The Twisted Turnip Revival

07/25/2026

Y’all, this heat has been carrying on like it owns the whole state of Alabama, so Hunter C**n has decided the people deserve a little relief.

The Turnip Troubadour is stopping back by tonight for an encore performance, ready to strum and serenade while y’all sit in the cold air and let us do the sweating.

You could stand over your own grill, slap mosquitoes, and argue with a hamburger that is burnt on the outside and raw in the middle.

Or you could come sit down at The Turnip.

We’ll cook the steak, build the burger, keep the sweet tea coming, and point you toward that cold self-serve salad bar loaded down with all the fixings. Hunter will handle the country music and Southern soul, and the only hard decision you’ll have to make is mashed potatoes or a baked tater.

Tonight’s steak lineup:

The Ribeye Worth the Drive | $42
A hand-cut, house-seasoned 16-ounce ribeye grilled to order, served with mashed potatoes or a baked potato and one trip to our fresh salad bar.

The Turnip Signature Cajun Queen | $45
A 16-ounce ribeye topped with grilled jumbo shrimp and our Cajun cream sauce. The Queen does not travel light, whisper when she enters, or apologize for being extra.

We’ve also got burgers and plenty of scratch-made Twisted Turnip dishes for anybody who does not need a full 16 ounces of beef to prove a point.

Come cool off, eat something worth leaving the house for, and let Hunter C**n put a little music behind your supper.

We’re serving until 9 PM tonight or as long as y'all keep coming in!
21925 US Highway 84, between Andalusia and Opp

The Twisted Turnip
Worth the short drive and the loosened belt.

07/24/2026

Tonight, we’re making a little history over here that might make us much more than "Almost Famous" this time!

Our good friend, Tracy Mock with Mock Films, a YouTube channel, will be back at The Turnip tonight filming for his next episode of "Adventures of a Lifetime"

And boy, do we have a line up of contenders for Tracy to critique and tell the world just what he thinks about them!

Dishes we have submitted as Tributes for Tracy tonight:

Chef Chris's Alabama Arancini
Boss Lady's Honey Hush Ham & Sweet Potato Stack
Granny's 1967

We are incredibly honored to have been trusted with Tracy’s Granny Bobbie Rabren’s original 1967 Cream Cheese Pound Cake recipe. A family recipe with nearly sixty years of history has made its way into the Turnip kitchen, and tonight y’all get to taste the story.

Meanwhile, Hunter C**n, The Turnip Troubadour, will be live in the dining room with an acoustic show full of good country music and Southern soul.

So if y’all wanna be famous too or at least a part of history with us then come on down Highway 84, grab a table, smile pretty when the camera swings your way, and watch a little Turnip magic happen right here in the dining room.

& Don't worry, y'all, nobody is being forced to survive on experimental food alone... We will have all your tried and true Twisted favs, Ribeye Steaks, & Gulf Seafood too!

Come eat something new, order an old favorite, listen to live music, and maybe accidentally become a YouTube celebrity before dessert.

The Twisted Turnip
21925 US Hwy 84, between Andalusia and Opp
Friday, 4:00–9:00 PM
Worth the short drive, especially when becoming a celebrity could be on the menu tonight!

07/19/2026

Before y’all go to bed and accidentally commit yourselves to that same old Sunday lunch spot again, let us interrupt the routine.

Tomorrow, The Turnip is planning a big Southern Sunday lunch, the kind that smells like somebody’s grandmama has been in the kitchen since daylight and tastes like your soul finally got fed.

Hunter C**n, The Turnip Troubadour, will be right here in the dining room playing an acoustic mix of good old country music and Southern gospel while we serve up all those scratch-made Sunday traditions you’ve been craving.

No twists. Just tradition.

Good groceries, good music, good people, and a little Sunday revival around the table. Because sometimes the Lord provides through grace, and sometimes He provides through fried chicken, dressing, gravy, greens, and a plate heavy enough to require both hands.

Y’all know you’re tired of going to the same old place and ordering the same old plate.

Come take the drive out Highway 84 tomorrow. We’re planning something special, and Sunday lunch at The Turnip is fixing to feel less like a meal and more like coming home.

Tomorrow’s Sunday lunch is bringing all the good groceries:
fried chicken, chicken tenders, beef tips and gravy, or smoked ham, served with your choice of three scratch-made sides, bread, dessert, and sweet tea.
Adults are $15.99
kids 9 and under are $9.99
and little ones under 3 eat free.

Sunday lunch: 11:00 AM–2:00 PM
21925 US Highway 84, between Andalusia and Opp

07/18/2026

Some of us are carrying weather nobody else can see. I know I am.

The Turnip has carried some of its own behind these walls too. There have been hard days, heavy decisions, tired hearts, and moments when it felt like the wind might just keep blowing forever.

But we are still here.

Maybe a little worn down. Maybe holding a few things together with prayer, grit, and sheer stubborn faith. But we are here, the lights are on, the grill is hot, and supper is still being served.

Because storms do not always come to destroy what you built. Sometimes they reveal the strength buried underneath it. Sometimes God lets the rain fall long enough to wash away what cannot go with you into the next season.

So let the sky carry on tonight.

Let the thunder speak. Let the rain fall where it needs to fall. We may not understand the storm while we are standing in the middle of it, but we still believe there is purpose in the water and something worth becoming on the other side.

& until the clouds break, we are going to keep feeding people.

The Ribeye Worth the Drive | $42
A thick, hand-cut 16-ounce ribeye, grilled the way you like it and served with one trip to the salad bar plus your choice of mashed taters or a baked potato.

Surf & Turf Cajun Queen | $45
Our Worth the Drive ribeye topped with grilled shrimp and rich Cajun cream sauce, because sometimes even a hard week deserves a little extra foo-foo on the plate.

Grilled Pork Chop Special | $22
A thick, tender, hand-cut grilled pork chop served with greens and mashed taters.

There is a seat at our table for anybody who needs a good meal, a deep breath, or just a reminder that the storm does not get the final word.

We are tired, but we are okay.
We are weathered, but we are still standing.
And by the grace of God, The Turnip is still turning.

Drive carefully, come hungry, and come sit with us awhile.

The Twisted Turnip Revival
21925 US Hwy 84, between Andalusia and Opp
Open tonight from 4:00 to 9:00 PM

07/17/2026

Put down the school supplies, back away from the Walmart buggy, and come get yourself something that does not come with a barcode.

Hunter C**n is sound-checking the tunes, the grill is hot, and it is about to turn into an all-night revival out here on Turnip Hill.

Tonight’s lineup is looking mighty disrespectful to whatever you were planning to eat at home:

Our thick, hand-cut grilled pork chop with greens and mashed taters is just $22.

T-bones and filet mignon are 20% off tonight.

And yes, those big 16-ounce ribeyes are in the house, worth every mile of the drive out Highway 84 to come get you one. Get yours with one trip to the salad bar and your choice of mashed or baked tater for $42.

Feeling a little fancy and a whole lot hungry? The Surf & Turf Cajun Queen is waiting for you at $45.

Hunter is tuning up, the steaks are hitting the grill, and the porch is getting ready to come alive.

Y’all better come on while the getting is good.

Whatcha waiting for?

The Twisted Turnip
21925 US Hwy 84
Between Andalusia and Opp

07/17/2026

You made it through the week, and sometimes that alone deserves a good steak, a little music, and a place to go where the weight of the week can finally loosen its grip.

Tonight, the one and only Hunter C**n, our Official Turnip Troubadour, will be playing live while we serve steak and seafood specials all night long.

But what happens at The Turnip has never been just about the food.

There is something sacred about a table.

It is where strangers become familiar, families reconnect, old friends laugh too loud, and weary people remember that life is still full of good things. No matter who you are, where you come from, what you believe, or what corner of the world you fit into, our table has a seat for everyone.

You may walk through the door looking for a homestyle, scratch-made supper, but somewhere between the first bite, the music, and the laughter, a little Turnip magic starts working on you. Before long, it feels less like a restaurant and more like supper at a friend’s house.

Maybe that is what we are all hungry for anyway.

Good food. Good people. A little grace. And somewhere we can show up exactly as we are.

So text the family. Round up the friend group. Tell everybody the Friday night plan is to meet at The Turnip.

We’ll take care of the cooking, the music, and the magic.

Y’all just come as you are and show up hungry.

Don’t bring nothin’ but yourselves, we got the rest covered!

Friday night dinner 4–9 PM
21925 US Hwy 84, between Andalusia and Opp

07/16/2026

Well… somebody’s grandma just got a little dangerous.

This Thursday night, we’re taking an old-fashioned pork chop and giving it a Twisted Turnip kind of testimony.

Our thick, hand cut grilled pork chop is perched on a bed of homemade mashed potatoes, then smothered with a house-made sweet and spicy cranberry apple chutney that’s equal parts Southern comfort and “who taught Grandma to cook like this?”

It’s sweet from the apples.
Tangy from the cranberries.
Just enough heat to keep things interesting.
And piled high over a juicy grilled chop that didn’t come to play. Wash it down with some good ol' sweet iced tea and probably have some leftover for tomorrow's lunch for $26

If your supper has been coming out of a drive-thru window lately… it’s time to remember what real groceries taste like.

Come hungry. Leave wondering why pork chops ever got a reputation for being boring.

The Twisted Turnip
21925 US Hwy 84, between Andalusia & Opp

Thursday Dinner
4:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Where familiar flavors meet unexpected twists.

07/15/2026

Stop scrolling. The Turnip needs every cousin, customer, church friend, and questionable branch of your family tree.

Y’all better start tagging people, because The Turnip needs a whole county-sized commotion.

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Andalusia Star-News Readers’ Choice Awards, and we need your help getting The Twisted Turnip into the top three.

That top-three part matters. We have to finish in the top three in each category just to make it onto the official voting ballot next month. So right now, we are not asking you to vote for us to win. We are asking you to help make sure we get the chance.

Nominate The Twisted Turnip in every category where you believe we belong, then share this post like the family group chat just found out somebody brought store-bought potato salad.

Tell your family, your friends, your coworkers, your church crowd, your nosy neighbor, your favorite cousin, and that one person who can spread news through three counties before supper.

If you have ever come out Highway 84 for one of our steaks, loaded up a Sunday lunch plate, tackled a dozen oysters, tried one of Boss Lady’s twisted creations, or simply rooted for this little restaurant through every fire, fight, comeback, and revival, we are asking you to rally behind us again.

We may be a little country mom-and-pop out here in the sticks, but we are proving that good food, good people, and a whole lot of scratch-made soul, stubborn faith, and flat-out refusal to stay down can still put a little backroad restaurant on the map.

Thank y’all for every meal you have shared with us, every friend you have sent our way, every kind word, and every nomination.

We already know we are Worth the Drive.

Now let’s get The Twisted Turnip into that top three and make sure the rest of South Alabama knows it too.

Nominations are open through July 31.

Are You Ready?
https://voteei.com/tasn

07/12/2026

Your refrigerator just looked at you and whispered...

"I ain't got Sunday dinner in me."

Neither does that sink full of dishes waiting on you.

Come let Boss Lady do the cookin'.

Today's Sunday spread is stacked up with the kind of groceries that make you loosen your belt one notch and start planning a nap before dessert.

And don't even think about leaving without dessert...

We've got homemade sweet potato casserole for those who believe dessert can start with "sweet potato," and a big pan of old-fashioned nanner puddin' that'll make you wonder why anybody ever invented fancy desserts.

No grocery shopping.
No hot kitchen.
No dishes.
No "What's everybody want to eat?"

Just pull up a chair, say the blessing, and let us take care of the rest.

We'll be serving until it's gone, so don't let the church crowd beat you to the good pieces.

The Twisted Turnip Revival
21925 US Hwy 84, between Andalusia & Opp

Sunday Lunch starts at 11:00. Come hungry... leave thankful.