Fairhope AL recommendations?

Kingfisher
Wash House
Dragonfly Food Bar
Local’s

ETA: Blind Tiger on the pier has been good lately

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Fairhope AL recommendations?

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As of last year, this was a list that I had compiled. Some on this list may no longer be valid.

Fairhope
* Dragonfly - Upscale street food
* Hope Farm - Farm-to-table
* Kingfisher - Seafood restaurant (same ownership at The Chime’s and Parrain’s in Louisiana)
* Tamara’s - Casual fine dining
* Sunset Pointe at Fly Creek Marina - Casual American coastal (Gulf Snapper Throats, BBQ Shrimp)
* Plane and Level - Italian coastal cuisine
* Master Joe’s (Sushi)
* Panini Pete’s - Cafe with burgers
* Page and Pallete - Bookstore with cafe
* Gene’s Beans - Ice cream and coffee shop

Bon Secour (near Fairhope)
* Tin Top - Oyster Bar and Steakhouse

Daphne
* Southwood Kitchen - Seafood-focused casual fine dining

Magnolia Springs
* Jesse’s - Steakhouse with Creole influences

Point Clear
* Wash House - Casual elegant dining (Chateaubriand)

Take a drive to Jesse’s

I haven’t been yet, as it’s only been open a week or so….Atticus has taken over the space previously occupied by Plane and Level. Upscale French,
4 course pre-fixe menu. $98 pp

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has always perplexed me as to why on their menu, half of their veal dishes are listed as "tender veal" and half are not. Are the others on the menu not tender?

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I’ll try to ask them next trip. I’ve always gotten a very good meal there. Tony was picking up food for he and the wife. I need to head down to Mandina’s again, real soon. I ate with friends, called and asked my cousin to join us. He was the Girls Beach Volleyball Head Coach at UNO.

I did like the food at Gambino's, it's just a quirky thing on the menu description for their veal.

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I did like the food at Gambino's, it's just a quirky thing on the menu description for their veal.

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I can't speak explicitly on what this place is doing and exactly why.

However, I will say there are certain veal dishes, mostly the sauteed ones such as piccata or marsala, where you want a more delicate type baby veal, versus those where it's breaded and fried, like just cutlets or parmesan, where more of a little older calf type veal is perfectly fine, and arguably even preferable.

I'm wondering if that's how or why they are distinguishing it there.

ETA, but pulling up their menu online, there does indeed seem to be no rhyme or reason as to how or why they are distinguishing it there because it's certainly not following along the lines of what I was saying.

Hope farm LINK

Jesse’s LINK

Southwood Kitchen is very good. Are go to date night
Little Bird just opened and had good reviews but meh
Gambino's, Jesse's, Washhouse have been mentioned and good

That's pretty much Fairhope

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Gambino's Italian

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Not a fan of this place.