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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 · 3d
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This Rural Alabama Restaurant Is So Good, People Happily Drive For Miles To Eat Here

Somewhere between the cornfields and the quiet backroads of St. Clair County sits a restaurant that’s turned plenty of skeptics into loyal regulars. The Ark in Riverside, Alabama has built a reputation that stretches far beyond its small town borders, and once you taste the food, you’ll understand exactly why.

Riverside, AL · 1d
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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 · 4d
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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 · 5d
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Winter Comfort Food Keeps Regulars Coming Back To These 7 Alabama Country Cafes

When the weather turns gray and chilly, a plate of country cooking starts to sound like the best plan of the day. Alabama is full of small-town cafes where the menu leans on fried chicken, cornbread, gravy, and homemade pie. Some sit on mountaintops, some on quiet highways, and a...

Alabama · 2d

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Journey Community Food Pantry Announces November Grocery Distribution Dates

Journey Community Food Pantry will distribute groceries to families experiencing food insecurity on Wednesday, November 11, and Wednesday, November 18, with distribution hours scheduled from 10 a.m. until noon and again from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. The pantry will be closed to the public during Thanksgiving week. Available groceries...

Rome, GA · 1d

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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 · 8d

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You Can’t Beat The Fresh Seafood At These 8 No-Frills Alabama Shacks

Looking for fresh seafood at no-frills shacks in Alabama that are actually worth the trip?. These 8 unforgettable spots dish out Gulf-fresh catches and the kind of laid-back fun you can’t find just anywhere!. 1. Capt’n Snapper’s (Dauphin Island) That bright blue building sitting on Dauphin Island...

Alabama · 6d

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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 · 12d

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9 Alabama Buffets Serving Fried Chicken, Garden Vegetables And Homemade Cobbler

Alabama takes its fried chicken seriously, but the dessert situation? That’s where things get interesting. Blackberry cobbler near the Tennessee line, and blueberry cobbler down south. The peach one now has some serious competition. Who knew the dessert bar could get this competitive?. The surprises don’t stop there. A...

Alabama · 1d

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Legendary Alabama bar is gone, but this hidden gem upholds tradition for outstanding burgers

If you loved the late-night burgers at Marty's Bar, it's time for a day trip to Irondale.

Birmingham, AL · 1d

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Alabama ABC shortage leaves restaurants, hotels without popular liquor brands, much needed revenue

Alabama restaurants and hotels are struggling to stock Tito’s vodka, Jack Daniel’s and other popular liquor brands as distribution problems at the state’s liquor warehouses leave businesses without products they need to serve customers. The shortages, which have lasted weeks at some locations, follow the Alabama Alcoholic...

Alabama · 22h

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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 · 12d

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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 · 2d

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Since 1907, This Family-Run Seafood House Has Been Serving MOUTH-WATERING HAND-CUT Snapper in Bessemer, Alabama

Open Tue–Sun, 11 AM–3 PM and 4:30–8:30 PM (Fri–Sat until 9 PM); closed Mon. Every week, cooks at The Bright Star in Bessemer, Alabama, prep 1,400 to 1,500 pounds of snapper, all of it hand-cut on the premises. 🐟. Greek immigrant Tom Bonduris opened it in...

Bessemer, AL · 1d

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Black Farmers Bring Groceries Back to Birmingham After Nearly 70 Years

For nearly 70 years, families in Birmingham's Fountain Heights neighborhood had to leave home just to buy a bag of groceries. As of Saturday, November 7, 2026, they don't have to anymore — and the people who fixed the problem are the same ones who grow the food. Fountain...

Birmingham, AL · 1d

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It Sounds Crazy, But Everything At This Tiny Alabama Restaurant Is 100% Plant-Based

Alabama just called, and it wants you to put down that pulled pork sandwich for a second. There’s a little restaurant in Madison, Alabama called The Veggie, and it is doing something that most people in the Heart of Dixie would consider either revolutionary or slightly suspicious. Every single...

Madison, AL · 1d

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Longtime Alabama restaurant remains open and undergoing renovations after kitchen fire

IRONDALE, Ala. (WIAT) — Employees of Golden Rule BBQ and Grill in Irondale said they are working to get back on their feet following a kitchen fire last month.   Former Managing Partner Sammy Derzis said the restaurant is undergoing renovations due to the fire, but they are still serving customers from their food truck […]

Irondale, AL · 1d

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Bessemer’s Bright Star Chef Brings Alabama’s Oldest Kitchen to Panama City

The executive chef of Alabama’s oldest restaurant is packing his knives for a short trip to the Florida Panhandle. Andreas Anastassakis, who runs the kitchen at the Bright Star in Bessemer, will cook two special dinners at Hunt’s Oyster Bar & Seafood in Panama City on November 17 and 18, with both seatings starting at 6:30 p.m.

Panama City, FL · 3d

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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 · 3d