University of Idaho College of Law Public Interest Law Group

Food and Fun at Taranto’s

In our free time, we have been going out to dinner and hanging out at our hotel.

Tuesday night: Crystal Utley, an attorney from MCJ took us to a place called Taranto’s. They served classic gulf coast cuisine – Crawfish served by the lb, 10 kinds of po-boys, Crab (Dungeness, blue, snow), hush puppies and “Southern Pecan” Beer (a beer made 100% from pecans, and actually quite delicious). The food was cheap and oh so tasty! One of the patrons asked the waitress who we were and what we were doing in Biloxi. I guess 20 some “Yankees” sitting in the middle of a small restaurant must have stuck out a little. The waitress told him we were working on Hurricane Katrina relief. The man gave the waitress about $200 to take $10 off of all of our tabs. My tab was only $0.96! I guess we had some good karma.

Wednesday night: We went to the beach for a while after work. It was a nice day. We mostly just hung out, and told some funny stories about swimming lessons. After the beach, we went to a place called “Shady’s” recommended to us by Annette Hollowell, a 3L at Ole Miss and future MCJ attorney. Annette is also the one who recomended that we come to MCJ and Biloxi for Alternative Spring Break. The food at Shady’s was great, a sort of Cajun-Thai fusion.

Today at lunch, Track II went to a place called Desporter’s Seafood and Deli (for the second day in a row). I had an Alligator Sausage Po-Boy with Fried Pickles. It was delicious! It was the first time I had ever had alligator meat or a fried pickle, so I was a bit skeptical at first, but it was a pleasant surprise. Desporter’s has become one of our favorite restaurants here. Lots of seafood, awesome mashed potatoes and gumbo.