Wade and Ashley Peryer have been in the restaurant business for decades. After managing other people’s restaurants for years, they decided to open Locals. Not wanting to take business from any of their friends in town, they saw the need for a gourmet burger restaurant that didn’t exist in Fairhope. They always buy from local farmers for their kids at home so they decided to incorporate that local fresh food into their new venture: 100% grass-fed beef, bison and lamb, plus cage-free, antibiotic chicken, local farmers market fruits and vegetables and melt-in-your-mouth grass-fed Aberdeen Angus Filets from Scotland.

The Peryer’s owned Locals for seven years and found much success, but when the chance to open a new restaurant just a few hundred yards west on Fairhope Ave. to the current, exquisite setting, they couldn’t turn it down. They brought the same ‘small batch’ farmers they have always used into their new location. Small batch means one farm, one animal and typically, a better quality protein.

Now, THE BAR, a full-service bar complete with large screen TV, Happy Hour specials every day and live music, has everything it takes to keep clientele happy for hours on end.

A beautiful Tuscan-style building with gorgeous wood beams and terracotta tiles, Locals briefly whisks you away from Fairhope and invokes the feeling of being in Italy. Diners can enjoy a meal in the romantic dining rooms or on the spacious porch under fans or relax in the cobblestone lined courtyard. THE BAR is a great place to sit at the mahogany and marble bar and try one of many drink selections. On Saturdays it’s Gameday with drink and appetizer specials all day.

A fresh locally sourced take on a restaurant featuring fresh herbs, vegetables and olive oils and cheeses from Elberta, Alabama. Enjoy made-to-order pastas, sauces, pizzas and meats as well as fresh gulf seafood and homemade bread and desserts.

Ashley and Wade believe that ultimately, they are best known for their 100% grass-fed burgers.

“It is a great sense of accomplishment, knowing people keep coming back specifically for our Locals recipes,” says Wade. “If it isn’t fresh, it isn’t the best!”