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New Gallery Opening in Old Town

7/30/2017

A new cutting-edge gallery featuring contemporary works by ten of the state's top artistic talents will be opening at the end of August, in the heart of Old Town Bay St. Louis.
- story by Ellis Anderson

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Cypress Cafe Going Mediterranean

7/12/2017

A local café gets a name update, a make-over and a fresh new Med-style menu. Meet the new owner, Sonny Wright. Click here for the breakfast menu and click here for the lunch/dinner menu!
- by Lisa Monti

New Hotel Concept Gets Initial Greenlight

7/11/2017

The preliminary design for a new four-story, 59-room hotel slated for one of the most significant corners in Old Town garnered unanimous conceptual approval by the Bay St. Louis Historic Commission on July 10th.
- by Lisa Monti

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Preliminary rendering of the North Beach Hotel. At four stories, the hotel will be coming in under the city's 50 ft height limitation. Rendering courtesy Trapolin-Peer Architects

Corks & Cleaver Officially Opens in Bay

7/10/2017

A popular Gulfport restaurant has moved to the first block of Main Street in Bay St. Louis: sneak peek on Thursday, July 13th and soft opening Friday, July 14th.

We've posted the soft opening menu below (look for the full menu later next week!)
- story by Lisa Monti

Cork & Cleaver
111 Main Street
Bay St. Louis

Soft Opening Bistro Hours:
(Chef David says that they'll be expanding hours as they get settled in.)
Sneak Peek, Thursday: 5pm - 9pm
Friday: 11am - 2pm, 5pm - 10pm
Saturday: 11am - 10pm
Sunday: 11am - 6pm

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Chef David Dickensauge, during the restaurant's "sneak peak" on Second Saturday, July 8th. The pizza oven is in the background. photo by Ellis Anderson

HGTV Returns to BSL

7/7/2017

HGTV features Bay St. Louis for the second - and third - times in 2017 as two new segments premier this month on the Great American Country network, in the show "You Live in What?"
- story by Ellis Anderson

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