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Need Birmingham food recommendations
Posted on 2/19/24 at 6:03 pm
Posted on 2/19/24 at 6:03 pm
I am here 3 weeks with wife and will be eating out, picking up food about half the time. Staying in Avondale but willing to travel a bit. What are your go to places for:
Thai
Pho
Seafood
Italian
Pizza
Burgers
Steak house
Chicken except for Hattie B’s. It is criminal what they do to chicken!
BBQ
Greek
Mexican
Etc
Any other restaurants you can think of? We like dives more so than fine dining but not opposed to a nice meal in a nice place.
Thai
Pho
Seafood
Italian
Pizza
Burgers
Steak house
Chicken except for Hattie B’s. It is criminal what they do to chicken!
BBQ
Greek
Mexican
Etc
Any other restaurants you can think of? We like dives more so than fine dining but not opposed to a nice meal in a nice place.
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Posted on 2/19/24 at 6:20 pm to Doctor Strangelove
Not going to go through all this right now, but can offer the following:
Thai: Probably Surin West in Five Points. Haven’t been there recently though.
Seafood: Automatic or Ocean. Haven’t eaten at Ocean in a while. Automatic is outstanding.
Italian: For upscale, Bottega (restaurant and cafe sides) and Gianmarcos.
ETA: Some dive type places to try for lunch: Saws Soul Kitchen, Nikki’s West, Ted’s and Miss Myra’s BBQ.
Thai: Probably Surin West in Five Points. Haven’t been there recently though.
Seafood: Automatic or Ocean. Haven’t eaten at Ocean in a while. Automatic is outstanding.
Italian: For upscale, Bottega (restaurant and cafe sides) and Gianmarcos.
ETA: Some dive type places to try for lunch: Saws Soul Kitchen, Nikki’s West, Ted’s and Miss Myra’s BBQ.
This post was edited on 2/19/24 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 2/19/24 at 7:41 pm to Doctor Strangelove
Freddy's Wine Bar for the nice meal. Won't break the bank, but a good date place.
Posted on 2/19/24 at 10:05 pm to SloaneRanger
Thanks
Posted on 2/20/24 at 7:45 am to Doctor Strangelove
Saw's
Slim's Pizza
Slice Pizza
Abhi for sushi
Surin
Automatic for seafood
Snapper Grabbers
La Cantina on Wheels which is in Lakeview late night on Saturdays.
Big Bad Breakfast
Little Betty is incredible
Bottega
Back 40 has an awesome burger
Chez Fon Fon also has an awesome burger
Gianmarcos
Helen
Ovenbird for the beef fat candle
Slim's Pizza
Slice Pizza
Abhi for sushi
Surin
Automatic for seafood
Snapper Grabbers
La Cantina on Wheels which is in Lakeview late night on Saturdays.
Big Bad Breakfast
Little Betty is incredible
Bottega
Back 40 has an awesome burger
Chez Fon Fon also has an awesome burger
Gianmarcos
Helen
Ovenbird for the beef fat candle
Posted on 2/20/24 at 9:40 am to Doctor Strangelove
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Thai
Surin or Nori.
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Pho
Saigon Noodle House on 280
Shu Shop is the ramen place
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Seafood
Automatic
Hot n Hot
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Italian
Gianmarcos (will need reservations)
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Pizza
Tortuga's for Chicago style
Troup's
Post Office Pies is in Avondale (not my favorite)
Pizza Grace is supposedly amazing
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Burgers
Carliles BBQ
Chez FonFon
Foodbar
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Steak house
Not sure on this one. Helen or Cafe Dupont would be good options
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Chicken
Best fried chicken in Bham is Gus's Fried Chicken
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BBQ
Carliles
Ms Myra's
Rodney Scott
Golden Rule Irondale
Martin's BBQ
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Greek
Fish Market
Pita Stop
Olive Branch (best)
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Mexican
El ZunZun
El Bario
You didn't mention the iconic Alabama category which is our meat and threes.
Niki's West is a must if you've never been here
Irondale Cafe will be close to you and is the basis of the Fried Green Tomatoes movie
Ted's Steak House is an institution and was my dad's favorite
Honorable mention to some sandwich places:
The Garage
Diplomat Deli
Mr P's
Keep your wits about you in Avondale. While the area is nice and turning around, you are still only a couple of blocks over from some seriously bad places.
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 2/20/24 at 9:55 am to Doctor Strangelove
Surin is my favorite Thai place but I have tried them all
Automatic seafood or hot & hot fish club
Gianmarcos, bottega or la fresca for Italian
Pizzeria gm or slims for pizza
Perry’s, Helen or little Betty’s for steak. We do have normal chains ie Ruth Chris, Fleming if you want to go the chain steakhouse route. Get the iberico presa at Helen
My favorite bbq is saws but there are a lot of good bbq places in bham
I like the olive branch for greek/med option.
La Paz or el barrio for Mexican
Other places I like are rougaroux, local 39, paramount sports bar, oteys tavern (local bar/grill), blueprint on 3rd, Bettola and ovenbird.
Automatic seafood or hot & hot fish club
Gianmarcos, bottega or la fresca for Italian
Pizzeria gm or slims for pizza
Perry’s, Helen or little Betty’s for steak. We do have normal chains ie Ruth Chris, Fleming if you want to go the chain steakhouse route. Get the iberico presa at Helen
My favorite bbq is saws but there are a lot of good bbq places in bham
I like the olive branch for greek/med option.
La Paz or el barrio for Mexican
Other places I like are rougaroux, local 39, paramount sports bar, oteys tavern (local bar/grill), blueprint on 3rd, Bettola and ovenbird.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 9:58 am to reds on reds on reds
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Back 40 has an awesome burger
Very true. Some good beer too
I forgot to add a breakfast spot - Demetris in Homewood. It’s a bbq place that is really known for breakfast. I thought their bbq was bad but breakfast is really good there.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 10:10 am to Aubie Spr96
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Post Office Pies is in Avondale (not my favorite)
Closed I believe. Or closing soon.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:09 pm to Mstate
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rougaroux
It's a Louisiana themed place. My buddy at work is from Lafayette and claims it's legit. I thought it was good.
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paramount sports bar
One of the best grilled cheeses anywhere.
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blueprint on 3rd
Had a lot of good meals here.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 1:28 pm to Aubie Spr96
Nobody has mentioned Bright Star?
Posted on 2/20/24 at 1:35 pm to Mstate
quote:Salem's Diner, around the corner from Demetri's. Bring your SEC sports-talk A-game.
breakfast spot
Posted on 2/20/24 at 2:42 pm to Doctor Strangelove
Automatic Seafood
Abhi
Nikkis West
There is lots of good food in town, these are my three spots.
Also BHM candy kitchen is dope.
Abhi
Nikkis West
There is lots of good food in town, these are my three spots.
Also BHM candy kitchen is dope.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 2:49 pm to DoctorTechnical
quote:
Salem's Diner
Great breakfast spot. I prefer it to Demetri's.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 2:57 pm to DoctorTechnical
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Salem's Diner, around the corner from Demetri's. Bring your SEC sports-talk A-game.
That’s one I haven’t tried yet. Need to try and get there soon
Posted on 2/20/24 at 4:04 pm to Jax-Tiger
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Nobody has mentioned Bright Star?
Yeah, it’s out in Bessemer but he shouldn’t miss it.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:16 pm to Aubie Spr96
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Post Office Pies is in Avondale (not my favorite)
Yea, as another has said, this location is closing down. They will only be operating the Lane Park (mtn. brook village) location. Which is odd because I think it is far inferior to the Avondale location in quality and I was never in love with the Avondale location.
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:20 pm to Mstate
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That’s one I haven’t tried yet. Need to try and get there soon
Salem's is great. That old school dive/diner feel and food matches. Breakfast is very good. Their philly is quite good as well. You can also get their philly omelette and have them wrap it up in a tortilla and throw it on the flattop for a bit. Usually what I end up doing when I go for breakfast instead of lunch. Very tasty. Plus Wayne, the owner, is just a great character.
I'll add another to the list that is in that area, The Battery. Just good overall food, drinks, and atmosphere.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:24 pm to Mstate
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Perry’s, Helen or little Betty’s for steak. We do have normal chains ie Ruth Chris, Fleming if you want to go the chain steakhouse route. Get the iberico presa at Helen
Not joking, El Barrio may have the best steak in town right now. Their Carne Asada is phenomenal and cooked perfectly every time I have it. At $23 or whatever it is, I'm finding it almost impossible to go anywhere else when i'm feeling steak. Don't get me wrong, Helen and Little Betty are legit and fantastic (as is Perry's) and if you want the steakhouse feel by all means check them out. Just don't sleep on that Carne Asada at El Barrio.
Dyron's and Gianmarcos, while not steakhouses, also have a very good steak to add some other options for steak. Both are also just very good.
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:27 pm to Aubie Spr96
quote:
Greek
Fish Market
Pita Stop
Olive Branch (best)
Throw in Tasty Town as well. Awful name, good food.
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