Birgit's Guidebook
Food! Yes, Please.
I'm a lifetime "foodie", decades before that word existed. I love Great Food. Everything from great burgers, to seafood, to the best steak you can sink your teeth into. Oh, fabulous wines and cocktails too.
Date Night
Live Jazz Venue, Restaurant & Bar
10206 Seymour Ave #2515, D'Iberville
(228) 207-2812
Wednesday 6PM-3AM
Thursday 6PM-3AM
Friday 6PM-3AM
Saturday 6PM-3AM
Satchmo's Jazz Cafe
10206 Seymour AvenueDate Night
Live Jazz Venue, Restaurant & Bar
10206 Seymour Ave #2515, D'Iberville
(228) 207-2812
Wednesday 6PM-3AM
Thursday 6PM-3AM
Friday 6PM-3AM
Saturday 6PM-3AM
Mary Mahoney's Old French House was built in 1737. Family owned and operated for 50 years. Specializing in local seafood and prime steaks. Fine dining served in quaint indoor dining rooms or choose a romantic courtyard setting.
On Highway 90 across the street from Hard Rock Casino and the Beau Rivage 228.374.0163
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Mary Mahoney's Old French House
110 Rue MagnoliaMary Mahoney's Old French House was built in 1737. Family owned and operated for 50 years. Specializing in local seafood and prime steaks. Fine dining served in quaint indoor dining rooms or choose a romantic courtyard setting.
On Highway 90 across the street from Hard Rock Casino and the Beau Rivage 228.374.0163
Ca c’est bon! If you're looking for Creole/Cajun Southern & Seafood
179 REYNOIR ST.
BILOXI, MS, 39530
MON-SAT: 11AM-8PM
228-207-2821
Parrain's Jambalaya Kitchen
179 Reynoir StreetCa c’est bon! If you're looking for Creole/Cajun Southern & Seafood
179 REYNOIR ST.
BILOXI, MS, 39530
MON-SAT: 11AM-8PM
228-207-2821
Eclectic & Delicious Fare
Wonderful Atmosphere
Bloody Mary & Mimosa Bar Fridays & Saturdays
Full Service Bar
9am-9pm
708 Washington Ave Ocean Springs, MS 39564
(228) 872-8478
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The Lady May
708 Washington AvenueEclectic & Delicious Fare
Wonderful Atmosphere
Bloody Mary & Mimosa Bar Fridays & Saturdays
Full Service Bar
9am-9pm
708 Washington Ave Ocean Springs, MS 39564
(228) 872-8478
I love a good pub & tavern. Adventures Pub & Spirits doesn't disappoint.
132 Lameuse St, Biloxi
228 207 6364
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Adventures Pub & Spirits
132 Lameuse StI love a good pub & tavern. Adventures Pub & Spirits doesn't disappoint.
132 Lameuse St, Biloxi
228 207 6364
Attractive and striking decor. Seating preferences: outside by the water, indoor first floor farmhouse decor, upstairs cool speakeasy style. Yummy, fresh food. Treat yourself. You'll want to come back again & again.
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Eat Drink Love Catering
701 Porter AveAttractive and striking decor. Seating preferences: outside by the water, indoor first floor farmhouse decor, upstairs cool speakeasy style. Yummy, fresh food. Treat yourself. You'll want to come back again & again.
Excellent food, drinks and service right here in D'Iberville! Best patty melt and fries. Awesome Bloody Mary's. Love that it's right in the neighborhood.
Under the Oak Cafe
Excellent food, drinks and service right here in D'Iberville! Best patty melt and fries. Awesome Bloody Mary's. Love that it's right in the neighborhood.
The Bread, The Vietnamese Po-Boys … Oh my. I haven’t had any pastries yet, but there’s my excuse to go
again! Get there when they open @ 9 for baked goods or you might miss out. Closed Mondays. *Look online and order Po-Boys to go. This place is a favorite for the locals and they are busy!*
Le Bakery
280 Oak StThe Bread, The Vietnamese Po-Boys … Oh my. I haven’t had any pastries yet, but there’s my excuse to go
again! Get there when they open @ 9 for baked goods or you might miss out. Closed Mondays. *Look online and order Po-Boys to go. This place is a favorite for the locals and they are busy!*
I’ve been going to Fayard’s for 3+ decades. Since back when they were on Central Avenue in Diberville. They’re still great and now they’re in a gas station! I’ve tried Po-Boys at sit down restaurants but none compare with Fayard’s. Call in for take out which usually takes about 15 minutes. My favorite is the fried shrimp, dressed & pressed, of course. Tap the menu photo twice for more info.
Fayard's
I’ve been going to Fayard’s for 3+ decades. Since back when they were on Central Avenue in Diberville. They’re still great and now they’re in a gas station! I’ve tried Po-Boys at sit down restaurants but none compare with Fayard’s. Call in for take out which usually takes about 15 minutes. My favorite is the fried shrimp, dressed & pressed, of course. Tap the menu photo twice for more info.
City/town information
Ocean Springs was recently voted #1 Best Coastal Small Town in The USA! Experience Ocean Springs! It's only a short 10+ minute drive from St. Martin.
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Ocean Springs
Ocean Springs was recently voted #1 Best Coastal Small Town in The USA! Experience Ocean Springs! It's only a short 10+ minute drive from St. Martin.
The history of D'Iberville is fascinating. Check this out:
The History of the City of D’Iberville
Compiled, edited and written by Nicole LaCour Young, June 2011
The history of the City of D’Iberville can be told in two stories; the story of its namesake Pierre LeMoyne, Sieur d’Iberville who explored the area after landing on the Gulf Coast in 1699 and the story of a group of dedicated citizens who worked tirelessly to incorporate the community known as d’Iberville in 1988.
Biography of Pierre LeMoyne, Sieur d’Iberville:
D’Iberville’s father was Charles LeMoyne. He came to New France (Canada) in 1641 at the age of 15 as the indentured servant of Jesuit missionaries. He was later a fur trader and an Indian fighter. He was a true self-made man, becoming one of the wealthiest and most powerful citizens in modern-day-Montreal and an influential pioneer in the small town of Ville-Marie. In 1668 he was issued letters of patent by the court of Versailles, giving him a noble title. He was also granted land in the Longueuil area and hence became known as Charles LeMoyne de Longueuil. His wife was Catherine Thiery. She gave birth to 13 children, including 11 boys, each of whom fought for the French in their quest to conquer Canada.
Note: phrases such as d’Iberville, de Longueuil, de Sainte-Helene or Sieur de Bienville were used after proper names as a reference to a noble title, either inherited or issued by a sovereign. It also indicated ownership or lordship over land. “D’Iberville” referred to a fief held by his father’s family in Dieppe, a province of Normandy, France. He also was known as Pierre LeMoyne, Sieur d’Iberville et d’Ardillieres, after he acquired land in a province of Aunis near Rochefort.
D’Iberville was born on July 9, 1661. A relatively uneducated man, he became an accomplished soldier and is known in Canada as its first hero with a statue of him standing today at the Valiant’s Memorial in Ottawa, Canada.
In 1686 he was sued for paternity of an unborn child by the guardians of Jeanne-Genevieve Picote de Belestre who accused him of seduction with the promise of marriage. He was found guilty in October, 1688 and instructed to take charge of the child (daughter). He then married Marie-Therese Pollet in October of 1693 after a long courtship. Marie-Therese lived most of her married life in France.
Three of Charles LeMoyne’s sons were part of an expedition of the Hudson Bay in 1686: Pierre LeMoyne d’Iberville, Jacques LeMoyne de Sainte-Helene and Paul LeMoyne de Maricourt. The campaign gave the French control over three trading posts. D’Iberville then travelled to France in 1687-88 and convinced the court of King Louis XIV to fund more, French-led campaigns to compete with the English fur trade in the Hudson Bay area.
It should be noted here that d’Iberville’s motives, like many soldiers of fortunes of the time was both nationalistic and materialistic. He was loyal to the French crown and fought to maintain its control of North American lands and its continued rivalry against the English and he was equally determined to gain wealth in the fur trade and often used the resources of state and the rewards of battle to do so. He is called a freebooter by some historians. He was a ruthless fighter and shrewd tactician. Historians write of his bravery as well as his brutality. One reads such words as pillage, murderous raid, and massacre when reading of d’Iberville’s exploits.
D’Iberville fought against the English, both in North America and Europe. In Canada he battled English fur traders and in Europe he fought the English in conflicts that were part of King William’s War, a conflict that spilled over into the New World and Canadian colonies.
He was second in command against the English at Corlaer (New York), a notorious battle, described by historians as the most brutal massacre of the colonial wars of the time. (The English being the victims of the massacre.) During four months of raiding in 1695 he destroyed 36 English settlements, killing 200 and imprisoning 700. In 1697 D’Iberville faced off with three English ships in the Hudson strait and bravely engaged the ships. He defeated and sunk the 56-gun man-of-war, Hampshire with his 44-gun Pelican. The 32-gun ship Hudson’s Bay also sank and the 36-gun Dering fled. D’Iberville and his crew had to abandon the Pelican as it also sank after being damaged in the battle.
The Treaty of Ryswick, signed that September of 1697 ended King William’s war and along with consequent treaties negated the gains for France that d’Iberville had been a major part of. In 1697 he returned to France.
By 1698, at 37, d’Iberville was a soldier of fortune, known in the Hudson Bay area as “the most famous son of New France.” He had participated in brutal battles and gained wealth and fame. Some historians write that he was looking for more adventure and action in warmer climates. He was in France when King Louis XIV decided to send another expedition to the territory named Louisiana by the explorer LaSalle. D’Iberville was chosen to head the expedition. D’Iberville argued strongly in favor of the expedition at the court of Versailles saying,
“If France does not seize this most beautiful part of American and set up a colony…the English colony which is becoming quite large, will increase to such a degree that in less than one hundred years it will be strong enough to take over all of America and chase away all other nations.”
The Gulf Coast Expedition
The History of the North Bay continued…
Milestones between 1722 and 1980s:
The Story of Incorporation
Other milestones in the first years of the city:
Hurricane Katrina: August 29, 2005
Legend of the Cross and Boulder
Sources
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, statue in Ottawa.
D'Iberville
The history of D'Iberville is fascinating. Check this out:
The History of the City of D’Iberville
Compiled, edited and written by Nicole LaCour Young, June 2011
The history of the City of D’Iberville can be told in two stories; the story of its namesake Pierre LeMoyne, Sieur d’Iberville who explored the area after landing on the Gulf Coast in 1699 and the story of a group of dedicated citizens who worked tirelessly to incorporate the community known as d’Iberville in 1988.
Biography of Pierre LeMoyne, Sieur d’Iberville:
D’Iberville’s father was Charles LeMoyne. He came to New France (Canada) in 1641 at the age of 15 as the indentured servant of Jesuit missionaries. He was later a fur trader and an Indian fighter. He was a true self-made man, becoming one of the wealthiest and most powerful citizens in modern-day-Montreal and an influential pioneer in the small town of Ville-Marie. In 1668 he was issued letters of patent by the court of Versailles, giving him a noble title. He was also granted land in the Longueuil area and hence became known as Charles LeMoyne de Longueuil. His wife was Catherine Thiery. She gave birth to 13 children, including 11 boys, each of whom fought for the French in their quest to conquer Canada.
Note: phrases such as d’Iberville, de Longueuil, de Sainte-Helene or Sieur de Bienville were used after proper names as a reference to a noble title, either inherited or issued by a sovereign. It also indicated ownership or lordship over land. “D’Iberville” referred to a fief held by his father’s family in Dieppe, a province of Normandy, France. He also was known as Pierre LeMoyne, Sieur d’Iberville et d’Ardillieres, after he acquired land in a province of Aunis near Rochefort.
D’Iberville was born on July 9, 1661. A relatively uneducated man, he became an accomplished soldier and is known in Canada as its first hero with a statue of him standing today at the Valiant’s Memorial in Ottawa, Canada.
In 1686 he was sued for paternity of an unborn child by the guardians of Jeanne-Genevieve Picote de Belestre who accused him of seduction with the promise of marriage. He was found guilty in October, 1688 and instructed to take charge of the child (daughter). He then married Marie-Therese Pollet in October of 1693 after a long courtship. Marie-Therese lived most of her married life in France.
Three of Charles LeMoyne’s sons were part of an expedition of the Hudson Bay in 1686: Pierre LeMoyne d’Iberville, Jacques LeMoyne de Sainte-Helene and Paul LeMoyne de Maricourt. The campaign gave the French control over three trading posts. D’Iberville then travelled to France in 1687-88 and convinced the court of King Louis XIV to fund more, French-led campaigns to compete with the English fur trade in the Hudson Bay area.
It should be noted here that d’Iberville’s motives, like many soldiers of fortunes of the time was both nationalistic and materialistic. He was loyal to the French crown and fought to maintain its control of North American lands and its continued rivalry against the English and he was equally determined to gain wealth in the fur trade and often used the resources of state and the rewards of battle to do so. He is called a freebooter by some historians. He was a ruthless fighter and shrewd tactician. Historians write of his bravery as well as his brutality. One reads such words as pillage, murderous raid, and massacre when reading of d’Iberville’s exploits.
D’Iberville fought against the English, both in North America and Europe. In Canada he battled English fur traders and in Europe he fought the English in conflicts that were part of King William’s War, a conflict that spilled over into the New World and Canadian colonies.
He was second in command against the English at Corlaer (New York), a notorious battle, described by historians as the most brutal massacre of the colonial wars of the time. (The English being the victims of the massacre.) During four months of raiding in 1695 he destroyed 36 English settlements, killing 200 and imprisoning 700. In 1697 D’Iberville faced off with three English ships in the Hudson strait and bravely engaged the ships. He defeated and sunk the 56-gun man-of-war, Hampshire with his 44-gun Pelican. The 32-gun ship Hudson’s Bay also sank and the 36-gun Dering fled. D’Iberville and his crew had to abandon the Pelican as it also sank after being damaged in the battle.
The Treaty of Ryswick, signed that September of 1697 ended King William’s war and along with consequent treaties negated the gains for France that d’Iberville had been a major part of. In 1697 he returned to France.
By 1698, at 37, d’Iberville was a soldier of fortune, known in the Hudson Bay area as “the most famous son of New France.” He had participated in brutal battles and gained wealth and fame. Some historians write that he was looking for more adventure and action in warmer climates. He was in France when King Louis XIV decided to send another expedition to the territory named Louisiana by the explorer LaSalle. D’Iberville was chosen to head the expedition. D’Iberville argued strongly in favor of the expedition at the court of Versailles saying,
“If France does not seize this most beautiful part of American and set up a colony…the English colony which is becoming quite large, will increase to such a degree that in less than one hundred years it will be strong enough to take over all of America and chase away all other nations.”
The Gulf Coast Expedition
The History of the North Bay continued…
Milestones between 1722 and 1980s:
The Story of Incorporation
Other milestones in the first years of the city:
Hurricane Katrina: August 29, 2005
Legend of the Cross and Boulder
Sources
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, statue in Ottawa.
Sightseeing
One of the first cast-iron lighthouses built in the South, the Biloxi Lighthouse is one of the city's most revered landmarks. Erected in 1848, it was operated by local Biloxians – including a handful of female lightkeepers – until 1939 when the U.S. Coast Guard adopted the post. Today, the lighthouse has survived the shoreline's devastation by many a hurricane (Hurricane Katrina's storm surge waters covered a third of the 64-foot-tall lighthouse) and stands as a symbol of the city's resolve.
Recent visitors loved this historic lighthouse, noting its beauty and praising the views of the Gulf Coast from above. And while some said the structure itself is on the small side, travelers said taking the tour is worth it as the guides offer more information on the lighthouse's purpose, history and resilience through the years. However, many visitors find the lighthouse's location, on the median of a highway, rather unusual.
If you want to tour the lighthouse, you'll have to get there early; the city operates only a single hourlong tour starting at 9 a.m. daily. Admission starts at $5 for adults and $2 for children 6 to 11; there's no entry fee for children 5 and younger. No reservations are required, except for group tours. Check out the city of Biloxi's website for more details.
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Biloxi Lighthouse Pier
1050 Beach BlvdOne of the first cast-iron lighthouses built in the South, the Biloxi Lighthouse is one of the city's most revered landmarks. Erected in 1848, it was operated by local Biloxians – including a handful of female lightkeepers – until 1939 when the U.S. Coast Guard adopted the post. Today, the lighthouse has survived the shoreline's devastation by many a hurricane (Hurricane Katrina's storm surge waters covered a third of the 64-foot-tall lighthouse) and stands as a symbol of the city's resolve.
Recent visitors loved this historic lighthouse, noting its beauty and praising the views of the Gulf Coast from above. And while some said the structure itself is on the small side, travelers said taking the tour is worth it as the guides offer more information on the lighthouse's purpose, history and resilience through the years. However, many visitors find the lighthouse's location, on the median of a highway, rather unusual.
If you want to tour the lighthouse, you'll have to get there early; the city operates only a single hourlong tour starting at 9 a.m. daily. Admission starts at $5 for adults and $2 for children 6 to 11; there's no entry fee for children 5 and younger. No reservations are required, except for group tours. Check out the city of Biloxi's website for more details.
Art
If you are an art lover, you MUST see this museum. IMHO, Walter Anderson is in the rank of artists such as Leonardo da Vinci Botticelli and Picasso. This museum will dazzle all of your senses. Truly.
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Walter Anderson Museum of Art
510 Washington AveIf you are an art lover, you MUST see this museum. IMHO, Walter Anderson is in the rank of artists such as Leonardo da Vinci Botticelli and Picasso. This museum will dazzle all of your senses. Truly.
Lovers of Art & Architecture will enjoy this space.
386 Beach Blvd., Biloxi, MS 39530
Open to the public
10am-5pm, Tuesday – Saturday
1pm-5pm Sunday
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Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art
386 Beach BlvdLovers of Art & Architecture will enjoy this space.
386 Beach Blvd., Biloxi, MS 39530
Open to the public
10am-5pm, Tuesday – Saturday
1pm-5pm Sunday
Something Different
So you don't want to go bowling. How about Axe Throwing?!
Release your Inner Viking. Yee Haw! Okay, so a Cowboy Viking. 808 Howard Ave, Suite A, Biloxi, MS
228-365-2298
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Skal Axe Throwing
808 Howard AveSo you don't want to go bowling. How about Axe Throwing?!
Release your Inner Viking. Yee Haw! Okay, so a Cowboy Viking. 808 Howard Ave, Suite A, Biloxi, MS
228-365-2298
If you like to have FUN and have not experienced an Escape Room, Go and experience Hint Hunter Escape Room right here in D'Iberville! Once you've done an Escape Room, you'll become obsessed and will seek them out wherever you go. Super Fun!
10253 Diberville Blvd, Suite B, D'Iberville
228-447-5923
Hint Hunter Escape (Puzzle) Rooms
10253 D'Iberville BoulevardIf you like to have FUN and have not experienced an Escape Room, Go and experience Hint Hunter Escape Room right here in D'Iberville! Once you've done an Escape Room, you'll become obsessed and will seek them out wherever you go. Super Fun!
10253 Diberville Blvd, Suite B, D'Iberville
228-447-5923