These are the 5 best new restaurants on the MS Coast, readers say. Vote for your favorite

The Mississippi Gulf Coast saw an exciting wave of restaurant openings in 2025, serving up all sorts of cuisines, including Italian, Mexican, American and Cajun.

We recently asked Sun Herald readers to choose the five best new restaurants from a list of nine nominees in our search for readers’ favorite restaurant to open in 2025.

Now, it’s time to vote for the top restaurant. Here are the details:

Vote for your favorite of the following five restaurants now until 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 30. We’ll announce the winner on New Year’s Eve.

Heads up: This is not a scientific poll or survey — it’s just for fun! If you have more than one favorite, you are welcome to refresh this page and submit another vote. Look through the restaurant nominees below, then click on the “vote here” link at the end of the list to choose your favorite.

5 Best New Restaurants on the MS Coast

In no particular order, here are the top five new restaurants on the Coast, according to Sun Herald readers:

Adventurer’s Tavern

2667 Pass Rd, Biloxi, MS 39531

Field’s Italian Restaurant in Ocean Springs

1106 Government St, Ocean Springs, MS 39564

Butcher Baker

1062 Thorn St, Ocean Springs, MS 39564

El Fornino Pizzeria

26650 Beach Blvd Suite #39, Biloxi, MS 39531

Field’s Italian Restaurant in Pass Christian

100 W Scenic Dr, Pass Christian, MS 39571

Vote here for your favorite restaurant.

This story was originally published December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM.

Natalie Demaree

mcclatchy-newsroom

479-616-0125

Natalie Demaree is a service journalism reporter covering Mississippi for McClatchy Media. She holds a master’s in journalism from Columbia Journalism School and a bachelor’s in journalism and political science with a specialization in African and African American Studies from the University of Arkansas.