Roughing It, Gulf Coast Style
Black’s Cafe in Fairhope never disappoints. On the night of SEP 7th 2025, it’s Conecuh sausage with potatoes, onions and squash grilled on the Blackstone. Someone has to do it…
Food
Foley’s Hotel Magnolia Delivers
If you’re looking for a lunch or dinner spot that promises to impress without burning a hole in your wallet, the restaurant at Hotel Magnolia in downtown Foley is one not to pass up. Colleen and I join friends there for dinner SEP 5th 2025. Owner Diana Rohe-Pennington shows us to our table, seating us…
barbecue With Fairhope Elks
Skilled hands and teamwork are needed to pull off the annual barbecues held Labor Day, Memorial Day and the Fourth of July by members of Fairhope’s Elks Lodge 1879. The food offerings are just part of what the Elks Lodge is all about. This year, we get a look behind the scenes as Lodge member…
Fairhope Labor Day Meals
Everything from rib plates to chicken plates to pulled pork plates and pork sandwiches…
Julwin’s Impeckable Chicken
The Impeckable Chicken, a recent addition to the menu at Julwin’s in Fairhope, is my lunch choice earlier this week. Served atop mashed potatoes and covered with mushrooms, gravy and collard greens, this is an outstanding meal for $14.95. Tackle this plate and there’s no risk of walking out hungry. This is a definite spot…
Pollo De Cozumel in Fairhope
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Fairhope’s R Bistro Pleases
If we had been smarter, we would have made our first visit to R Bistro on Scenic Hwy 98 much earlier than JUL 30 2025. Open since DEC 2023 in the spot that used to house Fish River Grill on 98, the place offers French ambience and foods in a nicely decorated setting. Our picks…
Alabama Coast Seafood Treat
Start with blackened flounder fillets, add fried popcorn shrimp and garlic cream sauce. Throw in grilled shrimp and a fried crab cake and you have the Joe Cain Platter ($33) at The Original Oyster House in Spanish Fort. Add a trip to the salad bar ($3) and this checks the boxes for a meal that’s…
Julwin’s Shrimp and Grits
Shrimp and grits ($16.95) at Julwin’s in Fairhope. Shrimp with bits of Conecuh sausage along with onions, bell pepper, tomatoes and a grit cake covered in sauce. This dish has been a favorite of customers for years. Haven’t had this in a long time, making me ask, what was I thinking?
Ribs Cooked To Perfection
A lot of good natured ribbing takes place in front of Fairhope’s VFW Post 5660 JUL 19 2025. Fat Boys Grilling, a local cooking group that provides on-site cooking services for charitable causes, cooks slabs of ribs to raise money for Fairhope resident Charlie Barkley, who recently lost Catrina Phillips, his partner and business associate….