Author Archives for Stuart Reb Donald
Dark Dining Comes to Bay Area
The hottest trend in Asian dining is the dark restaurant. So what are “dark” restaurants?
In dark restaurants customers spend the entire experience literally in the dark. Servers wear night vision goggles (although some may be vision impaired) and the diner must rely on their other senses to guide them through the tasting. Diners say that […]
Chuck’s Bar-B-Que - Opelika, Alabama
One last bit of business when visiting Chuck’s, it is not uncommon for folks there to greet you with the phrase, “War Eagle.” Don’t ask any questions, just say it back to them and go your way.
A Legend Returns: Original Oyster House, Mobile, Alabama
In 1985 a new restaurant opened for business on the causeway that traverses Mobile Bay connecting the port city of Mobile, Alabama, from its affluent suburbs in Baldwin county. That restaurant is now world famous. It was the ironically named Original Oyster House. Why is the name ironic? Because it was neither the “original” oyster […]
Katrina Relief Gets Kicked Up a Notch
The Katrina-ravaged city of Gulfport, Mississippi, has a new place to go for vittles. On June 21, the Island View Casino and Resort completed Phase II of its construction with the opening of a beautiful new restaurant. The Island View is situated on the property formerly occupied by the Gulfport Grand Casino and is a […]
Sustainable Culinary Tours
As more revelations unfold about the harm of mass produced foods and with increased concerns over food borne illnesses, the popularity of organic foods and traditional farming has increased. Our generation has sacrificed health for convenience. Our grandparents quite simply did it better than we do.
With that in mind the good people at Learn Great […]
Wintzell’s Oyster House - Mobile, Alabama
In an era when new restaurants try to conjure personality and PR firms are employed to develop originality, Wintzell’s Oyster House is an icon.
J. Oliver Wintzell first opened his six seat oyster bar in downtown Mobile, Alabama in 1938. Other than the raw oysters he shucked, Wintzell’s other commodity was his personality. Wintzell was famous […]
Discovering Lincoln
When most people think of Nebraska’s state capitol they think of college football, great steaks, and our twelfth President. Old Abe never visited Nebraska, but if he did he would be amazed at its cultural multiplicity. Sure Lincoln boasts all of the things that come to mind when you think of America’s heartland; eateries like Buzzard […]
