VOTE: Pick your 4 favorite area restaurants for the 2026 Grubserver
If you had to plan out four meals in Auburn for a game weekend, where are you going? Cast your ballot to be a part of The Observer's culinary guide.
It’s officially Grubserver Season. For the 2026 edition of our annual local dining recommendations podcast, we’re asking you to pick your four favorite places.
Imagine you are planning out the ideal restaurant tour of the Auburn/Opelika area on a home game weekend. You have four selections to make.
They can be in any area restaurants for any combination of meals — breakfast, lunch, dinner, brunch, snacks, late night, etc. — in any particular order.
But you’re limited to just four recommended places. Ballots with more than four will be thrown out.
Tell us your top four in the link below. Please feel free to give order recommendations or the reasons why you chose the spots.
Our favorite ballots will be read on air as part of the Grubserver episode in August, along with some contributions from those in the Extended Observer Universe.
And the restaurant that is recommended the most will join Pannie George’s and Byron’s in the Grubserver Hall of Fame as the 2026 inductee. (You are free to v…