One of our main goals at Magic City Weekend is to always be expanding our foodie knowledge and sharing the absolute best dishes from around the Magic City with you! So, for this list we asked our family, friends and co-workers what their favorite go-to menu items were from Birmingham restaurants. We crunched the numbers and tallied the results and this list of 50 Birmingham dishes you absolutely HAVE to eat was born!
In no particular order:
1. Perry’s pork chop – Perry’s Steakhouse
2. Broccoli Chicken Baker with Red and White Sauce – Saw’s BBQ
3. Classic Cuban – Kool Korner Sandwiches
4. Pimento Cheese Sandwich – Busy Corner Cheese
5. Nutty Professor – Farm Bowl – (Click here to see more Farm Bowl)
6. Garlic home fries – iCantina!
7. The Soul Pie – Slice Pizza – (Click here to see more Slice)
8. Cookies and cream pop – Steel City Pops
9. All-American Bacon Double Cheeseburgooshi – Cowfish – (Click here to see more Cowfish)
10. Berkley’s Tacos – Rojo
11. Pho Dac Biet – Saigon Noodle House
12. Corn Dog – Carrigan’s Public House
13. Poké bowl – Ono Poke
14. Fruity Pebbles Sammie – Big Spoon Creamery
15. Elon’s Chocolate Souffle – Hot and Hot Fish Club
16. The Goat Popper- Marty’s GM
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17. Beef Carpaccio – Bottega
18. Berry good salad – Urban Cookhouse
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19. Stone-ground Baked Grits with Country Ham – Highland’s Bar and Grill
20. Fried Green Tomatoes – Irondale Cafe – (Click here to see more Irondale Cafe)
21. Grilled Chorizo Meatloaf – El Barrio
22. Margherita Pizza – Vecchia Pizzaria – (Click here to see more Vecchia)
23. Mofongo – Tropicaleo
24. Spaghetti and Meatballs – De Vinci’s
25. Smiley Cookies – Savage’s Bakery & Deli
26. Hot Chicken Tenders – Eugene’s Hot Chicken – (Click here to see more Eugene’s)
27. Big Green Pimp burger – Mudtown
28. Oysters – 5 Point Public House Oyster Bar
29. Chicken wings – Green Acres Cafe
30. Fried Chicken – Cafe Dupont
31. 420 Nachos – Wasabi Juans
32. Cheddarwurst – Brät Brot
33. El Chancho – Jack Brown’s Burgers
34. Ribs – Dreamland
35. Hot Sour Ramen – Ikko

36. Meatloaf – Johnny’s Restaurant
37. Drunken Noodles – Hotbox at Parkside
38. Meatball Sub – Guiseppe’s
39. The Famous Philly Cheesesteak – T-Bone’s
40. The Vulcan Roll – Bamboo on 2nd – (Click here to see more Bamboo on 2nd)
41. The Linebacker Platter – Bogue’s
42. Hamburger Fon fon – Che Fon fon
43. Athenian Style Fish – The Fish Market
44. The Terrific Taylor – Mr. P’s Deli
45. Gourmet Pizza – Trattoria Centrale
46. Cubana – Gordo’s
47. Pistachio Doughnut – Hero Doughnuts – (Click here to see more Hero Doughnuts)
48. Chicken and Waffle’s – Yo Mama’s
49. Not your mama’s mac and cheese – John’s City Diner
50. Chicken Schnitzel – Mile End Deli
If your favorite dish didn’t make the list or if you’d like to share some pictures of the ones above, send us an email at info@magiccityweekend.com
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