Marjie’s Grill broke the mold when it opened in Mid-City with a menu blending Deep South and Southeast Asian flavors. Now the restaurant is out to reinvent itself in a bid to survive amid ...

It will be the second restaurant from Jacobs and Carney, the couple who run Marjie’s Grill. That first restaurant has carved its own niche with its Southeast Asia-meets-Deep South approach.

A recent dinner at Marjie’s Grill started with cornbread turned into fishcake shrimp toast, with wahoo and shrimp under a crisp shell and buttermilk dip on the side. It ran through charred okra ...