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    Exposed brick and Edison bulbs in a Dauphin Street storefront, which is either charming or a cliché depending on your mood, but the modern Southern cooking tends to settle the argument. Dumbwaiter is a full-service dinner spot where Gulf-sourced ingredients do the heavy lifting, shrimp and grits built around Conecuh sausage, collard greens with some heat behind them, and warm bread pudding that arrives with ice cream already melting into it.

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    • Shrimp and grits

      “Gulf-sourced ingredients star in dishes like shrimp and grits made with Southern Alabama-crafted Conecuh sausage (the Mobile equivalent of New Orleans andouille)”

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    • Pork chop

      “a hearty pork chop served with spicy collard greens”

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    • Bread pudding

      “the bread pudding and rich chocolate brownie, both served warm and topped with vanilla ice cream, are comfort in a bowl”

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    • Chocolate brownie

      “the bread pudding and rich chocolate brownie, both served warm and topped with vanilla ice cream, are comfort in a bowl”

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    167 Dauphin St, Mobile, AL · Mobile
    Hours

    Open now, until 8:45 PM

    • Monday Closed
    • Tuesday 5 PM to 8:45 PM
    • Wednesday Today 5 PM to 8:45 PM
    • Thursday 5 PM to 8:45 PM
    • Friday 5 PM to 8:45 PM
    • Saturday 5 PM to 8:45 PM
    • Sunday Closed
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    (251) 445-3802
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