After all the sweets, cookies, pies and other unhealthy food over the holidays, the cute chef at Black’s says it’s time to take meals in a new direction and uses the start of 2025 to do it. Just in time for the Arctic cold blast, it’s ginger/tumeric soup. Served hot (just like the chef), this…
Starting the new year in Thyme: Our first evening meal out for 2025 kicks off at Thyme on Section St. We begin with an appetizer of hummus with grilled pita bread ($9). Featuring a basil pesto with roasted chickpeas, it’s excellent. For entrees, Colleen orders the grilled salmon ($29) while I choose the Bistro steak…
The Up and At ‘Em Breakfast at Julwin’s in Fairhope: Not a bad way to start 2025…
Kingfisher Seafood spins up in Fairhope: Although Saturday night is not ‘a fit night out’ for man nor beast, that’s when Kingfisher Seafood, Fairhope’s newest dining spot, holds its second ‘soft opening.’ Colleen and I are fortunate enough to be invited. From visiting this Louisiana seafood restaurant and meeting its owners previously, my hunch says,…
Second visit to Cozumel Bar and Grill at the Shops at Point Clear in Fairhope. These are the Enchiladas Supreme. Food on both visits: Very good. Service: Excellent (despite the fact that the place is packed during most recent visit)…
If you’re Christmas shopping in Fairhope and want to stop for a bite to eat, it would be hard to do better than Thyme on Section. Colleen and I choose this spot for lunch Wednesday. We start with an order of Truffle Fries ($9). French fries don’t always jump out at me, but these–served with…
When life gives you lemons: When we plant our lemon tree a couple of years back, I’m glad to see it but don’t give much thought to the benefits that are coming. Today, the perspective is different. Given that Black’s Cafe is our most frequent dining spot, juice from lemons off this tree have more…
Giving back to the community: A large turnout for Thanksgiving for the Community, a free opportunity to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal at Fairhope’s VFW Post 5660. Facility manager Kerry Lambert says newcomers showed up, as well as repeat visitors from previous Thanksgiving meal offerings. Food for the event was donated by Austal USA in…
𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙣 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙩 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠’𝙨 𝘾𝙖𝙛𝙚: Grilled shrimp and sun dried tomatoes with feta cheese over pasta. On a 20s windchill night, the cute server at this place knocks another dinner out of the park. And it doesn’t hurt that the lemon providing the juice squeezed over the shrimp comes from a tree in the…
Tex-Mex dining as Black’s Cafe goes southwestern: We had this dish once before and it was a hit straight out of the gate. Take a butternut squash and stuff it with ground beef, black beans, corn, tomatoes, green onions, mild green chiles and cheddar and/or pepper jack cheese and then bake. Found this on the…
