Food/Cigars around Birmingham

Where exactly near Birmingham will you be? As far as like cigar bars, there isn't much near downtown unfortunately. Couple of smoke shops and stuff but not really great places or in great areas. Vitola is a cigar shop in Mtn Brook village that has a smoking lounge in it that i'm sure they'd let someone out of town chill in if they wanted. If he grabs a cigar there, plenty of good patio options to smoke it at as well though. If you guys are going to be out in like Hoover or something though, that may have some different options.

I'll reguarly take a cigar and sit out on a patio at some of our breweries and things or at Hop City, but there isn't much in the way of a dedicated smoking cigar bar.

Restaurants:
Bottega Cafe
El Barrio
Dyron's
Automatic Seafood
Armour House
Helen
The Battery
Bettola
Bayonet

Those cover a decent array of more upscale dining and casual options. I generally advise people if they have one meal, bang for your buck go to El Barrio downtown and make an evening around it. Get their queso for sure, I add chorizo but personal preference there. Their Carne Asada is phenomenal, but can't go wrong with any of their entrees, Chorizo meatloaf is another of their staples. I also may be the only person ordering it, but their Pozole/Pepito dish is delicious too.

While you wait for your table or when you are done with dinner, there are multiple great bars within a block or so you can walk to:

House of Found Objects (right next door) & probably most unique bar in Bham
Adios - Has been nationally recognized recently
Collin's
Sloan's
Bygone's (a little farther away but really good).

For a little more country dive/college bar feel, Neon Moon isn't far either.

Gotcha. I don't know a ton of stuff down that way. Hoover has a cigar place called Cigars & More in the Patton Creek area that is really solid. Wouldn't be as far of a drive as coming all the way towards downtown, if he is just looking for somewhere to chill for a little bit during the day or something before heading out for dinner somewhere.

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House of Found Objects

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What was called in the past? The Atomic or something like that?

There's a place called Cigars and More off of Hwy 280 in Hoover. They have an excellent cigar selection, and although they are not a standard bar they do have a nice smoking lounge area and have a limited selection of bourbons/whiskeys that they will pour for you as well.

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I'll reguarly take a cigar and sit out on a patio at some of our breweries

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Ditto. No matter where I go, I have a cigar I love…