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Antique-hopping along the Gulf Coast
In the Bay-Waveland area, you can walk upon the beach, eat a peach, and spend spend spend.
The adjoining Mississippi communities of Waveland and Bay St. Louis, an hour’s drive from New Orleans, are rich in antique-shopping opportunities and restaurant stops. The views aren’t bad, either, what with the Mississippi Sound to the south and St. Louis Bay on the east.
The water, lush vegetation and towering pines, and rural atmosphere have made the area popular as vacation spot and full-time residence. Daytrippers will appreciate the colorful concentration of stores.
So heavy is the concentration that several beginning blocks of Main Street in Bay St. Louis have become known as Antique Row. Typical is Side Porch Antiques, in the 100-block, which jumbles together fine glass and china, furniture, paintings, and artifacts from Mexico and India — just to touch the top of the heap. It’s a mixed heap. There’s a somewhat more selective heap around the corner, more or less, at Evergreen Antiques, 106 S. Second.
Two floors of uninterrupted browsing are available at the Antique Arcade, 112 S. Second, with shops and boutiques on first and antiques and curios on second. You can leave this barn-like building with everything from jelly beans to dining room tables.
For more than spiritual nourishment, try Jack’s Restaurant and Lounge, a roadhouse-like eating place at 324 Coleman, Waveland. Steaks and seafood prevail. Shrimp salad is recommended at Jay’s, in
Choctaw Shopping Plaza, Hwy. 90 and Nicholson.
Dock of the Bay, 119 Beach Blvd., Bay St. Louis, is a great place to enjoy burgers on the deck overlooking the water. The atmosphere is more formal at the Landmark Restaurant, 210 Main, where just about everybody gathers for Sunday brunch.
Waveland’s Countryside Collectables, 151 Highway 90, is so popular that it almost, has a cult following. Art-glass fanciers head here, as do seekers after silver, crystal, wicker and solider furniture. For something completely different, there’s Ellen Kane Gifts, Hyw. 90 and Ulman in Bay St. Louis, which distributes quality boutique items. Even more offbeat is Meditations, in the 100 block of Main Street in the Bay, which handles religious, mystical and philosophical books as well as works of local artists.
How to get there: Take I-10 to the NASA exit at Mississippi Hwy. 607. For more color, old U.S. Hwy. 90 is the way to go-
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