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Biloxi's historic Barq's Building nearly ready for move-in. Here's what to know
The 1923 Barq’s Building at Howard Avenue and Reynoir Street in downtown Biloxi is wrapping up a years-long restoration, with 13 condos ready for sale and a restaurant and bar coming to the ground and second floors. Developers say the project aims to anchor a revitalized downtown. FULL STORY: 13 owners can move into Barq’s Building in Biloxi. Restaurant and bar on the way Here are key takeaways: Developer Lee Young of JDLE Development partnered with the Thrash Group in Hattiesburg to restore the building, which honors the Barq family whose root beer was first bottled in Biloxi in 1898. Young said the project could set a new standard for downtown. LaCour’s Grocery, described by Young as a “polished dining room and a dramatic bar,” is under construction on the first floor, with a spring opening planned. Permits have been pulled and interior work is underway. The Root Bar, a nod to Barq’s Root Beer, will open on the second floor as a more intimate, high-end lounge overlooking downtown. All 13 condos are for sale, with no two floor plans alike, said Lynn O’Keefe of O’Keefe Real Estate Group. Three are two-bedroom, two-bath units and the rest are one-bedroom, one-bath,
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Papa Roach bringing ‘Rise of the Roach Tour’ to Biloxi in 2027
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Biloxi’s oddest museum has Frank Gehry buildings twisting through century-old oak trees
You drive along Beach Boulevard in Biloxi, and a cluster of curving metal buildings rises out of a grove of old live oaks. This is the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, where the twisted pottery of George Ohr sits inside architecture by Frank Gehry. The shapes lean and tilt between...
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This Louisiana Buffet Restaurant Is So Good It’s Practically A Local Secret
A seafood buffet in rural Louisiana has a certain built-in promise: come hungry and do not make timid choices. Here, shrimp, crab, gumbo, and familiar comfort dishes turn dinner into the kind of meal where one plate is never the whole story. The casual setting keeps things easy, while the...
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Papa Roach Brings Rise of the Roach Tour to West Phoenix in June 2027
Papa Roach is heading back to the Valley. The California-based rock band has announced a new leg of its global Rise of the Roach Tour will stop at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in West Phoenix on June 16, 2027, bringing Ice Nine Kills and Ninth Key along as special guests.
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Beloved Mississippi Coast restaurants are taking new steps to survive ‘vibe-killer’ fall slump
The biggest challenge William Rester is facing this fall at his Long Beach, Mississippi restaurant is LSU football. Many of the local fans and Louisianans who own second homes on the Mississippi Gulf Coast spend game days glued to their televisions — not dining out. “Saturdays in September are...
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Terror on the Coast: A Coast connection to the film industry
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) — Located inside a huge movie prop warehouse, one fright-filled attraction on the Coast brings scares and the opportunity to see items and sets from big-name Hollywood movies. Terror on the Coast co-founder Kevin Mitchell said he never expected to get into the haunted house business.
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Slidell couple captures 12-foot alligator under new state program
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The state of Louisiana is trying to iron out a few issues in a new program midway through the state’s first ever recreation hunting season. Up until now, alligator hunting has been somewhat restricted in Louisiana. But with an explosion in the state’s alligator population, Louisiana opened up a recreational hunt, which is now underway, exposing first-time hunters to a unique new experience.
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Gulfport Church’s Chicken reopens in new building at same location
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) — Church’s Chicken off of Pass Road in Gulfport is open after being closed for several months. A block party was held celebrating the restaurant’s re-opening. The original building was demolished and a new one was built in its spot. Church’s Chicken Senior Marketing...
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In The Small Mississippi Town Of Saucier, This Brick-Oven Pizzeria Is Worth An Hour’s Drive And Then Some
Some families drive an hour for pizza. One couple from Houston spent two years planning a stop at a small roadside pizzeria in Saucier, Mississippi, and then promised to haul extra pies home on the next trip. That kind of devotion does not happen by accident. Out on a busy...
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13 owners can move into Barq Building in Biloxi. Restaurant and bar on the way
A transformation years in the making is nearing completion as the private residences at the historic Barq Buiding in downtown Biloxi are ready to move in and work has started on a restaurant on the first floor and a second-floor bar overlooking downtown. The 1923 building at the corner of Howard Avenue and Reynoir Street will once again be a landmark in downtown Biloxi, honoring the Barq family whose root beer was first bottled in the city in 1898. Seven of the 13 condos on the second floor have balconies overlooking the brick-paved Howard Avenue now that the empty building was taken back from Urban Renewal architecture to its original brick façade. Iron railings will give it a French Quarter look, yet distinctive to Biloxi. It’s taken longer than he ever expected to restore the building, said developer Lee Young with JDLE Development, until they found the ideal partnership with the Thrash Group in Hattiesburg. They hope the Barq Building will set a new bar for downtown, he said “Sometimes it takes longer than you ever anticipated, but Biloxi will end up seeing a vibrant downtown when all’s said and done,” he said. “If the rest of downtown has anything