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MS HC42

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

2/21/2018

Primary Sponsor

Earle Banks

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Origin

House of Representatives

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Acknowledges the 79-year history of the Big Apple Inn, located at 509 North Farish Street in Jackson, Mississippi, which opened in 1939.
  • Recognizes founder Juan Mora ("Big John") who started with a tamale cart in the early 1930s and built the restaurant into a family business now in its fourth generation under Geno Lee.
  • Commends the restaurant's famous pig ear sandwich, which has gained national recognition through television features on "Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmerman" and "Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown."
  • Notes the Big Apple Inn's community service, including serving as an after-school tutoring and homework center for neighborhood children for the last 18 years.
  • Extends best wishes for the restaurant's continued success and directs that copies of the resolution be furnished to Geno Lee and the Capitol Press Corps.

Legislative Description

The Big Apple Inn; commend.

Last Action

Enrolled Bill Signed

2/21/2018

Committee Referrals

Rules1/23/2018

Full Bill Text

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