re: Where to eat/drink in downtown Mobile?

Do yourself a favor and go eat at Yen. It's a Vietnamese restaurant, but it'll be a short drive to the hood. You won't get better Vietnamese food. Huge menu with all sorts of stuff, I think Birdsnest vermicelli was last recommendation I had but I didn't see it on the menu...good luck with that. Very, very good place, and low key as all get out - I mean it's in the hood so what can they expect?