Dauphin Island BBQ Restaurant Owner Vows to Rebuild After Fire
After fire destroyed his popular Dauphin Island barbecue restaurant, the co-owner pledged to rebuild with the community's overwhelming support.
Fairhope’s Landmark Yardarm Restaurant Changes Hands After Four Decades
The Yardarm Restaurant on the Fairhope Municipal Pier is changing ownership for the first time in 40 years as its longtime owner retires from the business.
The Gulf, Orange Beach’s Shipping-Container Restaurant at Perdido Pass, Plots a Bigger Footprint
A bold new dining concept opened its doors on the Orange Beach waterfront in early November 2012: The Gulf, an open-air restaurant built from recycled shipping containers and set directly…
Mike’s Smokehouse Market Brings Sauce-Your-Own Barbecue to Daphne’s Highway 181
Just south of the Eastern Shore Centre along Highway 181, Mike’s Smokehouse Market has been quietly building a following among Baldwin County barbecue fans — and doing it with a…
Dauphin Island Stages Inaugural ‘Wings and Waves’ Chicken Wing Cook-Off
Nine cook teams from communities across the Alabama Gulf Coast converged on Dauphin Island on September 25, 2010, for the barrier island’s first-ever chicken wing cook-off, a new festival dubbed…
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…
A Sold-Out Lamb Special Sends a Critic Across the Parking Lot to Jerusalem Cafe
A thwarted trip to Zea's Thursday lamb night ended at Jerusalem Cafe in Mobile, where the Greek salad was called the city's best and the lamb kabob was called a…