Jim ‘N’ Nick’s Bar-B-Q
220 Oxmoor Road (Homewood)
Jim ‘n’ Nick’s gets my parents’ vote as their favorite barbecue place in Birmingham.
If you take a look at the web site, you will see that Jim ‘n’ Nick’s has built a veritable barbecue empire. They have locations not only all over the Birmingham area, but all the [...]
Bob Sykes BarB-Q
1927 9th Avenue, Bessemer
Like Andrew’s and Johnny Ray’s, Bob Sykes is a old-timer in the Barbecue business in Birmingham. The first Bob Sykes location opened in the Central Park neighborhood of Birmingham in 1957. By 1977, there were 14 locations all around Birmingham. That is how I came to know [...]
Carlile’s Barbecue
3511 6th Avenue South
So many good places. How to pick?
Today’s choice, I must admit, is one that I have personally never tried, but it has been highly recommended to me by many, many people. And by people who are picky about their barbecue, too. (And look at the picture: they [...]
Costa’s Famous Bar-B-Que
613 Springville Road (Center Point)
Sorry, no web site for this one. No pics either, as far as I could tell. And yes, atrocious spelling. But please bear in mind that most, if not all, of the great restaurants in Birmingham are owned and operated by Greeks, so we can forgive [...]
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The Original Golden Rule Bar-B-Q
2506 Crestwood Blvd.
This restaurant, which claims to be the oldest restaurant in continuous operation in Alabama, has branched out into Mississippi, Florida, and Georgia.
Now, the original Original Golden Rule Bar-B-Q opened in 1891, but that particular location is not around anymore; however, the current Irondale location (pronounced “i-RON-de-lay”; there is also [...]
Pat James’ Full Moon Bar-B-Que
525 25th Street South
OK, first of all, love the food, hate the name. (This is like love the sinner, hate the sin.) It’s barbecue. Barbecue. Barbecue. A long time ago, people decided to abbreviate it “Bar-B-Q”, and then “BBQ” to save space on signs (and money, [...]
Demitri’s Barbecue
1901 28th Ave. South (Homewood)
Demitri’s is one of my very, very favorite Birmingham barbecue establishments. Many Birmingham barbecue eaters like to order their barbecue sammiches chopped, but at Demitri’s sliced is the way to go. The meat is so tender, you don’t end up pulling out a whole slice with your teeth [...]
Right after I published that last post about barbecue, I got this in an E-mail from Cook’s Illustrated. Cook’s Illustrated is the Consumer Reports of cooking magazines: they don’t accept any advertisement, so they can be as honest as they want to be in their reviews. They also are famous for taking well-known dishes and [...]
Since my post about Mark’s barbecue skills prompted a discussion about what actually constitutes barbecue, I wanted to recommend two really great sites.
The first is “3 Men With Nothing Better to Do”, and it is a pretty comprehensive site about all types of barbecue. Check it out. The 3 Men contend that true [...]
Move over, Big Bob Gibson!
I wish I could be here on the 27th.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Decatur barbecue–Mark’s specialty–it’s very similar to Carolina Barbecue, which Vrouw Jonker posted about not too long ago. However, any barbecue Mark cooks will be 1000 times better than anything you or I could do.
It’ll [...]