Nine Alabama restaurants made Southern Living’s ever-evolving list of the “100 Best Restaurants in the South,” which was updated this week.
“Southern Living intrepid restaurant scout Jennifer V. Cole hit the road to determine the top 100 places to eat in the South now,” the magazine explains on its website. “The list leads with the South’s 10 best new restaurants and continues with Jennifer’s favorite restaurants for 2014, both new and old, in her most frequented towns.”
Cole didn’t have to travel far to find Alabama’s best spots. She’s a Birmingham resident. Southern Living is published by Birmingham–based Southern Progress Corp., a division of Time Inc.
Georgia and Texas led the way on the list with 12 restaurants a piece, followed by Tennessee with 11 and North Carolina with 10. But the Yellowhammer State had a strong showing with 9 restaurants making the cut, further evidence that Alabama’s rich culinary scene can compete with any state in the region, and even has more room to grow.
Inside the state, Birmingham had the most restaurants on the list with five, plus another in the suburb of Mountain Brook.
The full list of Alabama restaurants that made the cut can be found below.
- Acre, Auburn
- Chez FonFon, Birmingham (Related: Is this the best hamburger in Alabama?)
- El Barrio Restaurante Y Bar, Birmingham (ALABAMA EATS: El Barrio’s Southern spin on Mexican cuisine (Video))
- Fisher’s Upstairs, Orange Beach
- Highlands Bar and Grill, Birmingham
- Hot and Hot Fish Club, Birmingham
- Ollie Irene, Mountain Brook
- SpringHouse, Alexander City
- Vittoria Macelleria, Birmingham
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