Explore food, culture and history with top farm-to-table chefs in Mobile, Montgomery, and Auburn on “Travels with Darley: Alabama for Foodies Part II,” a half hour travel TV episode on PBS and streaming. Darley wanders through downtown Mobile to find culinary delights inspired by the city’s architecture and history, including a Cuban speakeasy bar hidden in a bank vault and hotel walls that can talk! She then travels north to Montgomery in search of the famous hot dog craved by U.S. Presidents, Alabama Governors and celebrities since 1917, and the meatless version of the Southern meat and three! She completes her foodie tour of Alabama at Auburn where the university, and local farmers and restaurateurs collaborate on innovative and sustainable projects to keep Alabama in the forefront of the food industry.
Learn more at darley-newman.com. Look for this episode on PBS and streaming and search for the “Travels with Darley” podcast on iHeart, Spotify, Audible, Amazon, Apple and more for further food and travel adventures.
This episode includes these Mobile, Alabama restaurants, chefs and food experiences:
– Las Floriditas and Dauphin’s with Bob Baumhower, a former pro football star who played for the University of Alabama under Coach “Bear” Bryant and later under coach Don Shula for the Miami Dolphins –
Eggs cathedral breakfast at A Spot of Tea with “Little” Tony Moore
– The Noble South with Chef Chris Rainosek for “meat and three”
– The history of Mobile and food with Melissa Harville at the History Museum of Mobile and Colonial Fort Conde
– Jacqueline Robinson’s story of how she started Mo’ Bay Beignet Co
– Cheese, cheese and more cheese at The Cheese Cottage, housed in an old Pure Oil gas station located on St. Louis Street
– Chef “Panini” Pete, featured on Food Network shows such as Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives with Guy Fieri and The Great Food Truck Race with Tyler Florence. His downtown Mobile restaurant, Squid Ink Eats & Drinks, melds Mobile’s French, British and Spanish heritage into dishes and cocktails.
– Margot Gilbert leads Darley on a tour of a historic hotel within walking distance of many of these restaurants and attractions at The Battle House Renaissance, which dates back to 1852
Restaurants in Montgomery, Alabama include:
– Theo Katechis Chris’ Hot Dogs
– Brenda’s Bar-B-Q Pit with Donetta Bethune
– Dr. Quebe Merritt introduces us to a healthy vegan restaurant with Plant Bae –
Rooftop cocktails with upscale Italian and homemade pastas with Chef Eric Rivera at Ravello Ristorante
Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, less than an hour’s drive from Montgomery and there we’re profiling:
– Hans van der Reijden takes Darley on a tour of Auburn University’s Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center. Here students learn all aspects of the hospitality business, from cooking to craft beer-making to hotel and event management, with hands on studies.
– Acre Restaurant where John David Hammond shares farm to table goodness and heirloom ingredients
