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Giant lazy Susans bring people together at Mississippi restaurant
The Dinner Bell’s rotating tables seat up to 15 and foster conversation among diverse patrons, reducing cellphone use and encouraging new friendships, owner Andre Davis said.
- Earlier this month, Andre Davis, owner of The Dinner Bell in McComb, Mississippi, observed strangers become lifelong friends around four family‑style tables with shared platters.
- The format traces back to the early 20th century in Mendenhall, Mississippi, where Charles Morgan says it evolved to serve rail travelers and many restaurants have since closed.
- Large circular tables seat upward of 15 and feature a central lazy Susan with shared platters, drawing European tourists, local patrons, water-treatment workers, church groups, and Hugh Bonneville.
- Patrons often form lasting ties, including a widower and widow who married and Justin Monistere, whose family adopted regulars as family after decades.
- The tradition remains unevenly popular, as Davis and his sister hope to reopen while similar revolving-table restaurants have closed; owners say it yields friendships or simple respect among diners.
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Lazy Susans bring people together at US restaurant
MCCOMB, MISSISSIPPI — Over the course of a steaming-hot Southern lunch, served family-style on a giant lazy Susan, restaurant owner Andre Davis has watched people go from perfect strangers to lifelong friends. His restaurant, The Dinner Bell in McComb, Mississippi, consists of just four tables. Large and circular, they seat upward of 15 people. In […]...Keep on reading: Lazy Susans bring people together at US restaurant
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