A Katrina Refugee Restaurant Finds a Second Life in a Paper Mill Town
A Mobile dining critic on the road found the Big Easy Grill in Bogalusa, Louisiana, a restaurant destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in St. Bernard Parish and rebuilt next to a…
On the Causeway, The Bluegill Earns Second Place and No Apologies
A spring 2008 lunch at The Bluegill on the Causeway turned up a respectable gumbo, a properly grilled grouper filet and a plainspoken verdict on where the restaurant ranks among…
A Strip-Mall Kitchen on University Boulevard Lays Claim to Mobile’s Best Gumbo
After years of searching, a Mobile dining critic said in April 2008 that he had finally found a gumbo worth the hunt, at an unassuming po-boy shop at University Boulevard…
‘Do Ya Want Dat Dressed, Dahlin?’ In Search of a Proper Roast Beef Po-Boy
Dressed, pressed, and messy enough to require a stack of napkins: our critic laid out the rules of a proper roast beef po-boy, then admitted he had yet to find…