I am not a Mobile resident but had heard of the Blind Mule -- had never been there. I was in Mobile for the ArtWalk/EmptyBowl on Friday night a week back. After we had made the art rounds, we went there to eat. First impressions were good: lots of folks, kinda funky atmosphere. We were able to seat immediately, and the waitress asked what we wanted to drink - which was brought quickly - then things went as far South as Mobile is to Cincinnati. 20 minutes later, no waitress had passed back around our way, but she had seated a couple at the table beside ours who came in 15 minutes after us - their order was taken within about 5 minutes. I was ready to depart, but others in the group wanted to stay. At about the half hour point, waitress reappeared and took our order ( by now the table that came in after us had their food ). I decided to order a shrimp poboy on the strength that it was reportedly on French bread and not a hoagie. We also each ordered sweet potato fries. Eventually, the food arrived: the poboy WAS on French bread - it was also the smallest poboy in the World - it was served open-face style - and was exactly the length of my index finger ( which I later measured and discovered is exactly 3 1/4 inches long ) and contained 5 medium sized shrimp ( which ranked as edible if not actually good ) - and for the price of ONLY $12 - which also happens to be the price of a shrimp poboy from the Front Porch cafe in Pass Christian, Ms - but the one in the Pass is 4 times as long and half again as wide with medium size very good shrimp piled on and spilling over - also on French bread ( which means that on the Blind Mule pricing scale the Porch version would sell at around $60 to $72 - but no fries included ) . Did I mention that when the food came, no utensils were brought ( even though some at the table ordered a pasta dish ) and that when a fork appeared, napkins had to be requested ( we got one paper napkin each ) ? No ? -- well I have now. Oh, the sweet potato fries - overcooked ( crispy hard ) yet stone cold. So, now I'm a Blind Mule Raven - Nevermore.