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THIS IS ALABAMA  |  June 20, 2025

Alabama’s best-kept seafood secret is hiding in the corner of a grocery store.

Southern Shells

If you’re the kind of person who nods sagely whenever someone opines that you can find some of the nation’s tastiest cuisine in gas stations, take note.

 

If you like the joy of outrageously good food served in a setting that’s so small it barely qualifies as a hole in the wall, you might want to pay a visit to Southern Shells, tucked inside  the Greer’s CashSaver -- no, really -- in Grand Bay.

 

Southern Shells specializes in steamed seafood, including shrimp, crab and more, and is proof that some of the best food comes from the most unexpected places.

 

Read more about it here.

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