Fourth Annual Small Works Show Opens at Ashland Gallery
Ashland Gallery throws open its doors Thursday, December 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. for the opening reception of the 4th Annual Small Works Show, an exhibition that gathers 13…
A Familiar Name Returns: Constantine’s Brings Lebanese Cuisine Back to Old Shell Road
Constantine's, a name long familiar to Mobile diners, returned to the local restaurant scene on Old Shell Road, serving authentic Lebanese fare that won early praise from a lifelong connoisseur.
Mobile Photographers Ashelea Penquite and Sarah Parvardeh Team Up for “P2” Benefit Show at Satori Coffee
Two Mobile photographers, Ashelea Penquite and Sarah Parvardeh, are reuniting for a joint photography show called “P2” (short for “P Squared”) on Saturday, September 26, at Satori Coffee on Old…
Mobile School Board Prepared to Vote on Closures and Magnet Program Move in 2009
The Mobile County School Board prepared to vote in April 2009 on proposed campus closures and a move for the math and science middle-school magnet program.
Mobile School Chief Considered Revising 2009 Closure and Consolidation List
Mobile County school leaders said in March 2009 that some proposed campus closures or consolidations could be reconsidered after public hearings and funding news.
Scores, Snobs and Robert Parker: A Mobile Wine Merchant on What Wine Writing Is For
As the Burgundy authority Clive Coates prepared to attack the wine press by name, a Mobile wine shop manager offered a more complicated defense of Robert Parker, and a warning…
Rose Season Arrives in Mobile, and a Wine Buyer Makes His Annual Case for Pink
Rose wines reach the shelves in late spring and vanish by midsummer. In April 2008 a Mobile wine merchant explained how they are made, why they were long dismissed, and…
A Midtown Mobile Wine Merchant Calls the End of the Pinot Noir Era
Four years after the film Sideways rewrote American wine buying, the general manager of a midtown Mobile wine shop argued the Pinot Noir craze was fading and pointed drinkers toward…
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.
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.