Great call on Black Rock Bistro in Jasper. The chefs did, indeed, work in B'ham on the line at two top restaurants, got married and then went to New Orleans.

They had to evacuate for Katrina and jaunted to Jasper where one of them had relatives. After returning to N.O. and seeing the devastation, they figured why not open a restaurant there, do the local sourcing for meat and veggies, and it's been a success. Their pork is raised by them on scraps from the restaurant (unless they've changed their method). They also get fresh fish and seafood shipped in depending on what they can source at a good price.