Page 34 - South Mississippi Living - January, 2017

General Manager Iris Byrd showing off a Murky Waters Bloody Mary
ADDRESS:
1212 Government St. Ocean Springs
PHONE:
228.215.1114
ADDRESS:
1320 27th Ave. Gulfport
PHONE:
228.214.4420
WEBSITE:
www.MurkyWatersBBQ.com
HOURS:
Sunday – Thursday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Saturday 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
ABOVE: NACHOS with waffle fries RIGHT: PULLED PORK sandwich
MURKY WATERS
BLUES & BBQ
story and photos by
Julian Brunt
If you are fortunate enough to
travel the highways and backroads
of Mississippi, you know that once
you get into the rolling hills of North Mississippi and the deep hardwood forests, you are in BBQ country. Drive through almost any small town and you’ll get a whiff of hickory smoke, and you’ll know that something really good is going to be had for lunch.
The Coast is known for seafood and Creole specialties, but a good BBQ
has always been hard to find. That is until three school friends, Brandon Atwell, Frankie Penn, and Thomas Young decided to open a BBQ place
in Gulfport and call it Murky Waters. That restaurant was successful enough that another location opened in Ocean Springs.
This BBQ and blues themed restaurant is nailing good BBQ and is in the perfect location, slap dab in the middle of Ocean Springs’ expanding
34 SOUTH MISSISSIPPI Living • January 2017
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