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Semi-Formal
12:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Semi-Formal
6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Dance party featuring live music and pizza
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Less than a mile from downtown, Fairhope's "Town Square," renowned for its sunsets, breezes, people watching, feathered friends, and fishing well into the night. Perfect for a saunter to digest or take in some fresh air and physical exercise, this .25 mile wharf is the new home of one of Lizzie's mom's favorite restaurants - The Blind Tiger - which caters to the Parrothead boating contingent. (Lizzies favorite is the Royal Reds!!)
Epicenter of the very unique Fairhope Art Walk on Friday, October 4th from 5-9pm, they will most likely serve hors d'oeuvres and wine to the public. Bring your hankie and lightweight shirt because this mid-century modern gallery can get a bit steamy: what with all of Fairhope's high society piling in to gawk at the art on the walls during this monthly soiree. Although Fairhope has been dubbed "A drinking town with a flower problem," a word of caution here: although folks drink wine openly on the streets during First Friday Art Walk, it is still technically illegal to do so.
Located directly opposite the Hampton Inn downtown, Josh spent a few hours here one night when taken into custody after his friends' high school graduation party got busted. Although the metal bars never clanked behind him, Fairhope's original City Hall has the old jail cells intact, replete with original graffiti curated by convicts of yesteryear. Perhaps you might pause to reflect on the simpler times, when they washed cars for the police and were allowed to walk down the street to the grocery. Highlights include the quirky socialist aspects of Fairhope's utopian genesis as well as local art, pottery, and a 3D exhibit of 100-year-old photographs.
For those who want to see what the local pottery scene looks like...
A quiet public-access pier with stunning views of Mobile Bay: just a couple miles from downtown, Orange Street Pier has hosted a number of dreamers seeking repose and camaraderie throughout the years. Parking on-site off of S. Mobile St. @ Orange Street west of Fairhope's Fruit & Nut District.
While the espresso machine here is the stuff of legends, this place is NOT open Sundays because these cats practice Shabbat - Xian style!!
A popular spot for lunching guests in the heart of downtown Fairhope, with al fresco seating in a French Quarter-style courtyard setting. Fresh mozzarella made in house. Also... beignets with powdered sugar & lemon wedges!?
Nothing special about this place, so long as your standard is what Bar-b-que used to be in the 1970's Deep South! For some of us natives, its triumphant re-opening this year under new ownership (after several years of dereliction) was a call to spiritual renewal. However, please be warned about the rabid "base" who patronize Ben's. This is where working class angst goes to dine. They aren't shy with their judgmental stares...! (P.S.: yes, it's normal to feel intoxicated after eating their bacon cheeseburger. We used to swear they put something in it.)
Support our local friends, the Cullens! They cut their pizza pies Sicilian-style.
Sushi beside the Hampton Inn & Suites - scrumptious!
Never had a bad meal here! Top marks and a sweet family.
If you're bored, you can go wander around this historic site if you tell the front guardsman you're headed to the Birdcage* - they'll know what you mean! *So called "Bucky's Birdcage Lounge" for the hotel's greeter of many decades, who, it was said, could remember the name, face, and city of every guest who graced the hotels haunted grounds during his tenure.
This 3-mile wilderness trail is our favorite chance to spend time communing with Mother Nature; home to the sacred sand oak grove where Lizzie accepted Josh's proposal of marriage <3
This is where we run out of land heading south and east of Fairhope for about an hour. Visitors are often shocked that the Emerald Coast of Florida continues into coastal Alabama, but the murky brackish water of "America's Amazon" deposits so much silt into Mobile Bay that it does not allow for the same crystalline blue waters one sees to the East. It's kicks for fresh seafood, too. (Bimini Bob's)
Traditional Irish pub whose namesake can be a bit dodgy - nevertheless, a staple of Fairhope community with a live Celtic band every Sunday at 6pm, for those who choose to stay.
For those of you who adore the high-powered kind of New South buffoonery, this place has very nice cocktails, or so they say...with booths and an outside patio.
Occasionally this bar has live music (however, neither of us have ever darkened its doors). Two Titfords worked in the venerable old book & arts shop adjacent before its intellectual dilapidation.
For our guests with kids, this park has wide open space for ball playing, pavilions, various swing sets and climbing apparatuses, etc.
A bit of a jaunt down Scenic 98, this old kitchen makes all of its candies by hand. They are not shy about using margarine! Delectable and memorable for the kids, as there's a very antique vibe to the candy shop and...antique store in the hallway.
The Fairhope Float will get your rite!!! Also, lots of treats & ice cream for the kiddos.