similar. Hilton garden inn, jackson ms. Security out front no biggie to me. After dark so naturally i asked him where a good place to eat was because hotel food is usually grim at best. He sad nah man you dont wanna do that so i went back in a the food was better than grim.
about three years later my counterpart from denver was travelling my region with be, we wanted sushi. There were three in walking distance so we just walked out. Zero issues, quiet streets about 8pm like me before.
I often wonder if the huge black security guard was a tactic to drive business back into the hotel. I mean if he said no, kinda feel intimidated if you continue on...
