We often have out-of-town visitors in our Birmingham, Alabama showroom. There are many reasons people visit Birmingham; concerts, work conferences, the Barber Porsche racing school, the civil right memorials, but guests always ask us for suggestions of local restaurants. Birmingham has become quite the food city, especially gaining national recognition as such when Highland’s Bar and Grill was named Best Restaurant in the US and their pastry chef named Best Pastry Chef in the same year.
We love seeing the groups of girlfriends visiting our Mountain Brook shop, in town for a weekend getaway!
We always said we should create a list of our favorite restaurants to offer our guests, and here it is.
Breakfast:
Continental Bakery
Galley & Garden for brunch
Dyron’s for brunch
The Essential for brunch
Coffee/Bakery:
Church Street Coffee & Books (get the “Breakup Cookie”)
O’Henry’s Coffee
Edgar’s Bakery
Lunch:
Daniel George
Olexa’s
Saw’s Soul Kitchen (BBQ)
Dimetri’s BBQ
Chez Fon Fon
Bottega Cafe
Johnny’s Restaurant
Paramount
Gilchrist, our neighbors in Mountain Brook Village, for a hand squeezed limeaid and a pimento cheese.
Brick and Tin
O’Carr’s Deli
Pizitz Food Hall
Chez Fon Fon (the patio is our favorite for lunch)
Dinner:
Dyron’s
Bistro 218
Oven Bird
Hot & Hot Fish Club
Chez Fon Fon
Bottega
Garden & Galley
Daniel George
Betolla
Gian Marcos (make your reservation weeks in advance)
The Yard at the Elyton Hotel
Habitat at the Grand Bohemian Hotel
Bamboo
El Barrio
Ahbi
Rojo for casual mexican
Rooftop/Hotel bars:
Grand Bohemian Hotel
Elyton Hotel
Redmont Hotel
Cool Bars:
Carrigan’s
Juniper
Paramount (has an old-school arcade attached)
Paper Doll
The Marble Ring
Hotels:
The Valley in Homewood
The Grand Bohemian in Mountain Brook