Four breakfast joints remain in the quest to earn the title of “Bama’s Best Breakfast,” with the competition semifinals taking place on Monday and Tuesday.
The first semifinal match-up pits Tater’s Restaurant in Luverne against Staggs Grocery in Florence. This matchup is taking place on Monday.
A second Florence establishment – Big Bad Breakfast – will compete Tuesday in the semifinal round against Ray’s Restaurant in Dothan. Semifinal winners will move on to the final round, which will take place on Thursday.
You can vote at Simply Southern TV’s Facebook page here. To vote, click the gif of your preferred restaurant. Only one vote per Facebook account is allowed.
The winner of Bama’s Best Breakfast will receive $300 and a plaque, along with the chance to be featured in Simply Southern TV’s fifth season.
Eight restaurants were selected for the competition based on a bevy of nominations received through comments on the Facebook post announcing Bama’s Best Breakfast contest.
Final tallies from first-round matchups were as follows:
Dec. 10 –
Tater’s Restaurant in Luverne – 615 votes
Biscuit King Cafe – 214 votes
Dec. 11 –
Big Bad Breakfast in Florence – 358 votes
Walters’ Gas and Grill in Opelika – 270 votes
Dec. 12 –
Ray’s Restaurant in Dothan – 343 votes
The Waysider in Tuscaloosa – 179 votes
Dec. 13 –
Staggs Grocery in Florence – 405 votes
Chris Z’s in Birmingham – 326 votes
Bama’s Best Breakfast is sponsored by the Alabama Wheat & Feed Grain Producers.
Simply Southern TV is a production of the Alabama Farmers Federation and the Alabama Farmers Cooperative. The show airs Sunday mornings on broadcast channels across the state and Wednesdays at 5 p.m. central on RFD-TV. For more information, click here.
Sean Ross is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn
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