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Austin Sumrall

Austin Sumrall

Chef

Oct 7, 2026

37:07
So, um, w- labor, how you doing there? You, you staffed up?
37:11
I am just very lucky in that, uh, I have a great, I have a great team.
37:15
Both, uh, both restaurants and the hotel, we have really, really good people that work for us.
37:19
And, uh, I think, you know, that's, that's, you know, maybe a kind of a culture thing, too.
37:23
But, um, w- we're, we're lucky in that-
37:40
Another one somewhere else?
37:42
I, uh, so the most recent thing that we've done is that we, uh, we did a, like a kinda chef consulting thing where we helped build a menu and train a staff over in, uh, Pascagoula.
37:53
So, um, Chandelier expanded over there, the, uh, brewery from Gulfport.
51:29
And the White Pillars... uh it's a comeback story like parkway i mean parkway was closed for like 10 15 years before we opened it up how long was the white pillars as a restaurant was closed before you took it over like 30 years or something like that
51:44
yeah almost almost 30 years so yeah it was the house built in 1905 and then it was converted into a restaurant in 1969 it was open until 1989 and then it closed uh in 89 my wife and i reopened it in 2017 so almost 30 years uh bringing back a little piece of history and uh even bigger piece of history for you is it what was your great great grandmother was born in this house
55:16
So, look, how can people go to the White Pillars just so they want a reservation to go enjoy that good food you have there?
55:22
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
55:24
So we're, of course, online, BiloxiWhitePillars.com. We're on Facebook and Instagram.
55:31
Same thing with Siren Social Club.
55:33
And, yeah, I mean, you know, we love to come visit over in New Orleans, and we love when our New Orleans people come over and visit us.
55:41
We feel like it's just one big happy family.

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