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GULF COAST FOOD LOVERS guide
Top 27 Outdoor Seating locations in United States
byGCFL ❤
Live update: Updated April 13, 2022Copy link
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PEOPLE ARE SAYING:
GCFL ❤Brookman's is a true smokehouse. Everything is made fresh in house. If you don't call ahead and place an order, you might miss out.
They offer smoked fish, pork chops, ribs, butts and incredible salmon and tuna dips.
Definitely a favorite for an easy meal to pick up and take back to the house or condo.
2. Alabama's Original Blue Line BBQ & Grill
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:
Mike AdamsBest BBQ around
3. Safari Club Restaurant
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤Recommended this place!
4. Breakfast Station
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:
Karen HartleyBreakfast Station in Brooksville, located next to Winn Dixie is Fabulous! They serve Breakfast and lunch, close at 3pm. The food is amazing, fresh, made to order and always delicious. Service is outstanding! Team members are always pleasant, knowledgeable and friendly. If you go more than twice, they’ll remember you and your preferences. They are now serving cocktails. I highly recommend Breakfast Station and I am certain that you won't be disappointed.
5. the Galley
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:
Lisa Buckner OldhamHole-in-the-wall place. Yummy food. Relaxed atmosphere
6. Luna's Eat & Drink
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤Specials: Happy Hour, LunchGCFL ❤The Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich is my favorite. Check out the behind the scenes video on how it's made:
https://youtu.be/7o0Pu2JXMaE
7. Big Beach Brewing Company
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤Our favorite local brewery!
Big Beach is always putting out creative small batch beers and they keep some of their most popular on tap.
They have food trucks and live music Thursday - Sunday
Our favorite is the Gnarwhal Food Truck. Gourmet food to go along with some delicious craft beer.
8. Lickin Good Donuts-Gulf Shores
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤If loving Maple Bacon Donuts from Lickin Good is wrong, I don't want to be right.
This is our favorite donut shop. The donuts are always so fresh and the family that runs it is super nice.
9. OSO at Bear Point Harbor - Orange Beach
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤We went to @oso_bear_point_harbor for the first time tonight.
Atmosphere is off the charts. A cool bayside cabin vibe with a great view, live music and plenty of seating inside and out.
They were well staffed. We were promptly seated. 7pm on a Friday? Love that.
Our server Jason made contact with us almost immediately and took our drink order and told us the special for the night. He was great throughout the night.
Started off with a Bushwacker...for research purposes of course. Easily one of my favorite bushwackers. Good blend of rum.
The menu had several options from casual bar food to fresh catch entrées. Plenty of choices for non-seafood eaters too. Bowl options for gluten free food lovers.
We went casual tonight and went with the Mahi Tacos and Grouper Burrito. Everything tasted fresh and the flour tortillas held up well. Some places you get a taco or burrito and it's like they source the tortillas from an Azteca box at the grocery store.
The tacos were excellent. I really liked the slaw that came with them. It had a sweet citrus flavor that gave it some good texture and a pop of acidity.
We've kind of been dreading going out with all of the labor issues and some not so good experiences lately. We left OSO full and wanting to try some of the other items on the menu.
We'll be back.
10. Cobalt, The Restaurant
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤Blackened Redfish. This is a flavor bomb. Flaky seasoned redfish with Louisiana Hot Sauce hollandaise and some dirty rice to give it a little texture with a little smokiness from the andouille. It's perfect. I enjoyed the side of asparagus with it as well.GCFL ❤Possibly our favorite dish down here. Bronze Gulf Grouper. The buttery grouper and sautéed blue crab mixed with the creamy parmesan risotto and the acidity of the Creole tomato sauce was delicious. This is the standard at Cobalt.
11. South Foley Cheesesteak Company
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤Authentic Philly Cheesesteaks using amorosobaking bread, of course. It's so good!GCFL ❤Unwrapping a @southfoleycheesesteak is like Christmas for your mouth.
12. Yumm Twister & Ice Cream
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤Yum is right! This is not your average ice cream shop. Twister cakes from Eastern Europe where the owner and his wife are from originally.
We had the soft serve gelato filled twister cake covered in oreo crumbles. Swipe to see the gyro they are offering now. We didn't try it yet but, it looks so good!
13. Kilwins Orange Beach
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤This Kilwins is owned by a local couple. Great place to get some amazing ice cream and all sorts of sweet goodies.
14. The Beach House Kitchen and Cocktails
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤After a nice evening at the Beach, we stopped over at The Beach House Kitchen & Cocktails to put in a takeout order and enjoy a few cocktails while we waited.
Jason was our bartender. I'm watching about 6 drinks at a time go out to servers while he starts taking our order.
We started out with a margarita. Hmmm. I notice he's not using a mix from the store. That's not well tequila either. Possibly, the best margarita on the island.
So, we put in our order and we notice this big clear container you see in commercial kitchens. I ask him what's in it. Oh, I'm trying to get a head start on my simple syrup. He then proceeds to tell us about how they make their own syrups and mixers. They use small batch bitters from #bittercube The lime juice in that margarita? It's fresh, daily. You can taste the difference.
Their shirts say, drink more cocktails. So, we didn't want to be rude. We got the piña colada and painkiller next. I usually stay away from drink machines but, they use premium ingredients in those too. Delicious!
We get our food and Jason opens every container to double check. We go back to the condo and.... Look at those blackened trigger fish tacos! So much fish. Great flavors. The tortillas aren't homemade but, they were suitable. Everyone enjoyed their food.
Beach House is killing it on West Beach.
GCFL ❤Winter Specials at The Beach House
15. GTs On The Bay
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤GTs on The Bay is one of our favorites because it has something for everyone. Pizza for the kids, seafood dishes, tropical drinks (like the one they serve out of a pineapple), great view of the bay, outdoor dining and a pirate playground area for the kids.GCFL ❤GTs Lunch Specials
16. The Sloop
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤The Sloop is a favorite local dive bar with some killer food. The owner is from Philly so, you'll find a great cheesesteak here along with some other creative dishes.
17. Big Fish Restaurant
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤Great place for date night. Wonderful seafood dishes, sushi and steaks. Don't let the strip mall exterior fool you. Morgan Freeman has been spotted here several times.GCFL ❤Gluten Free Menu!
18. Sunset Cork Room
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤Small place with some incredible food that not many know about.
19. Jesse's Restaurant
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤One of the most recommended places for a great steak.
20. King Neptune's Seafood Restaurant
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:Lisa Buckner OldhamGreat beignets!
21. Taco Fiesta Street Tacos
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤Al pastor were my favorite of all the tacos we tried. Great spice. Hot sauce was 🔥
Burritos were huge and quesadilla was stuffed.
Great to have street tacos close by.
22. BuzzCatz Coffee & Sweets
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤Order your Christmas Pies!GCFL ❤Possibly one of the best desserts in Orange Beach is the tiramisu at BuzzCatz.
They've also got a great breakfast menu, coffee and tons of desserts.
23. Sunset Pointe at Fly Creek Marina
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤We don't make it out to Fairhope very often but, tonight there's a big kids consignment sale and I'll take any excuse to try a new (to us) place.
Everyone always talks about Sunset Pointe and it's only 5 minutes from the sale.
Atmosphere: Cozy little marina side bar and grill with an expansive outside dining area.
Service: Caroline was attentive, knowledgeable and very efficient.
Kids Menu: The fried fish is mahi. Burgers, fried shrimp, grilled cheese. All the kid classics served with sweet potato chips and a cup of fruit. Our server asked if we wanted to sub fries. Our kids went for the mahi and enjoyed it.
The Food: We both went with the grouper sandwich and had it blackened. Pffft. No doubt the best grouper (sandwich grade) ever. A very buttery flavor from a well marbled grouper on a brioche bun with local lettuce and tomato. It's really simple but, high quality.
The grilled slaw slaw reminded me of a cole slaw take on my grandma's three bean salad. A sweet vinegar cabbage and sweet pepper.
The Drinks: The drink of the week was a New York Sour. Fresh squeezed lemon, Rye, egg white and topped with red wine. The frothing that the egg white provides reminded me of a Pisco Sour. It was very refreshing and flavorful.
We'll definitely visit again when we're in the area and definitely recommend.
24. Happy Pappys Coffeehouse
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤One of our favorite places to grab a latte. Beautiful shop that is great to hang out and talk with friends.
25. Southern Shores Coffee
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤Mark roasts his own beans that he imports from, I think 13, different countries. He uses natural ingredients to get his flavors not synthetics. We buy coffee by the bag here to enjoy at home.
26. Angry Crab Shack
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤Lots of different crabs. Not much local seafood but, for those looking for crab legs, we hear this is the spot.
27. The Keg Lounge and Grill
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:GCFL ❤Recommended this place!
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