Road trip: N.O.L.a. via Memphis/Gulf Shores

Help.A wannabe Southern boy from Ohio. Love BBQ and seafood. Cleveland to Nashville to Memphis to Gulf Shores on interstates. Back to NOLA. NOLA to Nashville via Natchez Trace. Nashville to Cleveland.

old son, let me see
i'll tell you a little about the miss gulf coast
in ocean springs there is "aunt jenny's catfish restaurant"
just a little north of gulfport there is my personal fav the "blowfly inn" out on bayou bernard
you will need a map
on the main road - 90
there is "steve's marina restaurant" and "chappy's" in long beach
keep to the old road on the way back to NO
you see pass christian and bay st. louis, cross the pearl river and bayous and the narrowest point of the lake at pretty near eye level
take 90 all the way to the french quarter and decatur st.
btw - this route will take you by the city jail, what an adventure

In Gulf Shores, try the Original Oyster House for seafood - we always get the catch of the day blackened. In Orange Beach, go to the Bayside Grill; they always have daily specials which are pretty good and well-priced. They've been a little uneven the last couple of times we were there, though. For pizza and huge, sweet sticky buns, try the Old World Bakery on West Beach in Gulf Shores.

Hey, good luck traveling down here. Came to Gulf Shores from Cleveland on vacation 11 years ago this month and ended up moving here four months later. There are a lot of good places to eat - more every week it seems like. Lulu's just opened - on the water by the bridge. Lulu is Jimmy Buffet's sister and he will appear unexpectedly to perform. Her place used to be up the road a bit and he would drop in there. Food good, ambiance fantastic. Steamers has great steamed seafood. Nothing fried. Down to earth - each table gets a roll of paper towels as their napkins and a plastic bucket to put shells in. Nothing fancy at all, just good food. For do it yourself seafood Billy's Seafood has the best and freshest. Caught off their boats that morning!

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Originally posted by AlabamaLinda

Hey, good luck traveling down here. Came to Gulf Shores from Cleveland on vacation 11 years ago this month and ended up moving here four months later. There are a lot of good places to eat - more every week it seems like. Lulu's just opened - on the water by the bridge. Lulu is Jimmy Buffet's sister and he will appear unexpectedly to perform. Her place used to be up the road a bit and he would drop in there. Food good, ambiance fantastic. Steamers has great steamed seafood. Nothing fried. Down to earth - each table gets a roll of paper towels as their napkins and a plastic bucket to put shells in. Nothing fancy at all, just good food. For do it yourself seafood Billy's Seafood has the best and freshest. Caught off their boats that morning!

And in Key West they remind you that Jimmy's other sister, Sunday, is on the marquee at the Holiday Inn every week end!

Postdoc says thanks for all the help.

I'm sure you've seen
http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=159. Someone recommends The Big Easy - been there, their jambalaya is okay, I'd go back, and they offer footlong corn dogs for the kids.

A better place, if you can't wait 'til you get to New Orleans, is in Fairhope on Mobile Bay. It's a little place on Church Street, the Gumbo Shack. They pretty much only serve gumbo, red beans and rice, Zapp's potato chips, and beer by the bottle. Good stuff! (And Fairhope is a very picturesque town with a neat history, it was started as a Utopian village by a group of Midwesterners with the purpose of demonstrating the economic principle of a single tax.)

Happy travels!

Nice place just W of Gulf Shores. Here's a paste from the Cuban Sandwich forum:

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/entertainment/5964773.htm

http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=1249128

Gulf Shores Debriefing. The Fish Factory is closed, maybe for good.The Original Oyster House served adequate food at best. But folks,do eat at Fishbonz which is now open seven days. Really great food at moderate prices with good local bands playing. Again, thanks to all who made rec's for my trip. Postdoc