Parker opened The Parker House Restaurant. Neither had any prior experience in the restaurant industry, yet grew the small eatery into the community icon its become today in this ever-growing Madison County city.

Last July, the Parkers sold The Parker House to Ken Dixon and Andy Cook. However, the restaurant didn't fall far from the tree. Cook is the head chef at The Parker House, and the Jackson native has been eating at the restaurant since he was a boy. Dixon is a longtime family friend--his first job out of high school was at a Parker-owned business--and has been a Parker House employee for more than a decade, much of that time serving as general manager, director of operations and acting chef.

Not only will The Parker House name be retained, the Parkers will remain active behind the scenes...

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