Alabama Foodie Favorites

Last Updated 6/9/2025Posted in SPONSORED, Alabama Foodie, Featured

Who doesn’t love a favorite things list? Well, thanks to our friends at Alabama Power, we have curated several of our favorites with input from our friends, followers and more. Let us hear from you for future lists. Follow us @alabamasmalltowns on social media.

Peas & Praise the Lord

Meat & 3 Restaurants That Will Take You to Church!

  • Downtown Chief – Gadsden

  • Mary Ruth’s – Georgiana

  • City Cafe or Blue Plate – Northport (I could never choose between them)

  • Sisters – Troy

  • Too Fat Sisters – Tuscumbia

  • Cutt’s Restaurant – Enterprise

  • Gedney’s – Roanoke

  • Barb’s Kitchen – Eufaula

  • The Chicken Shack – Luverne

  • Sisters Soul – Headland

Come Getcha a Little Bite

Small plates, big flavor, and just enough to make you wish you ordered two.

  • Bacon Wrapped Wickles Okra – The Local – Waverly

  • Crazy Corn – Farmhouse – Lineville

  • White Pimento Cheese – Coastal – Orange Beach

  • Chicken Bacon Bites – Red Clay Table – Sheffield

  • Coleslaw – David’s Catfish House – Multiple Locations

  • Smoked Wings – Archibald’s – Northport

Where the Dessert Hits Just Right

Because life’s too short to skip pie—and we’ve got the receipts (and the crumbs) to prove it.

  • Banana Pudding – Champy’s – Muscle Shoals

  • Strawberry Ice Cream – Boondocks BBQ and Creamery – Wedowee

  • Butter Pecan Cookies – The Cookie Cottage – Eufaula

  • Carrot Cake – Epicure & Jack’s Tavern – Millbrook

  • Blueberry Cheesecake Pizza – Blackstone Pizza – Gadsden

  • Mini Pie Trio – Easy Street – Centre

  • The Purple Stuff – Pia’s Chicken Salad – Butler

  • Cookie Butter Sandwich Cookies – Tiers of Sweetness – Wetumpka

  • Banana Pudding Cheesecake – Botanic – Opelika

  • Limoncello Cake – Lil’ Mazzara’s – Athens

Burgers So Good They'll Make You Slap Yo' Mama

(But please don’t. She raised you better.)

  • Downtown 56 – Roanoke

  • Bill–Es – Fairhope

  • Shelia C’s Burger Barn – Auburn

  • Staggs Grocery – Florence

  • Larry’s Drive In – Camden

  • Coldwater Mountain Brewpub – Anniston

  • Hancock’s Barbecue – Selma

  • Rocket – Jacksonville

  • FloraBama – Orange Beach

More Stacked than Granny's Tupperware Cabinet

Overflowing, barely-held-together deliciousness.

  • Pinhoti – Rhythm Cafe – Heflin

  • The Close Talker – Copper House Deli – Wetumpka

  • Conecuh Grilled Cheese – Odette’s – Florence

  • The Hefty Heifer – Butcher’s Daughter – Enterprise

  • Mediterranean Po’Boy – Josie’s – Decatur

  • Cattleman’s Rolls (Brisket Egg Rolls) – Boondocks BBQ & Creamery – Wedowee

  • Cuban – SweetCreek Market – Pike Road

  • Ribeye Steak Wrap – Hooligans – Tuscaloosa

  • Pia’s Chicken Salad – Pia’s – Butler

  • Turkey Sandwich – 306 Barbecue – Athens

Brunchin' Ain't Easy

But this is where you want to do it.

  • The Pecan Downtown – Camden

  • Classic on Noble – Anniston

  • Clover on Court – Gadsden

  • Kimmie’s Kitchen and Social House – Decatur

  • Easy Street – Centre

  • Our Place – Wetumpka

  • Le Coin Des Artistes – Oxford

  • Heritage House – Tuscaloosa

Pizza Pies Worth Praisin'

Wood-fired, deep-dished, sauced-up glory by the slice.

  • Philly Cheesesteak Pizza – Downtown 56 – Roanoke

  • The Two–Five–Six – Pie Factory – Muscle Shoals

  • Pickle–Mama Rosa – Headland (Multiple Locations)

  • Pearl Jam – Blackstone Pizza – Gadsden

  • Kicken Bourbon – Warehouse Pizza – Elkmont

  • Honey Buffalo Chicken – Wheelhouse – Opp

  • Carne Bovina – Effina’s – Jacksonville

  • Better Boy – Mater’s Pizza Pasta Emporium – Fort Payne (Multiple locations)

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