‘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…
The Brick Pit Is the Best Barbecue on Old Shell Road. That Is Not the Same as Good.
Our critic found the pulled pork dry and the ribs tough at Mobile's best-known barbecue joint, and made an argument that the real standard lies somewhere up Interstate 65.
The Captain’s Table: A Fine Place for Politics, a Poor One for Lunch
A burned roux, a jambalaya that resembled microwaved rice and greasy fried green tomatoes left our critic doing something he almost never does: leaving food on the plate.
Panera Bread Looked the Part. Then the Roast Beef Arrived.
Our critic called the Asiago roast beef one of the worst sandwiches he had ever eaten, and found the dining room of the Schillinger Road bakery-cafe littered while the staff…
Why New Orleanians Live to Eat: A Mobile Diner’s Case for Galatoire’s, Commander’s and Antoine’s
Our critic, who once lived in New Orleans, made the case that the city 140 miles west remains the best restaurant town in America — and named the three tables…
A Plain Room on Hillcrest Road, and Some of the Best Food in Mobile
Tucked into a strip center north of Grelot, Zorba the Greek offered no ambience and no pretensions, only Middle Eastern cooking that stood comparison with anything in the city.