re: Recently moved to the Covington/Mandeville area (from Fairhope, AL)

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Beau Chene

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Was looking in there but lot sizes are so small. Was more interested in Covington country club.

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Can't think of the name of it but there's a somewhat "newer" (only about a 5 or 6 year old) restaurant a couple of blocks down the lakefront street heading west from the Barley Oak that is decent and has open deck seating.

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That’s Pat’s Rest Awhile. Same owner of Gallagher’s and 527.

A really cool restaurant and bar not mentioned yet is Nuvolaris. Great place to take your wife or date out for dinner or a drink at the bar.


A new place next to Donz is Apertif. If you can get in and you eat steak, order the Filet Au Poivre. It’s locally grown wagu style beef. It was excellent when I had it. Better than the Kansas City Bone in Strip at Gallagher’s which is really hard to beat.

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Italian - Bosco’s in Mandeville

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Good recommendation.

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Cov/Mandeville is much better. Fairhope is one of the most overrated towns on the planet.

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I'm a big fan of this area (Mandeville/Covington) and this area works better for my current situation (family close by, family situation, current financial situation, and new job opportunity) than Fairhope does right now but I strongly (and respectfully) disagree.

Fairhope is awesome and the Daphne area is great as well if your financial situation is average to above average which unfortunately mine isn't at the moment. Not to get too personal but I also had a couple of painful relationship memories in the area and just needed a change of scenery and perspective and also wanted to spend more time with family here in the Mandeville area. My reasons for moving were much more personal than any issue I had with Fairhope itself.

Again, I like the Mandeville area A LOT and could see myself being here for the foreseeable future but if money was no object I'd either move back to Fairhope or Daphne or at the very least split time between here and there. I absolutely loved living on the Eastern Shore and moved here for mostly personal reasons rather than any issues I had with Fairhope itself.
The main issue with Fairhope/Daphne (which has a population roughly equal to Slidell, Mandeville, Covington, and Madisonville combined) in my current situation was how incredibly expensive housing prices are and rent is right along the bay in the part of Fairhope where I lived.

Home prices aren't as bad on the inland side of Hwy 98 in Fairhope but still very expensive compared to much of Mandeville and Covington. Didn't work well with my current situation trying to save money in order to buy a house in the area. Home prices are insane in Fairhope and still really expensive even next door in Daphne.

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I was passing thru downtown Abita Springs last Friday and there was a cool looking restaurant/bar with live music playing. What's that place called?

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The Abita brew pub is right there (love it) good food and beer. Right across the trace is Rosie’s, very old school bar.

If you feel like fighting just come by my house. Also, there’s a Sonic on 22 but it isn’t 24 hours.

Gotta check out Slidell

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Zea in Covington

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Always good and reasonably priced for what you get.

If you're into shooting there's a skeet club in Husser that might make for a fun weekend.

Welcome

Are you and your wife interested in soft swinging?