Sunday Night Restaurants in Birmingham, AL

i'll second the recommendation for the bright star in bessemer. such "meat and three" cafeteria-style restaurants are deeply embedded in our food culture down here. http://www.birminghammenus.com/brightstar/

but i will warn you away from dreamland. it's easily the most overrated barbeque in the country, especially the one here in birmingham. the meat is always undercooked (that is, undercooked for cartilaginous meat) and it leaves your hands smelling like bologna. yuck. better barbeque is to be had at the golden rule (http://www.goldenrulebbq.com/ watch out for the horrible theme song on the website) or pat james' full moon. if you're going to be traveling on I-65 and are in the mood for really good barbeque, i'd recommend stopping in decatur, alabama, at big bob gibson's barbeque (http://www.bigbobgibsonbbq.com/). i would recommend whitt's (my personal favorite) in athens (where i grew up), but i know for a fact it's closed on sunday nights. you might also try greenbrier barbeque, located next to I-565, a spur of I-65, in madison, alabama. it's easy to find and most likely open on sunday nights.

chez lulu (full disclosure: i work there) is open on sunday nights. it's bistro-esque and definitely not typical of southern food.

bwdaly in General South Archive