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This Alabama Lakeside Fish House Serves Seriously Good Seafood In Huge Portions

One dish on this menu is called the World’s Largest Seafood Platter. That name alone tells you how this place feels about portions. Before your main plate even lands, warm cornbread shows up in a little skillet. Coleslaw and pickled onions come right along with it, and they’re free.

Guntersville, AL · 1d
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Some Of The Best Meals In Alabama Are Hiding At These 10 Hole-In-The-Wall Restaurants

Searching for the best meals hiding at hole-in-the-wall restaurants in Alabama?. These 10 restaurants are packed with bold flavors and true Southern soul!. 1. Callaghan’s Irish Social Club (Mobile) Mobile has earned its reputation as a city with serious food culture, and Callaghan’s Irish Social Club is one of...

Alabama · 9d
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Alabama’s oldest restaurant, closed after fire, serving BBQ again: ‘We’re still kicking’

After several weeks of inactivity, Irondale’s Golden Rule Bar-B-Q is back to serving sandwiches. On Thursday, the restaurant’s long-time General Manager Sammy Derzis provided an update on social media. Golden Rule began selling sandwiches and beverages from a food truck. “We’re out in the parking lot with the...

Irondale, AL · 2d
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This Tiny Alabama Restaurant Has Slow-Cooked Oxtails That Locals Can’t Get Enough Of

There’s a little gray building in Birmingham that doesn’t try to impress you from the outside, and that’s exactly why it ends up impressing you so much once you’re inside. Eagle’s Restaurant has become the kind of place where people plan entire days around a plate...

Birmingham, AL · 9d
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After 70 years without a grocery store, neighbors build their own

The shelves are nearly stocked at the We All Eat Market, and Darlene Battle is ready to shop. For Battle, who has lived in Birmingham's Fountain Heights neighborhood her entire life, the market opening Saturday means a place to buy groceries closer to home and a chance to see an idea she watched grow become reality.

Birmingham, AL · 4h

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Ask Anyone In Florence About A Slaw Dog And They’ll Send You To Trowbridge’s

Some towns have a statue in the square. Florence, Alabama, has a soda counter that has been serving neighbors since 1918. Families pass down their favorite booth the way other families pass down recipes, and folks happily drive 90 minutes just for one afternoon stop. The menu keeps things simple, with hot dogs, chili, sandwiches, shakes, and a fruity ice cream flavor that a great-grandfather dreamed up generations ago.

Florence, AL · 3d

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Kitchen Cops find overflowing toilet, clogged dishwasher and rodent droppings across the Valley

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The Kitchen Cops made a very unpleasant discovery while checking out a restaurant in DeKalb County this week. Hacienda Real on South Valley Avenue in Collinsville was hit with a 72 after the inspectors found rodents and rodent droppings. The health department notes that this was found in a storage building that was separate from the main restaurant building. There was also an issue with gray sewage water backing up onto the kitchen floor from the sink and dishwasher, and a lack of soap in a restroom.

Dekalb County, AL · 2d

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Historic Birmingham silos became giant soda cans, transformed downtown’s skyline

The timing coincides with Buffalo Rock’s 125th anniversary and 75 years as a Pepsi bottler in 2026.

Birmingham, AL · 1d

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The Aviation-Themed Restaurant In Alabama That’s Worth A Trip From Anywhere

Some restaurants feed you dinner, and some restaurants feed your soul, but Alpha Charlie Grill in Birmingham, Alabama does both while also making you feel like you could probably fly a fighter jet afterward. That’s a bold claim, but this place earns every word of it. There are restaurants...

Birmingham, AL · 9d

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Moldy corn dogs, gnats in frozen yogurt among October’s lowest Jefferson County inspection scores

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Nine food establishments in Jefferson County fell below health and safety standards in October, with violations that included moldy corn dogs, gnats in frozen yogurt, dark, pinkish-orange and black residue in ice machines, and multiple temperature control issues. Foo Hai in Homewood scores a 60. Foo...

Jefferson County, AL · 2d

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Six Alabama Dairy Bars Still Serve Ice Cream Long After Summer Ends

Summer packs up and leaves, but a soft serve craving never really does. Across Alabama, a handful of old-school dairy bars keep their windows open and their cone machines running well into fall and winter. These are the walk-up stands and counter-service joints where dipped cones, banana splits, chili dogs,...

Athens, AL · 1d

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Scooter’s Coffee in Leeds expected to open in December

Scooter’s Coffee is under construction in Leeds and is expected to open sometime in December.

Leeds, AL · 9h

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The Rural Alabama Restaurant That’s So Good, People Drive For Miles To Eat There

Most restaurants want you to find them easily, but Diamond Jim’s and Mrs. Donna’s in Livingston, Alabama seems perfectly content to let the worthy ones make the effort. And make the effort they do, because this remote restaurant has built a reputation for steaks that people genuinely rearrange their schedules to eat.

Livingston, AL · 5d

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5 Things Alabamians Pay More for at Publix Than They Realize

Pay cash at Publix, and your total can round up by as much as two cents. Two cents won’t break the bank, but other Publix extras can. Here’s where your Publix total runs higher than the shelf tags say. Note: This is general information, not tax or financial...

Alabama · 6d

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The Middle-Of-Nowhere Alabama Restaurant That’s So Delicious, People Can’t Stay Away

There’s a spot in Riverside, Alabama that proves good food doesn’t care about location. The Ark sits quietly off the beaten path, and somehow that’s exactly why people can’t stop talking about it. You’d think a restaurant needs to be in a busy downtown or a...

Riverside, AL · 12d

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The best fried chicken in Alabama has been a local favorite for decades

Martin's Restaurant, the Alabama meat-and-three, has been serving generations of diners since the early 1930s.

Montgomery, AL · 5d

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After nearly 70 years, Birmingham's Fountain Heights is getting a grocery store of its own

For generations, getting groceries in Birmingham’s Fountain Heights neighborhood has meant traveling outside the community to find fresh food. Fountain Heights Farms Cooperative will open the We All Eat Market on Saturday, Nov. 7, bringing a neighborhood grocery store to Fountain Heights for the first time in nearly 70 years.

Birmingham, AL · 2d

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Martin’s Bar-B-Que Celebrates 20 Years: Why Locals Love This Cahaba Heights BBQ Spot

If you’ve ever driven through Cahaba Heights, chances are you’ve passed Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint on the corner intersection of Pump House Road and Dolly Ridge Road. But if you haven’t stopped in for a bite, you’re missing out on some seriously good Southern barbecue!. The...

Vestavia Hills, AL · 2d

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You Won’t Believe The Best Ribs In The South Are Hiding At This Tiny Alabama Roadside Shack

Nobody hides treasure in a fancy box, and Cooter Brown’s Rib Shack in Jacksonville, Alabama proves that point with every single rack of ribs that comes off the smoker. The moment you catch that first wave of smoke drifting across the parking lot, you’ll understand why people drive from multiple counties away just to eat here.

Jacksonville, AL · 19h

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Fried Chicken, Collards, Cornbread: Alabama's Meat-and-three Plates Ranked

The meat-and-three is practically a Southern institution.

Alabama · 3d