Where to eat in Hoover,Al.

Near Hoover is mostly going to be chains. Patton Creek shopping center has a wide variety of food for dinner. Your breakfast options are going to be pretty limited near there. The chick fil a, Starbucks, and a few other places along 150 is about it. If you go over to 31 and head south there is a big shopping center that has more breakfast options.

You should drive up to the Summit for dinner one night. Village Tavern is always good. The hot crab dip as an appetizer is great. And there's some places out 280. I wouldn't stick to Hoover.

The Egg and I for breakfast, it's pretty damn tasty.

You'll be right next to the Galleria and Patton Creek for food options, but it's going to be mostly chain type stuff.

Unfortunately, Hoover is a food desert of chains. Not much original going on there.



Tortugas Pizza is a must. It's Chicago style pizza that's made to order so it takes a while. It's right on HWY 150 near the Met. LINK

Iguana Grill is a short drive down HWY 150 to Lorna Rd. Its a locally owned Mexican place that has a pretty cool atmosphere and decent American styled Mexican food. LINK

Silver Coin is also down Lorna Rd. It's the best Indian food in Bham IMO. The naan there is ridiculous. LINK


You'll have to range pretty far after that. The 280 area has some better places that are original/local. Downtown area is better than that.

I don't know how far away this is from the stadium, but Klingler's European Bakery & Cafe is a hidden gem open for breakfast and lunch. It's a little German place in Vestavia Hills.

Klingler's

Edit: It's about 10 miles from the stadium.

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Cajun steamer

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Never been impressed. Decent, but nothing to brag about.

Drive up to Homewood and eat BBQ at Saw's.

There's an Italian place down 280 near 119 that has good food. I can't recall the name off the top of my head. Maybe somebody can chime in. Nice atmosphere.

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Silver Coin is also down Lorna Rd. It's the best Indian food in Bham IMO. The naan there is ridiculous

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Next door is Taste of Thailand that has great sushi and Thai food.

Rock n Roll sushi also just opened up in Patton Creek.

Jubilee Joe's >>>>>>>>>> Cajun Steamer. And Cajun Steamer will be packed the entire time for the tourney.

Next to Jubilee Joe's is Cajun Cleaver, nice butcher shop if you want to pick up some stuff for tailgating. They have boudin and beer on tap.

Costas for italian and some greek offerings.

The Egg and I is a pretty decent breakfast spot about a mile off of 150.

Vecchia's can kiss my arse. 1 pizza and 6 beers and it was like $120. The pizza was not worth it whatsoever. Good beer selection though.

A little farther up Lorna is a little hole in the wall mexican place if you want legit mexican food. It's Los Pedros Taqueria, they have tacos de lengua.

For nicer dining check out Sattersfield in Cahaba Heights.

Chuck's is supposed to be really good.

Cahaba Heights has a ton of great places to eat. I was curious to see what kind of reviews the Cajun Cleaver got from some of the native LA folks. I love the place.

Never tried Taste of Thailand. My people love Surin and Nori so I guess we will have to try it. Thanks for the heads up on Los Pedros. I'll try it next time I'm over there.

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Los Pedros

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Heads up on Los Pedros. They occasionally have a pickled pepper salad on the salsa table. The orange peppers in it are not bell pepper, they are habanero and they hurt..... a lot.

BBQ is gonna be tough to find in Hoover. There are three places close to there: Jim n Nick's is on the corner of HWY 31 and 150. It's a local chain. Golden Rule is another local chain and it's up on HWY 31 in Hoover before you get to Vestavia. The other is on HWY 150 and it's Legacy BBQ.

Ms Myra's BBQ is over in Cahaba Heights. The half chicken with the white sauce and a pie for desert is well worth the trip. Best BBQ chicken I've ever had. Period.

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1 pizza and 6 beers and it was like $120.

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I call bullshite