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New Restaurants in Gulfport, MS

Heed The Siren Call

Savor refined European cuisine and artisan cocktails at Siren Social Club, Hotel Vela’s sultry tropical speakeasy-style restaurant and bar. Featuring an extensive raw bar, flavorful small plates, and dinner menus showcasing fresh Gulf seafood, steaks, and handmade pasta, the restaurant is helmed by husband-and-wife duo Austin and Tresse Sumrall, whose impressive culinary credits include the award-winning White Pillars in neighboring Biloxi.

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DINNER

TUES-SAT

5 P.M. - 10 P.M.

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Meet The Chef

Austin Sumrall

A graduate of Ole Miss and the Culinary Institute of America, Austin is a native of McComb, Mississippi, where he grew up celebrating childhood birthdays with a crawfish boil. Crowned “King of American Seafood” during the 2021 Great American Seafood Cook-off in New Orleans, this James Beard Foundation semi-finalist for “Best Chef South” and has appeared in Garden & Gun and Food & Wine magazines and on several TV shows, including the Cooking Channel’s “Southern and Hungry” and Food Network’s “Alex vs America” (where he won the top prize) and “Chopped,” where he scored a second place finish.

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