Natchez itself may be the hippest unhip town in America. Overlook the surfeit of chintz and Scarlett O’Hara kitsch and tour its pre-Civil-War mansions (Stanton Hall or the Towers are good bets) while soaking up Natchez’s sultry ambience and Midnight-in-the-Garden quirk…

… we can expect to see more activity there in the months to come as The Little Easy owners Tate Taylor and John Norris prepare to open another new restaurant this fall.

…The opening of The Little Easy is part of Taylor’s ongoing efforts to preserve and transform Natchez’s historic Broadway district.

…People are everywhere; and this coming week, we all get to have a piece of the “little easy” pie.

A celebrity chef and a pair of filmmakers plan to reopen the former Smoot’s Grocery and Steampunk Coffee Roasters on High Street as branches of an up-and-coming restaurant chain named Church Hill Variety.