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Updated May 2026 The short version: Mobile’s cocktail scene punches well above its weight. From a fifteen-year-old gin classic at Haberdasher, to a creamy boozy Bushwacker at Moe’s BBQ, to a champagne and squid ink concoction named for an actual Mobile governor, here are ten of the best cocktails in the city. Several…

Updated May 2026 The short version: New York drops a ball. Mobile drops a Moon Pie. The Moon Pie was invented in Chattanooga in 1917, but it became the signature throw of Mobile’s Mardi Gras after the city banned Cracker Jack boxes in 1971 for being too dangerous. Today, more than four million Moon…

Updated May 2026 The short version: The A&M Peanut Shop sits on Dauphin Street in downtown Mobile, where a roaster from the late 1800s has been turning out fresh peanuts since 1947. Originally a Planters franchise, it became a family business when Alfred Gibson bought it in 1963 and named it for himself…

By: Marissa Deal Top 10 Weekend Brunch Destinations in Mobile Mobile has a lively and thriving brunch culture, and brunch is an excellent place to discover the different cultural influences that have shaped Mobile over the last 300 years.  From local hole-in-the-wall joints to upscale dining, we’ve got something for everyone.    Looking for a…

Updated May 2026 The short version: The Cheese Cottage is one of Mobile’s most charming spots for cheese, wine, and one of the best patios in town. Owner Stephenie Funaro has built it into a local favorite, with cheeses sourced from around the world, wine and cheese pairing classes, and a beloved outdoor seating…

Updated May 2026 The short version: Mobile, Alabama has tours for every interest: food, history, African American heritage, haunted, ghost, nature, boat, kayak, and museum tours. The best food tour in Mobile is Bienville Bites Food Tour, ranked top five in America by USA Today. For African American heritage, the Dora Franklin Finley African…

Updated May 2026 The short version: The single most iconic burger in Mobile, Alabama is the L.A. (Lower Alabama) Burger at Callaghan’s Irish Social Club, only served on Wednesdays at 11am. For the rest of the week, the best burgers are at Squid Ink, The Blind Mule, HammeredCow, Butch Cassidy’s, and seven more…

Updated May 2026 The short version: Roosevelt “Rosie” Patterson is a Mobile Sports Hall of Famer, a 1992 Alabama national champion, and a former NFL draft pick of the Los Angeles Raiders. Today he has one of the most beloved jobs in Mobile: he is the doorman at Las Floriditas, a hidden Cuban speakeasy…

Updated May 2026 The short version: In 1860, more than 50 years after the United States banned the international slave trade, the schooner Clotilda smuggled 110 captured Africans into Mobile, the last known slave ship to reach America. After emancipation, survivors built their own community just north of the city called Africatown. Joycelyn…

Updated May 2026 The short version: George Moore is a Mobile institution. He started washing pots for fourteen dollars a week, worked as a food runner at the Battle House Hotel during segregation (when that was one of the only jobs open to Black men there), and lived through Mobile’s entire twentieth-century transformation. When the restored Battle House reopened in 2007, they invited him back, and today the hotel’s gift shop bears his name. This is his story, and the story of the grand hotel he has watched over for most of his life. Some people know a city’s history because they studied it. George Moore knows Mobile’s history because he lived it. For more than half a century, his life and the life of the Battle House Hotel have been woven together, through the city’s booming postwar…

Updated May 2026 The short version: King cake is the official food symbol of Mardi Gras, and Mobile, Alabama (the birthplace of Mardi Gras in America) takes it seriously. The most famous king cake bakery in Mobile is Pollman’s Bakery on Spring Hill, which has been baking them since the 1950s and sells…

Updated May 2026 The short version: Some of the best things to do in Mobile, Alabama cost nothing at all. The city is 300+ years old, walkable, and packed with historic squares, free museums, riverfront sunsets, and (in season) America’s original Mardi Gras parades. Here are ten genuinely free things to do in Mobile,…