Local Artist Highlight: Almost Isaac

Michael Smith has always been a singer. When we met up to share some Shawarma House and talk about his music, Smith—also known by his stage name, Almost Isaac—told me that when he was a kid, it was a near-impossible task to get him to stop singing. “People couldn't shut me up. We had a rule at my kitchen table that if you start singing, you get three warnings. On the third warning, you had to go back into the back hallway of our house and scream at the top of your lungs for 45 seconds. And I was the only person that ever had to do it.”

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Maddie McMurry
El Ganadero: Go for The Guac, Stay for the Journey

El Ganadero, tucked into the long plaza near Tractor Supply on Carriage House, is in many ways

like most Mexican restaurants in Jackson–familiar decor, familiar menu items–but in the ways

that matter, it felt much more like my favorite Summer Ave. dives in Memphis, where you can

almost bet that the lower quality the dining room furniture the better the pastor is going to be.

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