One-time historic hotel welcomes new style of restaurant to Mississippi Coast
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- Field’s Mediterranean brings Gulf seafood and Mediterranean fusion to Biloxi.
- Daily $12 specials highlight shawarma, flatbreads and curated tasting boards.
- Nicaud brothers expand Eat, Play, Stay brand with hotels, shops and restaurants.
The fresh, bold flavors and colors of the Mediterranean await at a new Coast restaurant that combines the talents of a restaurant family, an acclaimed chef and an artist who specializes in tattoos.
Coast foodies clamored for a Mediterranean restaurant and Field’s Mediterranean in downtown Biloxi is their answer. In the historic Magnolia Hotel building, later turned Mardi Gras museum and most recently Field’s Steak and Oyster Bar, this new restaurant at 119 Rue Magnolia is something special for the Coast, said Jourdan Nicaud.
Field’s Mediterranean is the latest restaurant from Nicaud Restaurant Group, which owns restaurants and other businesses across the Coast.
Chef David Dickensauge, an award-winning chef who operated Cork & Clever and 27th Avenue Bistro in Gulfport before leaving the area, has more than 30 years of experience in kitchens across the United States and Europe.
He’s returned to South Mississippi and, with owner/chef Field Nicaud, has created a cuisine and recipes of familiar and fusion dishes using fresh seafood from South Mississippi and the ingredients and cooking styles of the Mediterranean.
“Our goal is to really have a seafood Mediterranean restaurant,” said Jourdan Nicaud.
Think Gulf Coast and other seafood melded with cuisines of India, Israel, Lebanon, Greece and other countries, he said.
Familiar and new on the menu
Dickensauge is known for his farm-to-table cuisine and the all-scratch kitchen celebrates the fresh ingredients that define Mediterranean cuisine. Gulf seafood, seasonal vegetables, Mediterranean meze, shawarma and chargrilled oysters share the menu.
The restaurant opened with dinner service and now has added lunch Tuesday through Saturday. The lunch special is a Village Salad with choice of protein for $10, available from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Field’s also features $12 daily specials for lunch and dinner. Tuesday any flatbread is $12. Wednesday any shawarma, which is seasoned meat served with naan bread, vegetables and toppings, is $12. The Thursday special gives diners a sample of the Mediterranean, with a hummus platter or chef’s charcuterie board, served with a glass of house wine or draft beer for $12.
Those who love Mediterranean food will find their favorites on the menu and those who aren’t as familiar will find dishes to try and enjoy.
Among the appetizers are Alaskan snow crab cake with fried onion crisp, crawfish arayas with smoked mozzarella and sumac harissa remoulade or roasted turmeric spiced cauliflower.
Friends and family can share the tasting boards that offer hummus platters, a Mediterranean dip platter or sea and land charcuterie
Four varieties of oysters give diners a chance to try something new, like harissa and pancetta barbecue oysters or lobster and crab stuffed oysters.
The restaurant is open Tuesday through Thursday from 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday and Saturday until 10 p.m., and is closed Sunday and Monday. Reserve a table at fieldsbiloxi.com.
More development to come
The Nicaud brothers continue to build on their Eat, Play and Stay brand, adding more new restaurants, lodging, shops and attractions across South Mississippi. Here are updates on their latest developments:
▪ A second Field’s Italian restaurant is opening at the Pass Bungalows in Pass Christian around the end of July. The resort also will have an ice cream parlor and a cheese shop among its amenities.
▪ Artesian Hotel is open on Government Street in Ocean Springs, above Field’s Italian restaurant. Mirror Piano Bar is opening and a coffee shop and bookstore will open soon.
▪ Construction will be complete this month on 902 Howard Lofts, which are apartments across from the Shuckers’ stadium in downtown Biloxi.
▪ The former Billups restaurant on U.S. 90 in downtown Biloxi is becoming a hotel.
▪ Groundbreaking will be soon at the Ice House mixed-use development in Pascagoula at the site of an historic ice house that has sat empty since a fire in 2012. The first building will house shops and office space.
This story was originally published July 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM.
