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Hibachi onthe Mississippi Coast
In Mississippi we cook on the Gulf Coast, from Gulfport through Biloxi to Ocean Springs, for families, reunions and visitors staying near the water.
Here is the honest version first: our Mississippi coverage is the Coast. We do not take bookings in Jackson, Oxford, Tupelo or the Delta. If your party is between Bay St. Louis and Ocean Springs, though, keep reading.
What the Coast is like for a party
The Mississippi Gulf Coast is one long string of towns tied together by US-90 and its seawall beach. In Biloxi, you have the casino district and the lighthouse on Beach Boulevard, Keesler Air Force Base families in the neighborhoods nearby, and quieter homes along Back Bay. Ocean Springs, across the Biloxi Bay Bridge, is the artsy, oak-shaded town with the Washington Avenue shops, Front Beach and the Davis Bayou area of Gulf Islands National Seashore. Gulfport has Jones Park and the harbor, and west of there Long Beach and Pass Christian line the beach road with older raised homes and porches facing the Sound.
The occasions here are local ones. Military families celebrating a promotion or a homecoming, reunions of relatives who scattered and came back for a week, visitors renting a house for Cruisin' the Coast in October, and Mardi Gras season, which the Coast takes seriously, with parades from Biloxi to Ocean Springs.
Setting up near the water
Coast homes are often raised for flood reasons, and the area under the house makes a shaded, level spot for cooking. Beachfront condos are another matter: like most Gulf towers, many do not allow propane grills on balconies, so ask the association first. We stay off the sand and set up by the house instead.
Evenings near the water bring mosquitoes in summer and a steady breeze off the Sound, so bug spray on the table and a side of the house out of the wind both help. Summer and early fall are hurricane season; if a storm is heading for the Coast during your date, contact us and we will sort it out together.
Getting to the Coast
The Coast is one of our longer trips from Buford. Travel is calculated from our Buford base or the nearest major city, whichever is closer, and it is spelled out in the quote before you book, so there are no surprises.
Do you cook anywhere in Mississippi besides the Coast?
Not right now. Our Mississippi service is the Gulf Coast towns, from roughly Bay St. Louis to Ocean Springs.
Can you cook for a Keesler family's homecoming?
Happily, at a home off base. For anything on base, the host handles access and any base rules before we can confirm.
Is a Mardi Gras weekend booking possible in Biloxi?
Yes, but parade routes close roads, so share the parade schedule and your address and we will plan the arrival time around it.
Mississippi city pages
- Biloxi and the Gulf Coast
- Bringing the family together? See family reunion hibachi.