From Iron Chef America to James Beard nominations, SpringHouse and Executive Chef Rob McDaniel have quietly built quite a reputation — among food and wine enthusiasts and culinary heavy hitters alike. Recently, the restaurant and a member of its staff have been recognized by Southern Living and Garden & Gun. That's pretty impressive!
100 Best Restaurants in the South
Southern Living
Southern Living intrepid restaurant scout Jennifer V. Cole hit the road to determine the top 100 places to eat in the South now. The list leads with the South's 10 best new restaurants and continues alphabetically with Jennifer's favorite restaurants for 2014, both new and old, in her most frequented towns. Read more >
Cocktail Hour:
Bourbon Root Beer Float
Garden & Gun
Rob McDaniel met Will Abner for the first time in a field in southwestern Virginia. They were both at Lambstock, shepherd Craig Rogers’s bacchanalian annual gathering of farmers, chefs, bartenders, and other food-and-beverage types. "I was finding wood sorrel and wild shiso in the fields up there. Will just started making cocktails with it. I thought, 'That’s pretty cool,'" says McDaniel, who runs the kitchen at SpringHouse in Alexander City, Alabama.
"When I went back to the restaurant, I said to our front-of-house manager, 'We’ve really got to talk to this guy.' He was just slinging drinks then, you know, at some bar that closed at three a.m." Read more >
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