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Some great Coast dining legends are off the beaten path.

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MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST -- In this area of great food and abundant places to eat, there are restaurants along the beaten path that draw crowds of tourists. Then there are those, perhaps lesser known and somewhat off the beaten path, that are considered dining legends in their own way.

On Delmas Street in downtown Pascagoula, Scranton's Restaurant has been serving tasty dishes for 23 years in a building that's listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was named Scranton's because that part Of town was called Scranton's and officially became known as Pascagoula only 100 years ago.

Scranton's is owned by Richard Chenoweth, Merle Ivy and Jack Pickett. Chenoweth, the managing partner, explains that the brick facility the restaurant occupies was built in 1924 as the town's city hall to replace the wooden structure that burned down.

"It was the city hall, jail, fire department and courtroom," he said. "My office is in a cell and the lounge is called the Engine Room because that's what it was."

The old vault is still there...

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