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re: Birmingham/Hoover recs - restaurant and bottleshop
Posted on 10/10/16 at 11:48 pm to MiloDanglers
Posted on 10/10/16 at 11:48 pm to MiloDanglers
Hop City is the best bottleshop. J Clyde is a bar with a great beer selection. All of the breweries (Good People, Avondale, Trim Tab, etc) are great places to relax with a drink.
For a meal, it depends how you want to go. Highalnds Bar and Grill is the most famous restaurant. It's more casual side, Chez Fon Fon, is really great and has possibly the best burger in town. Here are a few other choices:
Carrigan's - downtown with a rooftop bar and inventive bar food (great burger)
El Barrio - hip Mexican place downtown
Gianmarco's - great local Italian place in Homewood, has a wine bar
Bettola - hip Italian place in the Pepper Place area
Slice - probably the best pizza in town, Lakeview area
Hotbox at Parkside - a trailer serving Asian street food in the back yard of a bar (a converted house). Really cool place for a late night snack
Flip - best burgers in town. At the Summit
Birmingham has an exceptional restaurant scene. I could name a lot more places if there is a certain type of food you are looking for. I don't know any great places in Hoover.
For a meal, it depends how you want to go. Highalnds Bar and Grill is the most famous restaurant. It's more casual side, Chez Fon Fon, is really great and has possibly the best burger in town. Here are a few other choices:
Carrigan's - downtown with a rooftop bar and inventive bar food (great burger)
El Barrio - hip Mexican place downtown
Gianmarco's - great local Italian place in Homewood, has a wine bar
Bettola - hip Italian place in the Pepper Place area
Slice - probably the best pizza in town, Lakeview area
Hotbox at Parkside - a trailer serving Asian street food in the back yard of a bar (a converted house). Really cool place for a late night snack
Flip - best burgers in town. At the Summit
Birmingham has an exceptional restaurant scene. I could name a lot more places if there is a certain type of food you are looking for. I don't know any great places in Hoover.
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Posted on 10/11/16 at 8:27 am to Decker
I agree with most of these reccs.
There is probably somewhere in Hoover with decent food and a good happy hour scene on a Tuesday. I don't know where though. Maybe Firebirds? Cajun Steamer? Don't know.
For fine dining in BHM, go to Highlands, Hot n Hot, or Bottega. There is a good chance of a happy hour scene at either Highlands or Bottega (cafe side). I think Tuesday is Highlands but I don't really know.
Gianmarcos is exceptional but not somewhere I would go with a group of male colleagues.
If getting out a bit, agree with El Barrio or Carrigans. I don't care for Slice but the owners have a place called Sky Lab around the corner that is good (food and drinks).
Disagree with Flip Burger. Nothing special. Best burger in town is at Chez Fon Fon (could get a drink at Highlands and dinner here).
Michaels was mentioned by another poster. It is subpar in quality, value, service, and ambience but otherwise is fine.
Breweries in order of preference: Trim Tab, Cahaba, Good People,...................................................................Avondale (I really dislike their beer). The first three are good and lots of people put GP number one. I'm not an IPA guy so I prefer the ales etc at Trim Tab.
Have a good trip.
There is probably somewhere in Hoover with decent food and a good happy hour scene on a Tuesday. I don't know where though. Maybe Firebirds? Cajun Steamer? Don't know.
For fine dining in BHM, go to Highlands, Hot n Hot, or Bottega. There is a good chance of a happy hour scene at either Highlands or Bottega (cafe side). I think Tuesday is Highlands but I don't really know.
Gianmarcos is exceptional but not somewhere I would go with a group of male colleagues.
If getting out a bit, agree with El Barrio or Carrigans. I don't care for Slice but the owners have a place called Sky Lab around the corner that is good (food and drinks).
Disagree with Flip Burger. Nothing special. Best burger in town is at Chez Fon Fon (could get a drink at Highlands and dinner here).
Michaels was mentioned by another poster. It is subpar in quality, value, service, and ambience but otherwise is fine.
Breweries in order of preference: Trim Tab, Cahaba, Good People,...................................................................Avondale (I really dislike their beer). The first three are good and lots of people put GP number one. I'm not an IPA guy so I prefer the ales etc at Trim Tab.
Have a good trip.
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