"Extra Table" with Robert St. John
Episode 31 of the The Weight podcast, hosted by Oxford University United Methodist Church, titled ""Extra Table" with Robert St. John" was published on September 25, 2025 and runs 49 minutes.
September 25, 2025 ·49m · The Weight
Summary
Show Notes: “I’m not necessarily a winner. Maybe I’m a loser that just never gave up.” No one would call Robert St. John a loser. A life-long Mississippian and a successful restaurateur and entrepreneur, Robert has turned his mistakes and failures into valuable learning experiences that push his desire to help others. In addition to being a restaurateur, Robert is also an author and philanthropist and an advocate for the state of Mississippi, a place where he sees potential and opportunity fo...
Episode Description
Show Notes:
“I’m not necessarily a winner. Maybe I’m a loser that just never gave up.”
No one would call Robert St. John a loser. A life-long Mississippian and a successful restaurateur and entrepreneur, Robert has turned his mistakes and failures into valuable learning experiences that push his desire to help others. In addition to being a restaurateur, Robert is also an author and philanthropist and an advocate for the state of Mississippi, a place where he sees potential and opportunity for growth and change.
Robert’s restaurants include Crescent City Grill, Mahogany Bar, Branch, Tabella, Ed’s Burger Joint, The Midtowner, and Loblolly Bakery in Hattiesburg, MS, and Enzo Osteria Ridgeland, Mississippi.
In 2009, St. John founded Extra Table, a statewide non-profit organization that currently ships over 300,000 pounds of healthy food to over 60 Mississippi soup kitchens and mission pantries each month, at no charge to the agencies.
Resources:
Learn more about Robert and his restaurants at his website, https://robertstjohn.com/
Learn more about Extra Table
Read his weekly column
Buy his books
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