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Eat, Drink, and be Merry
YULE enjoy 3 Christmas themed cocktails with your food.
$ 109
Eat and be Merry
It's SNOW joke, the food is that good!
$ 79
Christmas Food Tour: Holiday Lights and Bites
Mobile’s original holiday food tour · USA Today Top 10 food tour · December only · 21+
Holiday Lights and Bites is the tour we wait all year for. We meet under the gorgeous 40 foot tree in the lobby of the Battle House Hotel, walk under the lights on Dauphin Street, stop for the group photo at the holiday backdrop in Cathedral Square, and eat our way through downtown restaurants that go all out on their decorations this time of year. It adds up to a full dinner, with three Christmas cocktails if you want them, and along the way we tell the stories of how Mobile does Christmas.
Ages 21+ | 3 hours | December 4 through 23 | 16 guests max | $79 all food, or $109 with three cocktails
Christmas in Mobile, Told Where It Happened
Alabama was the first state in the country to make Christmas a legal holiday, back in 1836. And in Mobile, Christmas has never really been the end of the season. It is the beginning of one. This is where those stories get told, on the streets where they happened.
The Battle House tree. When the hotel reopened in 2007 they brought in a live tree from the same Wisconsin farm that supplies the White House. The Mobile Fire Department had other ideas. The 40 foot tree in the lobby today has been the city’s best place to start a Christmas night ever since, and it is where we start ours.
Michael Krafft and the first Carnival. On New Year’s Eve 1830, a cotton broker from Pennsylvania and a few friends paraded through downtown with cowbells and rakes and started something. That something became America’s oldest Carnival. The first balls of the season are held right after Thanksgiving, which means the Christmas and Mardi Gras seasons overlap here in a way they do nowhere else.
Twelfth Night and the king cake rule. The trees downtown stay up long past the Christmas season. On January 6th the red and green comes down and the purple, green, and gold goes up, the king cake comes out, and the season turns. Satsumas in a Christmas stocking, the MoonPie dropping from the sky on New Year’s Eve, and why you do not eat king cake before Twelfth Night, no matter how much you want to. We cover all of it.
Multiple Stops, a Full Dinner, and Christmas Cocktails
Every stop is one of our year-round downtown restaurant partners, each one decorated for the season and each one serving a dish they make for us. The route changes by night so that we can give you the best of what is open and lit up downtown. Tell us about allergies or aversions when you book and we will take care of it.
Ready to Eat, Drink, and Be Merry?
Pick a night and a ticket. Eat and Be Merry is $79 with all the food. Eat, Drink, and Be Merry is $109 and adds three Christmas cocktails. Tickets can be mixed within a group.
Office Party or Family in Town? Make It Private.
Groups of 8 or more get the whole tour to themselves, on the night that works for you. Tuesdays and Wednesdays in December are held for private groups. We handle every reservation and you just show up under the tree. It is the easiest holiday party you will ever plan and the one your people will still be talking about in January. Reserve a private date or call (251) 622-4041.
Before You Come
- Meet under the tree. Battle House Hotel lobby, 26 North Royal Street.
- Bring your appetite. No need for dinner plans before or after this tour.
- Bring ID. Guests must be 21+, including on the no-alcohol ticket.
- Wear walking shoes. About a mile and a half on flat sidewalks with breaks at every stop. Not recommended for guests with mobility limitations.
- Dress for it. Ugly sweaters welcome. Mobile Decembers are mild, but bring a light jacket.
- Rain or shine. All restaurant stops are indoors and the lights look even better wet.
Want to read more before you book? Start with things to do in Mobile at Christmas and the story of how Mardi Gras started in Mobile.