Alabama NewsCenter — Why you should visit Bayou La Batre, the Seafood Capital of Alabama

By Michelle Matthews

If you’ve always wanted to visit a small, sleepy fishing village where most residents make a living from working on the water, Bayou La Batre (pronounced “BY-you-la-BAT-tree”) is the place to go. Located in the southernmost part of Mobile County, it’s worth the drive – especially if you’re already in the area at Bellingrath Gardens and Home in Theodore or you’re staying on nearby Dauphin Island.

The bayou, as it’s familiarly called, might be small, with about 2,500 residents, but it has appeared on both the big and the small screens. The 1994 movie “Forrest Gump,” based on the novel written by Mobile native Winston Groom, celebrated Bayou La Batre as the home of Forrest’s “best good friend,” Bubba, whose dream of being a shrimp boat captain was taken up by Forrest.

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