Where’s the sushi?
Simply Wonderful Sushi, inside Winn-Dixie at 11312 Highway 49 in Gulfport, has been given approval to open. Here’s a small sampling of the large menu: Appetizers Spring Roll (X3): Rice paper, Lettuce, Cucumber, Cilantro, Rice Noodle, Shrimp, Imitation Crab, Carrots $5.95 Summer Roll (X3): Rice Paper, Lettuce, Cucumber, Cilantro, Avocado, Carrots $5.95 Dumplings (X10): Chicken…
Long lunch, late post
Lunch today was Mahi-Mahi at Cora’s in the White House Hotel in Biloxi. Good reviews all around.
New Year’s Eve with Little Freddie King
For the third year in a row, Little Freddie King will perform on New Year’s Eve at 100 Men Hall and Kerrie promises “another rollicking dance party.” Guests will enjoy hors d’oeuvres by The Big Sleazy Speakeasy, an underground supper club managed by Martha Whitney Butler and Wes Debenport, the chef at West End restaurant…
Sunday gallery
Warm and Christmas-y. We’ve got it all.
So it’s 72 degrees. It looks like Christmas, and there are lots of holiday events this weekend. For details, go to the amazing Fourth Ward Cleaver calendar (www.bslfourthward.com/).
Order up: 2 new restaurants
Here’s the scoop on two new restaurants in the area: Doña Blanca’s at 14451 Dedeaux Road in Gulfport serves Tacos Hondureños, heuvos rebueltos (scrambled eggs), camarones al Aijo ( garlic shrimp, rice, French fries), Chuleta frita (pork chop, rice, cabbage, french fries) and more, according to the state Health Department’s notes. Blanca Auceda is the…
Santa on high
Santa looks out over Main Street from this rooftop.
Bay Council recap: Machine shop tabled; dumpster funk deepens
Downtown merchants prevailed at last night’s Bay Council meeting, saving the public parking lot they consider a tourism asset. After hearing several pro-parking lot speakers, the council voted unanimously to reverse the decision to surplus the parking lot on Main Street behind the former City Hall Annex/Chamber office. That surplus building, you’ll recall, was recently…
Bay Council agenda: Menaces, audits, dumpster funk & neighborhood machine shops
Here’s the packed agenda for today’s Bay Council meeting. There’s buzz about the machine shop item among the P&Z applications, audits and the beach vendors. Things get started at 5:30 p.m. 1. Guests: 2. Public Forum 3. P&Z Applications a) CAMORS C. ROTH – application for Special Subdivision Plat Approval. The applicant would like to…