Lunch and a Visit to Catfish Row Museum

April 4, 2024

On March 28 (Thursday), we rode back to downtown Vicksburg to do some more touring.

We stopped at Rusty’s Riverfront Grill for lunch. I had an oyster po’boy with a baked sweet potato as my side. The bread was good French bread and the oysters were plump and juicy. They were nicely fried, but not as good as the fried oysters from the Warehouse in Robertsdale, AL. There were more pickles than usual on the sandwich. Overall, a great po’boy. I enjoyed the baked sweet potato. It was split open and lightly dusted with cinnamon. I put a dollop of butter on it and found it to be sumptuous.

Bruce ordered the seafood platter, blackened. For his two sides, he ordered onion rings and sweet potato fries. So much for avoiding fried food. He enjoyed the blackened fish, shrimp and bay scallops. He was kind enough give me a shrimp; it was lovely. I also snitched an onion ring from his patter. It was a good onion ring. He wasn’t able to finish everything, so the patter is a good for two people.

After we ate, we visited the Catfish Row Museum, which was easy walking distance.

Catfish Row Museum has several exhibits of the history of Vicksburg. I enjoyed walking around and looking at the exhibits. They had a well used “Joy of Cooking” and some handwritten recipes.

There was a lot on the history of the civil rights movement.

There were exhibits for the Blue Room (nightclub) and the various bands.

There was a large exhibit devoted to Patrick Kelly. Unfortunately, most of the pictures I took of that exhibit just didn’t come out. He was born and raised in Vicksburg and he went to Paris and became a famous designer.

The museum also had a commercial grade kitchen for cooking demonstrations. They have special events were chefs come and demonstrate cooking. The chefs also serve the meal to the audience.

After we toured the museum, the lady at the front desk stamped our Vicksburg Passport. We head outside and to the waterfront.