Popular Places to Dine in Mobile and Baldwin Counties

"Gourmet dining to down-home country cooking, from fast food hamburgers to the worlds best sea food, you will find whatever you crave."

Dining out is a universally enjoyed pleasure, and nothing can make an evening on the town more special than a meal at a fine restaurant in Daphne, Fairhope or Mobile, Alabama. The Mobile and Baldwin County areas have many many excellent restaurants, spanning the full range of tastes. From gourmet dining to down-home country cooking, you will find it all at the fine restaurants in this area.

Today with the majority of women working outside of the home, and many of those who are not employed are busy with volunteer work, chauffeuring children and attending the many details of family life, the image of "dinner on the stove" is fading fast. Restaurant dining has become a popular lifestyle for most families.

For those frequently grabbed on-the-run meals, you will find your favorite fastfood chain to accommodate. What you will soon discover is an abundance of specialty restaurants to cater to those special times when candlelight, music, elegance and really fine cuisine can all be yours. These restaurants can be found in restored mansions of yesterday and in the plush new buildings of today; they are perched atop gleaming new complexes and nestled in the new, growing areas. The selection is continually growing as these areas expand. All types of international cuisine are available with an impressive list including French, Creole, Italian, Greek, Mexican, Cantonese, Japanese and of course, numerous American and Continental style restaurants also.

Whether your favorite is fried chicken, fillet mignon, fresh seafood, hamburgers, or homestyle barbecue, you will find what your palate craves

Our speciality: that's easy! "Seafood"! Both the Mobile and Baldwin County areas boast the world's finest and freshest seafood available anywhere. From oysters eaten right out of the shell, fresh-caught shrimp and crab, to freshwater and saltwater fish of all varieties including flounder, red snapper, trout and bass.

No matter how you prefer your seafood prepared, whether it is broiled, fried, blackened, stuffed, or in one of our famous "gumbos", it is all available for the asking at one of our many famous seafood restaurants.

Whatever your dining pleasure, you can easily find it in our area - again and again and again. To help you with your search of our areas culinary delights, we offer this list highlighting just some of our fine restaurants in Mobile and Baldwin Counties.

Mobile Area:

Alabama Cruise, Inc.: Dinner cruises, charters, sightseeing tours from Bellingraph Gardens. 12402 Bellingraph Garden Road, Theodore, 251-973-1244

American Café: 3662-A Airport Blvd, Mobile, 251-343-2524

Applebees: Large variety of delicious specialties, 5760 Airport Blvd.,251-343-4981. Also located on Government Blvd, 251-666-1760

Atlanta Bread Company: Sandwiches, Soups & Salads, full bakery, Mobile,3680 Dauphin Street, Mobile, 251-380-0444

Bakery Café: American cuisine, 1104 Dauphin Street, 251-433-2253

Banana Docks Café: 36 Hillcrest Road, Mobile, 251-342-2775

Bangkok Thai Cuisine: 5345-A Government Blvd., Mobile, 251-666-7788

Big Time Diner: American cuisine & seafood, 4936 Cottage Hill Road, 251- 666-2141

Bilotti's Italian Café: 1850 Airport Blvd., Mobile, 251-476-6777

Bobby's Diner: American cuisine, 4213-B Hall's Mill Road,inChristmas Town, 251-660-5022

Blue Gill: Seafood. 3775 Battleship Parkway, Spanish Fort, 251-625-1998

Brick Pit: Some seriously good Bar-B-Que, 5456 Old Shell Road, 251-343-0001

Café 615: Continental, 615 Dauphin Street, Mobile, 251-432-8434

China Doll: Chinese, 223 Dauphin Street, Mobile, 251-433-7511

China Garden Seafood Resturant: Great Chinese food 3964 Government Blvd. phone 251-666-3314

Chandler's Café: 4366 Old Shell Road, Mobile, 251-344-7999

Cock of the Walk: Catfish, shrimp & chicken, 4815 Hall's Mill Road, 251-666-1875

Copeland's Restaurant: Cajun cuisine & seafood, 6401 AirportBlvd., 251-342-7446

Cracker Barrel: Family variety, 43 South Beltline Highway, 251-473-6761

Delhi Palace: Cuisine of India, 3674 Airport Blvd., Mobile, 251-341-6171

Derry's Ole Tyme Café: Variety, 208 Dauphin Street, Mobile, 251-694-0503

Dick Russell's: Barbecue, seafood & steaks, Highway 90 West, 251-661-6090

Dreamland Bar-B-Que: Bar-B-Que, 3314 Old Shell Road, Mobile, 251-479-9898

Dr. Bob's Steakhouse: Fine Dining, 80 St. Michael Street, 251-438-4535

Ed's Seafood Shed: Seafood, 3382 Battleship Parkway, 251-625-1947

El Chico: Traditional Mexican, 830 Beltline Highway South, 251-344-0134

Felix's Fish Camp at Pier 4: Seafood, 1530 Battleship Parkway, 251-626-6710

Foosackly's: Great chicken plates and side dishes, 310 South University Blvd. Phone 251-343-0047

Garfield's: 3250 Airport Blvd. (Springdale Mall), 251-476-0097

Gus's Azalea Manor Courtyard: Fine dining, 751 Dauphin Street, 251-433-4877

J R'S Smokehouse Resturant: 3843 Airport Blvd."Southern StyleBBQ served with a friendly smile."

Jerusalem Café: Middle East Cuisine, Regency Shopping Center, 251-304-1155

Lakeside Lodge: Seafood, steaks & catfish, 650 Cody Road, 251-343-2211

Longhorn Steakhouse: Cowboy cuisine, 6201 Airport Blvd., 251-316-3880

Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon: American cuisine, 3704 Airport Blvd., 251-341-0220

Loretta's Restaurant: Fine dining, fresh local cuisine, 19 S. Conception St., 251-432-2200

Los Rancheros Mexican: Mexican cuisine, 3662 Airport Blvd. #F, 251-344-5205

Mariner Restaurant: Seafood, 6036 Rock Point Road, Mobile, 251-443-5700

Mary's Place: Excellent Seafood,5075 Highway 188, Coden, 251-873-4514

Maymés: Fine dining in the Malaga Inn, 359 Church Street, 251-438-4701

Michelle's Family Restaurant: Family dining, 2961 Dauphin Island Pkwy,251-478-6000

Mikato: Japanese Steakhouse, 364 Azalea Road, Mobile, 251-343-6622

Nan Seas: Specializing in fresh gulf seafood, 4170 Bay Front Road, 251-479-9132

O'Charley's: American cuisine, delicious food, 3649 Airport Blvd., 251-344-0200

Olive Garden: Delicious Italian, 3701 Airport Blvd., 251-343-0467

Oliver's: Fine dining at the Radisson Admiral Semmes Hotel, 251 Government StreetPhone: 251-432-8000 ext. 7142

Original Oyster House: Seafood, chicken & steak, Battleship Pkwy., 251-626-2188

Outback Steakhouse: Steaks, chicken & seafood, 901 Montlimar Dr., 251-342-3276

Picklefish: Pizza, sandwiches & salads, 251 Dauphin Street, 251-434-0000