Two new restaurants opening

New restaurant openings down the road in Gautier: Le’s Palace at 726 Highway 90 serves platters with steamed vegetables and fried rice or fries with your choice of fried chicken wings, fried chicken tenders, butterfly shrimp, fried basa catfish, grilled tilapia, popcorn shrimp, fried pork tenderloin and grilled pork tenderloin. Also on the menu are…

New OLA principal selected

Darnell Cuevas has been selected as principal of Our Lady Academy, the only all-female Catholic school in Mississippi. Cuevas has 18 years experience in educational administration at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Recently, she served as an interim building principal at Hancock High School and principal at Resurrection Catholic Middle/High School in Pascagoula.…

Boiled seafood: An order we can’t refuse

Here’s the scoop on a new place for seafood (without comments on the name): Mudbug Mafia, located at 6905 N. Washington Ave. in Ocean Springs, has the state Health Department’s approval to open. Owner Pat Taranto says the menu will feature what’s in season. That means boiled crawfish, shrimp and crabs, with the accompanying potatoes…

Southern Kitchen now open

Here’s a new restaurant that recently got the OK to open from the state Health Department. Looks like the name fits the menu perfectly. Ms. Audrey’s Southern Kitchen & Catering is open at 1621 30th Ave. in Gulfport. Menu items include hot buttered grits, scrambled eggs, chicken wings and waffles, omelets, red beans and rice,…

Eric Lindell: Friday at 100 Men Hall

The fabulous Eric Lindell & Co. will perform Friday (March 27) at 100 Men Hall. General admission is $25 and the show starts at 8 p.m. Buy tickets online at https://www.freshtix.com/events/eric-lindell-3-27-15 Tickets are also available locally at Hairworks at 402 Dunbar Ave. and LuLu’s at 102 Main St. The show is a presentation of Bay…