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123 locally owned restaurants, coffee shops and bars. No chains, no fast food.

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New every Thursday · picked Oct 15

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Food Network: Alabama's best pizza slice 2025

Order Pizza by the slice

Slice shop near Regions Field. Food Network picked it for Alabama in its 50 states of pizza slices.

Your Plate Passport

Stamp the local places you eat at and watch your map fill in. Most people have been to a few already.

Birmingham classics

Where locals take people who are visiting.

Date night

Dim rooms, good wine, worth dressing up a little.

Special occasion

Birthdays, anniversaries, the parents in town. Book ahead.

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The Magic City

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