‘This place is absolutely unreal’: Viral journey stars in awe of iconic Alabama restaurant

You’d journey around the globe to eat Conecuh sausage and watch the Tide roll, wouldn’t you?

Jack and Paige Aynsley took the journey of a lifetime — touring up and down, consuming the best meals, immersing themselves in all of the tradition it needed to supply — to … Alabama.

The couple star within the Jack Aynsley Travel YouTube vlog channel with greater than 382,000 subscribers, and so they took an journey within the deepest of the American South, visiting scorching spots in Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile and Tuscaloosa, and documenting all of it.

“We’re Jack and Paige, a British couple traveling around the world,” their YouTube profile says.

“Our mission is to tell the story of everyday people, raw and unfiltered,” as they “meet the amazing people that make up this world.”

They tried Domaine South, The Poppy (a British pub), Moe’s BBQ and The Kaffeeklatsch in Huntsville.

They additionally hit the unique Dreamland Bar-B-Que in Tuscaloosa. (earlier than somebody in Huntsville advised them they’d discover the most effective Alabama barbecue at Big Bob Gibson’s in Decatur). And they went to Mobile’s oldest restaurant to take pleasure in a scorching canine on the Dew Drop Inn, in addition to Dauphin Street Vault.

They caught a soccer sport in Birmingham, fired just a few weapons on a ranch, spent the evening in a rural cabin, and sure, they even attended their first school soccer sport, between Alabama and Tennessee in Tuscaloosa (the place they met former Crimson Tide linebacker Reuben Foster!).

“We went to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to experience one of the most intense sporting rivalries in America,” they wrote of their put up’s description. “Alabama vs Tennessee, a college football game that felt bigger than any professional match we’ve ever seen.”

They did all of it: tailgating, consuming with locals in school bars, partying at a frat home, and watching the sport from the sideline in what they referred to as a day of ”pure insanity.“

“The scale, the emotion, the music, the noise, it’s something you can’t quite describe until you’re there,” the Aynsleys wrote.

So Jack and Paige know the way and the place to seek out the products wherever they go. In their newest brief video put up, “Brits Try Rammer Jammer in Tuscaloosa, Alabama,” they stepped into the enduring restaurant you’ll be able to’t miss if you happen to set foot close to the Crimson Tide’s house turf.

Gary Lewis opened Rama Jama’s in Tuscaloosa in 1996. Located simply exterior of Bryant-Denny Stadium alongside Bryant Drive, the breakfast and lunch spot’s partitions and exterior are lined in Alabama sports activities memorabilia, that includes newspaper and journal cutouts of Bama legends and well-known guests. ESPN has broadcast from the restaurant a number of occasions, together with Todd Blackledge’s “Taste of the Town” phase.

The British guests are simply the newest to pay their respects to the enterprise that turns 30-years-old in 2026.

“Look at this place. It looks absolutely class,” Jack Aynsley mentioned whereas strolling by way of the entrance entrance. “Oh this place is absolutely unreal.”

Jack and Paige marvel on the adorned partitions. “Have a look at that,” he mentioned. “Absolutely drenched in Alabama history memorabilia.

“This place is amazing.”

When an worker advised them they serve all of it day, the couple ordered breakfast. Paige bought two pancakes with sausage, however Jack needed to attempt a real cultural favourite.

“I’ve heard I need to try Conecuh sausage,” Jack mentioned, because the staffer teaches them the right pronunciation.

“You could spend hours in here just going through every single piece of memorabilia,” Jack mentioned whereas pointing at images of Paul “Bear” Bryant, Nick Saban after the 2020 nationwide title win, and a shot of the famed “Roll Tide guys,” who wearing crimson suspenders, slacks and ties whereas holding Tide detergent bins and rolls of bathroom paper on sticks.

“Tell you what, while I’m pouring me lemonade, I noticed there is nothing orange,” Jack mentioned, noting the restaurant’s aversion to rivals’ colours. “Have a look around. Just red seats everywhere.”

Jack requested a server what makes Conecuh sausage so particular as his plate sits in entrance of him. “I don’t know, it’s just Conecuh sausage to me,” she replied.

“It’s my first time having one,” he mentioned. “I guess I’ll find out for myself.”

“I absolutely love the breakfast sausages,” Jack continued. “Kind of similar, in Scotland, they have square sausages for breakfast. In America, you’ve got circle ones.”

Sizing up the expertise, he mentioned, “everything about this place is just like proper down-to-earth, just no nonsense. It’s what you want, isn’t it? Pregame, you’ve had a few beers at the tailgate or something like that. Just want to get something greasy in you, something hearty. That’s what you want.

He describes Conecuh as “much lighter” like a “baby pink.” Paige mentioned it’s lighter than the new canine they tried on the Dew Drop Inn in Mobile. “It kind of looks like a sweet sausage, like a Thai sausage.”

“It is not sweet at all,” he mentioned after the primary chunk of the massive sausage served on a crispy scorching canine bun with egg and cheese. “It’s like a smoky pork with something else in that. I’m not sure what it is, a garlic or something like that. It’s absolutely wonderful, that is.

“That is proper, hearty stuff to start your day,” he says. “That’s what it’s all about, though. You’re getting into the T-town culture here, and we couldn’t do it any better than a proper, hearty Conecuh sausage.

“If you want elaborate flavors and complex taste, this is not the place to come. If you want your everyday working man and woman’s breakfast, lunch, or even dinner, pregame spot, this is what it’s all about.”

Either method, he’ll have seconds someday.

“Conecuh sausage, I will be having these again. That is absolutely lovely. Honestly, that is really, really good.”

Watch the remainder of Jack and Paige Aynsley’s Alabama travels on YouTube and Instagram.