Page 21 - Jackpot Magazine Tunica ~ October, 2026

Guy Fieri reveals the Trash Can Nachos
during a visit to Horseshoe Tunica.
Wings live in their own section, “Ain’t
No Thing Butta Chicken Wing.” Buffalo
with “blue-sabi” dip is the expected
order. The more distinctive ones are
Bourbon Brown Sugar BBQ with onion
straws and Hot Honey Garlic, brined,
dry-rubbed, roasted, then fried. Lemon
Pepper is the lighter, garlic-butter option
if the table is already heading toward ribs.
It is the one I usually order.
The burgers are the foundation
Fieri restaurants live and die by the
burger list, and Tunica leans into that.
The Bacon Mac-n-Cheese Burger is
the house celebrity. The menu still carries
the hardware: voted best burger in Las
Vegas by Seven magazine and a New
York City Food & Wine Festival Burger
Bash winner. Construction is a smash
patty, applewood bacon, six-cheese mac
and cheese, lettuce-tomato-onion-pickle,
more cheese sauce, and Donkey Sauce
on a garlic-buttered brioche bun. It is
not a tidy sandwich. It is a stacked, fork-
optional event.
Two other burgers to consider: The
Cowboy Burger is the Mississippi-
sensible choice: smash patty, cheddar and
smoked gouda, house-smoked pulled
pork, bacon, Bourbon Brown Sugar
BBQ, pickles, Donkey Sauce, and fried
onions.
The Primetime Burger goes
richer instead of smokier: onion
jam, smoked gouda, cheddar,
onion straws, aged Parmesan,
pickles, and Donkey Sauce. There
is also a simpler Real Cheezy, an All
American Double, and a Build Your
Own.
Sandwiches with a backstory
Motley Que Pulled Pork is the
menu’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and
Dives” callout. Pulled pork shoulder
is smothered in Bourbon Brown
Sugar BBQ, then stacked with citrus
slaw, pickle chips, aged cheddar,
onion straws, and Donkey Sauce
on a toasted pretzel bun. It is the
most “road-trip food” item in the
building.
Mac Daddy Fried Chicken
Sandwich puts crispy chicken under
mac and cheese, cheddar, smoked
bacon, and Buffalo sauce on garlic
brioche. It is the bacon-mac burger’s
poultry cousin.
Shrimp Po’ Boy is the Gulf/Delta nod:
fried shrimp, shredded cabbage, green
Tabasco aioli, and pickled vegetables on
a garlic-buttered hoagie. In Tunica, it is
the sandwich that marries Gulf seafood
with veggies from the region.
Big plates: ribs, catfish, and a steak
that does not whisper
The “Big Eats” section is where the
restaurant stops being a about burgers.
American Royal Ribs are house-
smoked St. Louis ribs, dry-rubbed and
basted in that same Bourbon Brown
Sugar BBQ, with mac and cheese, slaw,
jalapeño cornbread, and pickles. For a
table that already ordered nachos, a half
rack is plenty.
Ragin’ Cajun Fried Catfish is the
dish that belongs in Tunica specifically:
cornmeal-breaded catfish, pickled tomato
relish, chipotle aioli, fries, slaw, and hush
puppies. If you are going to eat one “we
are in the Mississippi Delta” plate in a
celebrity-chef casino restaurant, this is it.
Blackened Steak is the grown-up
order when the rest of the table is
in burger mode: Cajun butter, crispy
potato wedges, and turnip greens. Cajun
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blackened chicken, white-wine Parmesan
Alfredo, sun-dried tomatoes, penne,
Roma tomatoes, and scallions.
Salads exist if you need them. The
BBQ Chopped Chicken Salad is the
one that most tastes like this restaurant:
grilled chicken, corn, black beans,
avocado, pickled red onion, tomatoes,
crispy onions, ranch, and BBQ sauce.
French onion soup is the cold-weather
or late-night bowl.
A Flavortown finish
Dessert is where the menu doubles
down on Flavortown.
The Cheesecake Challenge is half
a New York-style marble cheesecake
topped with crushed potato chips, salted
pretzels, and hot fudge. It is a sweet-salty
creation, fully committed.
7-Layer Chocolate Whiskey Cake is
the grown-up option: whiskey crème
anglaise, salted whiskey caramel, and
crumbled toffee.
The Big Brookie is half brownie,
half cookie, vanilla bean ice cream, and
bourbon salted caramel. Share it only if
you have already lost the portion-control
argument.
How to order
Go for the loud dishes. A smart table
for two: BBQ Garlic Butta Shrimp or
Loaded Nachos, then either the Bacon
Mac-n-Cheese Burger or Motley Que,
with catfish if you want something local.
A group should consider adding a wing
flavor and a half rack of ribs and maybe
split the Cheesecake Challenge.
Great atmosphere at Guy’s.
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