Cammie’s Old Dutch Ice Cream Shoppe Keeps It Homemade on Old Shell Road
On Old Shell Road in Mobile, Cammie’s Old Dutch Ice Cream Shoppe has built a loyal following by doing one thing the owner says needs no improvement: making natural ice…
Catt’s Avalon 360 Reopens Dauphin Street With Jazz and Spyro Gyra
Live music returned to Dauphin Street on October 11, 2012, as Catt’s Avalon 360 celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting at 3:30 p.m. and a weekend of performances…
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears Return to Alabama Music Box in Mobile (Sept. 7, 2012)
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears brought their blues-and-funk-fired rock to the Alabama Music Box in downtown Mobile on Friday, September 7, 2012. The Austin, Texas band arrived in the…
Bienville Books on Dauphin Street Marks a Decade Serving Downtown Mobile Readers
Bienville Books celebrated 10 years on Dauphin Street in downtown Mobile in 2012, a milestone for an independent shop that opened Sept. 3, 2002, when the surrounding blocks still held…
Matisyahu Brings a New Look and Spark Seeker Material Back to Mobile’s Soul Kitchen
Reggae artist Matisyahu returned to the Soul Kitchen Music Hall in downtown Mobile on Monday, August 27, 2012, nearly one year to the day after a packed 2011 show at…
Mayor Unveils a Fresh Look for Mobile’s Historic Bienville Square
Mayor Sam Jones unveiled a series of city-funded improvements to Bienville Square, the historic heart of downtown Mobile, including new security cameras, renovated restrooms and a restored fountain.
Hopjacks Closure on Dauphin Street Prompts Questions About Mobile’s Entertainment District
Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom shut the doors of its Dauphin Street restaurant in downtown Mobile on Saturday, July 28, leaving another storefront dark along the city’s lower Dauphin entertainment…
Dauphin Street Vault Returns to Downtown Mobile for a Day of Pole Vaulting (July 21, 2012)
The second annual Dauphin Street Vault took over Lower Dauphin Street, or LoDa, on Saturday, July 21, 2012, transforming the heart of Mobile’s entertainment district into a pole-vault runway. For…
Zoogma Brings Live Electronic-Rock to Soul Kitchen in Mobile (July 20, 2012)
Zoogma brought its wired, beat-driven live show to Soul Kitchen on Dauphin Street in downtown Mobile on Friday, July 20, 2012, arriving in the middle of a summer that had…
Where to Find Free Crawfish Around Mobile This Season
Crawfish season means one thing around Mobile: bars all over town boiling up free spreads week after week, no ticket required beyond whatever you’re drinking. Here is where the mudbugs…