Where to Eat & What to Eat in the ‘Ham

5 Points

M’sippi Melt at Delta Blues Hot Tamales

Delta Blues Hot Tamales (Jalapeños N’Queso, Crossroads Queso Dip, M’sippi Melt)
The Original Pancake House
Chez Fonfon (Fonfon burger, any of their desserts)
Ranelli’s Deli & Cafe (Lil Richman, meatball sub)
5 Point Public House Oyster Bar (Beer Battered Cheese Curds, Garlic Parmesan Fries, Oysters, Shrimp & Grits, 5 Point Chicken Biscuit, Gouda Burger, 5 Point Fish & Chips)
Filter-Coffee Parlor

Avondale

Hot Diggity Dog (Tots, Winky Dink Dog)
Saw’s Soul Kitchen (Saw’s Burger, Fried Green Tomato BLT, Sweet Tea Fried Chicken Sandwich, Wings, Pork n’Greens)
Avondale Common House (Loaded Totchos, Chimichurri Steak Sandwich, Southern BLT)
Big Spoon Creamery (Fruity Pebbles Sammy, all of their flavors are good – but be sure to get them in a waffle cone!)
Tropicaleo (Tripleta Sandwich, Cubano Sandwich, Mofongo, Amarillos)
Taco Morro Loco (Guacamole, Pork & Pineapple Tacos)

Bluff Park

Brook Highland/Greystone

The Boot (Pimento Cheese Fried Green Tomato Sandwich, Pimento Cheese Burger, Shrimp & Grits, Grilled Mahi Mahi Tacos, Boot Fry Blend)

Cahaba Heights

Alabama Biscuit Goat Cheese, Honey, & Pecan Biscuit

Alabama Biscuit Company (vanilla latte, The Alabama Biscuit, Goat Cheese Pecan & Honey Biscuit, Ham & Cheese Biscuit, Oatmeal)
Ashley Mac’s (Sour Cream Biscuits, Strawberry Cake, Apple Havarti Sandwich, Pasta Salad, Poppyseed Chicken, Baby Blue Salad, Pimento Cheese, Chicken Salad)
Magic Muffins (Blueberry Muffin Top, Sausage & Cheese Biscuit, Chocolate Chip Muffin, Strawberry Biscuit)
Crestline Bagel Co.
The Olive Branch Mediterranean Cuisine

Crestline

Crestwood

The Filling Station (House Special Pizza, Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Pizza, Margherita Pizza, Chicago-Style Italian Beef Hoagie)
The Essential’s Strawberry Waffles with Macadamia Nuts, Nutella Poptart, and Bacon Avocado Cheese Biscuit

Downtown

Birmingham Bread Works (Pizza, Alabama Bird Sandwich, any of their pastry items)
Brick & Tin (Brisket Panini)
El Barrio (Carnitas Tacos)
Falafel Cafe (Hummus, Falafel)
Fife’s Restaurant (Everything)
Giuseppe’s Cafe (Baked Feta, Pasta Salad, Lasagna, Italian Stallion Sub, Calzones)
John’s City Diner (Chicken & Waffles, Not Your Mama’s Macaroni & Cheese, Skillet Corn)
Mile End Delicatessen (Bagels, Hoyt Dogs in a Blanket, Poutine, Potato Latkes, Pastrami Sandwich, Chicken Schnitzel Sandwich, Prime Rib Sandwich, Classic Reuben Sandwich, Cheeseburger, Cheesecake)
Paramount (The Forester Burger, Fries w/ Garlic Dip, Shanghai Tacos)
Pies & Pints
Pizitz Food Hall (Try it all!)
The Essential (Whatever you do, get dessert! If you go at breakfast/brunch, try their homemade poptarts!)
Urban Standard (Chai Latte, Vanilla Latte, Soup of the Day, Grilled Chicken Panino, Mini Market Sandwich)

English Village

Homewood

Holler & Dash Hollerback Club Biscuit & Huckleberry Peach Craft Soda

Farm Bowl + Juice Co. (Nutty Professor)
Nabeel’s Cafe & Market (Feta Theologos, Mint Tea, Bifteki Fetaburger, Falafel Nicosia, Chicken Penne Pasta, Lasagna Molfettese)
Hero Doughnuts (Try their burgers made out of their donuts!)
Holler and Dash (Strawberry & Dash, Hollerback Club, Tator Tots, Craft Sodas)
Magic City Sweet Ice (Chilton Co. Peach)
O’Carr’s Restaurant (Chicken Salad Fruit Plate)
Pizzeria GM (Cannolis, Cheesy Garlic Bread, Chicken Parmesan Sandwich, Italian Sausage Pizza)
Real & Rosemary (Corn Polenta Cake, Seasonal Succotash, Fried Green Tomatoes, Burger, Pastry Art Strawberry Cake Cup)
Salem’s Diner (Philly Cheese Steak, Onion Rings)
Seeds Coffee (Remedy)
SoHo Social (Whistle Stop Egg Rolls, Jalapeno Gorgonzola Queso, SoHo Burger, 3 Bacon BLT, Truffle Tots)
Urban Cookhouse (Cookhouse Wrap, Orange Rolls, Hot Cheddar Pasta, Roasted Vegetables, Veggie Quesadilla, Half-Baked Cookie, Berry Good Salad, Strawberry Lemonade, The Down Home)

Hoover

Taboon Noon O Kabob
Vecchia Pizzeria & Mercato (Spinach & Artichoke Dip, Sicilian Salad, Lasagna, Margherita DOP Pizza, Carni Pizza, Quattro Formaggio Pizza, Chicken Pesto Pizza, Bread Pudding, Italian Cream Cake)

Inverness

Lakeview District

Babalu Tapas & Tacos (Guacamole, Queso Blanco Dip, Baba Burger, Mexican Street Corn)
Hattie B’s Chicken
Jack Brown’s (Danny Laruso Burger, The Greg Brady Burger, Sweet Potato Fries)
Ovenbird (Beef Fat Candle, Go for brunch!)
Sky Castle Gastro Lounge (Sky Castle Burger, Fried Pickles)

Mountain Brook Village

Brick & Tin (Brisket Panini, their seasonal sides, any of their desserts from the bakery in the back)
Davenport’s Pizza Palace
Gilchrist (Limeade, Chicken Salad)
Olexa’s (Paninis, Buttercream Cake)

Pelham/Alabaster

Vestavia

Twisted Root Burger Co. Big Tex Burger with Fried Pickles

Food Trucks

*Disclaimer: This list only includes places that I have personally tried.