DISPATCHES & CITY MEMORY
Stories
The useful guide gets you there. The story tells you why the place matters.
THE HUNTSVILLE RESTAURANTS THAT RAISED US
Steak-Out: The Steak Dinner That Kept Showing Up
From a late-night ribeye craving to hospital rooms and parking-lot dinners, a Huntsville-born steak delivery chain has been showing up for generations.
READ · 3 MINUTE READ →CITY MEMORY · 6 MIN READ
The sign that fed a city
El Palacio is gone, but the way Huntsville remembers it tells us what a restaurant can become.
READ · 6 MIN →FIELD GUIDE · 4 MIN READ
The queso protocol
A highly unserious framework for taking melted cheese seriously enough.
READ · 4 MIN →Huntsville Food Lore
Is Bandito Burrito Basically El Palacio? Well… Not Exactly
For decades, Huntsville diners have connected Bandito Burrito to the long-gone El Palacio. The real story runs through founder Oscar Gutierrez, who worked in El Palacio’s kitchen before opening a Governors Drive institution of his own in 1990.
READ · 5 MIN READ →