Guides

Avondale and Forest Park Birmingham: Breweries, Bars, Coffee and Where to Eat Avondale and Forest Park have a brewery with a live music stage, a cat cafe, a Taiwanese street food room that soft-opened on 5 October and a bar that opened in July. Birmingham BBQ: Hickory Pits, White Sauce and Old Family Smokers Birmingham BBQ is hickory smoke, pork shoulder and white sauce on the chicken. Here are the pits that cook it, from a 1957 stand in Bessemer to a smokehouse that opened in 2025. Birmingham Breweries and a Distillery, and the Ones That Closed Birmingham has five breweries and a craft distillery in our data. Several breweries have closed since 2024, so check this list before you go. Hidden Bars and Restaurants in Birmingham, and How to Find Each Door Birmingham hides bars behind a brick wall with a pogo stick, under a set of outdoor steps and at a gas station counter. Here is how to find each door. Birmingham MICHELIN Guide Restaurants: Every Bib Gourmand and Recommended Pick Birmingham has 11 restaurants in the MICHELIN Guide and no stars. Four hold a Bib Gourmand. Seven are Recommended. Birmingham Restaurants and Bars That Have Closed, With Dates A dated list of Birmingham restaurants, bars and cafes that closed since 2019, including the ones whose websites still look open. Birmingham Rooftop Bars Birmingham rooftop bars, from a 16-floor lounge on top of the Elyton Hotel to a rooftop patio that faces the skyline. Five Points South and Southside Birmingham: Restaurants, Bars and Coffee Five Points South and Southside hold two MICHELIN Recommended restaurants, a 24-hour diner that opened in July 2026, three barbecue houses and the late-night bars. Homewood, Alabama Restaurants and Bars: Green Springs Highway, Oxmoor Road and SoHo Homewood restaurants and bars by street: Green Springs Highway, Oxmoor Road and Broadway, SoHo, 18th Street South and Oak Grove Road. Mountain Brook Restaurants and Bars: Lane Parke, Crestline Village and English Village Mountain Brook restaurants and bars by village: Lane Parke and Mountain Brook Village, Crestline Village, English Village, and the blocks along Cahaba and Culver Roads. New Birmingham Restaurants and Bars That Opened in 2026 Birmingham restaurants and bars that opened in 2026, in the order they opened, with an address and one fact each. The newest, Taiwan Street Food, soft-opened on 5 October. Vegan and Vegetarian Birmingham: Where to Eat Birmingham has one all-vegetarian cafe and a short list of rooms with vegan dishes. Here is each one, with an address, plus the vegan rooms that closed. Where Locals Eat in Birmingham: Counters, Cafeterias and Pits That Have Lasted A hot dog stand from 1947, a soul food kitchen from 1951 and a Greek cafeteria from 1957 still feed Birmingham. Here they are, with the 2026 prizes and inspection scores.