Kicker: Community-style comfort food

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NICK EICHER, HOST: At The Dinner Bell restaurant in McComb, Mississippi, lunch is about more than what’s on your plate. It’s about who is sitting next to you.

DAVIS: People who discovered they were related and didn’t know it. They discovered they were neighbors and didn’t know it.

Owner Andre Davis says what gets the conversations rolling is there are four big round tables, each with a giant lazy Susan stacked high with food, bringing strangers all together, family style.

DAVIS: One of the best parts about coming to eat here is you get to meet new family every time you come up.

Regular customer Wayne Dyson says that’s what keeps him coming back.

DYSON: Most people are all good people, especially if they eatin'.

Especially when they’re eating. Restaurant owner Davis considers it comfort food with a generous helping of community:

DAVIS: I’ll tell people all the time: if we had a little bit more of this, maybe we could get along a little better.

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