Alabama Foodie Favorites

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

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

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

(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

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

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)