Best of Alabama - Guide to Alabama

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2025 Best of Alabama Food & Drink

American Cuisine Restaurants

Best of Alabama

1892 East Restaurant & Tavern
Alpha Charlie Grill
Bad Daddy's Burger Bar
Wash House Restaurant

Best of Alabama Regional

Avenue Pub - Northbank
Basketcase Cafe
Our Place Cafe
Overtime Grill and Bar
Purveyor
The Blind Mule

Best of Alabama Honorable Mention

Cotton Row
Eugene's Hot Chicken - Uptown
Hot and Hot Fish Club
Jack's Family Restaurant
Mama Lou's Restaurant
The Craft Burger
The Essential
Tiger On The Green
Tony's Hot Dogs

Bagels

Best of Alabama

Bagel Boy
Big Blue Bagel & Deli

Bakeries

Best of Alabama

Edgar's Bakery
Guncles Gluten Free
L'Etoile Patisserie
The Grand Bakery
Wild Yeast Kitchen

Best of Alabama Regional

Celebrations Bakery
Cullman Bakery Inc
Dani's Cheesecake
K & J's Elegant Pastries
Nothing Bundt Cakes - Montgomery
Pollman's Bake Shop

Best of Alabama Honorable Mention

Biscuit Belly
Daughters Baking
Jonica’s Bakery, Inc.
Lorraine's Bake Shop
Reney’s Honey Butter

Barbecue Joints

Best of Alabama

Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q
Cooter Brown's Rib Shack
Dreamland BBQ
Golden Rule BBQ

Best of Alabama Regional

Archibald & Woodrow's BBQ
BBQ Haven LLC
Blue Oak BBQ
L.A. Barbeque
Moe's Original BBQ
SAW’s Soul Kitchen

Best of Alabama Honorable Mention

13th St BBQ
Full Moon Bar-B-Que
Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q - Birmingham
LawLers Barbecue
Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint

Bars

Best of Alabama

BIG STAR TAVERN
Carrigan's Public House
FIVE Tuscaloosa
Pink Pony Pub

Best of Alabama Regional

Alabama’s Little Bit of Texas
Cactus Cantina Gulf Shores
Catch 22
Nitro Tales
The Humidor Room
The Thirsty Pig

Best of Alabama Honorable Mention

Adios
Coosa River Craft House
Dave's Pub
Maggie Meyers Irish Pub
The Dirty Olive
Vintage Cigar Lounge

Breweries

Best of Alabama

Birmingham District Brewing Company
Campus No. 805
Common Bond Brewers

Best of Alabama Regional

Back Forty Beer Company - Birmingham
Folklore Brewing & Meadery
Straight to Ale

Best of Alabama Honorable Mention

Avondale Brewing Company
Cahaba Brewing Company
Cross-Eyed Owl Brewing Company

Bubble Tea Shops

Best of Alabama

Boho Tea Bar
Leafly Boba Bar

Best of Alabama Regional

ShakeiT Boba
TeaTown

Cajun Restaurants

Best of Alabama

Cajun Corner
Roll Cajun Boudin

Best of Alabama Regional

Cajun Steamer
Momo's Cajun Eatz

Candy Stores

Best of Alabama

Kernel Kullman
Priester's Pecans

Best of Alabama Regional

Chocolate Corner & Ice Cream
Morgan Price Candy Company

Caribbean Restaurants

Best of Alabama

Island Jerk
Mamee’s Kitchen

Best of Alabama Regional

M&T AMERICAN & JAMAICAN GRILL
Tasty Jamaica LLC

Coffeehouses

Best of Alabama

Bitty & Beau's Coffee
June Coffee
The Bean Bro

Best of Alabama Regional

Alicia’s Coffee LLC
Karma's Coffee House
The Vault CoffeeHouse LLC
Two Ghosts Coffee

Best of Alabama Honorable Mention

Angel's Island Coffee
Corner Office
Daily Buzz Coffee
Gold Sprint
Honest Coffee Roasters
The Bean Coffee Shop
The Red Cat Coffeehouse @ Pepper Place

Cupcake Bakeries

Best of Alabama

JoZettie's Cupcakes
Mad Hatter Cupcakes

Delicatessens

Best of Alabama

Chappy's Deli - Perry Hill
Smiley Brothers Specialty Foods

Best of Alabama Regional

5 Points Deli & Grill
Diplomat Deli

Diners & Cafes

Best of Alabama

Bama Burgers 2

Best of Alabama Regional

City Cafe Diner
Our Place Diner

Distilleries

Best of Alabama

Guajana Distillery, LLC

Best of Alabama Regional

Hoochie Hooch Distillery
Irons ONE Distillery

Best of Alabama Honorable Mention

Alabama Distillery Co.

Greek Restaurants

Best of Alabama

Greek Street Dothan
Makarios Kabobs & Grill

Ice Cream Parlors

Best of Alabama

Big Spoon Creamery
Milky Moo's Deli & Creamery™
O Town

Best of Alabama Regional

Bluff Park Ice Cream Shoppe
Heady's
KaleidoScoops

Best of Alabama Honorable Mention

Cream and Cones
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams

Indian Restaurants

Best of Alabama

Sitar of India
Taj India

Best of Alabama Regional

Hyderabad House Alabama
Saffron Indian Kitchen

International Bakeries

Best of Alabama

Le Macaron French Pastries
Mediterranean Bread Company

Italian Restaurants

Best of Alabama

Bertolone's Classic Italian Restaurant
Ravello Ristorante
Ristorante Carmelo

Best of Alabama Regional

Amerigo Italian Restaurant
Bella's Fine Dining
Mr. G's
Plane & Level Coastal
SaZa Serious Italian Food

Best of Alabama Honorable Mention

DePalma's Italian Cafe

Juice & Smoothie Shops

Best of Alabama

Haven Health Bar
SoCal Smoothie Company

Latin Restaurants

Best of Alabama

Bori Munchies
Las Latinas Kitchen

Meat & Seafood Shops

Best of Alabama

Bill E's Small Batch Bacon
Gulf Shores Jerky Store

Best of Alabama Regional

Fairhope Fish House
Meat Locker

Mediterranean Restaurants

Best of Alabama

CAVA
The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill - Vestavia Hills

Best of Alabama Honorable Mention

Mr. Shawarma

Mexican Restaurants

Best of Alabama

Agave Mexican Restaurant Fairhope
Margarita Grill
Sol Restaurante Mexicano & Taqueria
Taco Casa

Best of Alabama Regional

El Barrio
El Paso Mexican Grill
Las Casitas Mexican Restaurant
Pastor's Kitchen Mexican Food

Best of Alabama Honorable Mention

La Zona Rosa
Taco Mama

Pizza Joints

Best of Alabama

Can a Brotha Get a Slice
Mater's Pizza & Pasta Emporium
Tortugas Pizza
Valentina's Pizzeria & Wine Bar

Best of Alabama Regional

Big Ed's Pizza
Davenport's Pizza Palace
Fox's Pizza Den
Heat Pizza Bar

Best of Alabama Honorable Mention

Marco's Pizza
PaPPo’s Pizzeria & Pub
Slice Pizza & Brew
Vecchia Pizzeria & Mercato

Produce Markets & Local Farms

Best of Alabama

Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fishermens Market
The Farmers Market at Pepper Place

Best of Alabama Regional

Burnette Farms Market
Elberta Farmers Co-Op
Ingram's Farmers Market
The Greene Street Market at Nativity

Seafood Restaurants

Best of Alabama

Aw Shucks
Crawmama's
Kravers Seafood - Daphne

Best of Alabama Regional

Automatic Seafood and Oysters
Capitol Oyster Bar
Half Shell Oyster House
Pier House Restaurant Bar
The Depot

Best of Alabama Honorable Mention

BLUEGILL Restaurant
Bonefish Grill
Chuck's Fish Birmingham
De Soto's Seafood Kitchen
Wintzell's Oyster House

Southern Restaurants

Best of Alabama

BILL-E's Restaurant
Grit & Grind Cafe
Johnny's Restaurant
The Blue Plate

Best of Alabama Regional

Bricktop's
The Front Porch
The Noble South
Waldo's Chicken & Beer

Best of Alabama Honorable Mention

Jake's Soulfood Cafe
Libby's Catfish & Diner Eatery
The Landing at Parker Creek

Specialty Restaurants

Best of Alabama

Aww Shucks Fire Roasted Corn
Jubilee Kitchen and Bar
LuLu's Gulf Shores

Best of Alabama Regional

Botanic
Brick & Spoon - Orange Beach
Chez Fonfon
River Nile Cafe

Best of Alabama Honorable Mention

Dragonfly Food Bar
La Fête
Saigon Noodle House
Sorelle Cafe

Sports Bars

Best of Alabama

Baumhower's Victory Grille
Otey's Tavern

Best of Alabama Regional

Paramount
The Houndstooth
Thirsty Turtle
Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux

Steakhouses

Best of Alabama

Corks & Cattle
Le Moyne's Chophouse
Perry's Steakhouse & Grille

Best of Alabama Regional

Big Mike's Steakhouse
Connors Steak & Seafood
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar

Best of Alabama Honorable Mention

Ruth's Chris Steak House - Birmingham
Wolf Bay

Thai Restaurants

Best of Alabama

Surin of Thailand
Surin West

Best of Alabama Regional

Blue Pacific at Hoover Food Mart
Railroad Thai

Wineries

Best of Alabama

Cat-n-Bird Winery
Jules J. Berta Vineyards

Best of Alabama Regional

Bloom Winery
Junavelli Winery LLC

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