HotelChatter - Clarksdale

Who'd You Rather: Ike Turner Or John Lee Hooker? The Choice Is Yours In Clarksdale

juliab — 2011-08-04T10:31:55-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/riversidehotelrat.jpg" class="top"> All this week, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/juliab">Julia Buckley</a> will be taking us down the Blues trail in the Mississippi Delta and giving us the lowdown on the hotel scene. So kick off your blue suede shoes and get comfy. If you only have time to stay in one Delta town, its probably going to be Clarksdale theres more to see and do there than the other places. And if the lux <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Lofts+At+The+Five+And+Dime/local/4900">Lofts at the Five and Dime</a> are out of your budgets league, as they were for us, then you should do what we did and go for <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/4903'>The Riverside Hotel</a>. The Riverside oozes blues history - so much so that it even has its own

Clarksdale's Lofts May Cost More Than A Dime, But They're Probably Worth It

juliab — 2011-08-02T10:26:37-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/fadentrance600.jpg" class="top"> All this week, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/juliab">Julia Buckley</a> will be taking us down the Blues trail in the Mississippi Delta and giving us the lowdown on the hotel scene. So kick off your blue suede shoes and get comfy. So you want to visit the Mississippi Delta, but the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/8/1/103026/9741/hotels/Second_Time_Around_These_Delta_Shotgun_Houses_Gave_Us_The_Blues">Tallahatchie Flats seem just a little too dirty</a>, you dont want a chain motel, and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/25/152214/968/hotels/Buy_Everything_But_The_Bed_But_Try_The_Bed_At_The_Alluvian">Alluvian</a>, lovely as it is, could be anywhere. Never fear, though you shant be robbed of your authentic Delta experience. You just have to move an hour north of Greenwood to Clarksdale. There, youll find <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/4900'>The Lofts At The Five And Dime</a>. Although the Lofts are the swankiest places to

Inside The Shotgun Houses of The Shack Up Inn

londontown — 2009-08-24T15:35:43-05:00

After we loved our stay in the Tallahatchie Flats last week, a friendly Mississippi local told us we should see the Shack Up Inn about five miles outside of Clarksdale (home to Morgan Freeman’s blues club, Ground Zero and restaurant, Madidi).

So we popped along and, sure enough, we thought it was great. The Shack Up is set on what remains of the Hopson Plantation (part of the official Blues Trail). It’s bigger than the Tallahatchie Flats – there are 10 shacks, one house, and 10 “bin” rooms in the old cotton gin. Shacks cost from $60 a night, and the bin rooms from $65.