Alabama

Some places in Birmingham feel less like restaurants and more like part of the family. Every weekday around…

By James Holloway · Oct 20

Some houses feel like they carry a whole century of stories tucked into their walls, and this one…

By James Holloway · Oct 20

Some Huntsville restaurants chase trends, and some just keep the lights on and the plates moving for decades.…

By James Holloway · Oct 19

Alabama has a way of mixing real history with stories that get passed around porches every fall. Some…

By James Holloway · Oct 19

Some cities argue about football, and Birmingham does plenty of that. The other big debate happens at the…

By James Holloway · Oct 18

Alabama does fall best on a farm, with a wagon full of pumpkins and a corn maze waiting…

By James Holloway · Oct 18

Some old houses in Tuscaloosa simply sit quietly behind their columns. One of them throws parties, hosts weddings,…

By James Holloway · Oct 17

Some sauces are a matter of taste. One sauce in north Alabama is a matter of history. Back…

By James Holloway · Oct 17

Some bakeries open and close before anyone learns their names. This one in Mobile, Alabama, has been turning…

By James Holloway · Oct 16

Some folks judge a coastal town by its beaches. Around here, plenty of people judge it by the…

By James Holloway · Oct 16

Some restaurants feel like a habit you never want to break. On the east side of Montgomery, Alabama,…

By James Holloway · Oct 15

Some lunch counters open and close before anyone learns their name. One spot in downtown Montgomery has been…

By James Holloway · Oct 15

Some of the best meals in Alabama do not come with a host stand or a fancy menu.…

By James Holloway · Oct 14

Some pizzas are built to be folded and eaten on the go. Others ask you to grab a…

By James Holloway · Oct 14

Picture a town where your morning view is a giant lake and your evening plans might be a…

By James Holloway · Oct 13

Alabama summers get hot fast, and there is no better fix than a cool lake with a sandy…

By James Holloway · Oct 13

Alabama has a real thing for a good steak, and some of the best come from places that…

By James Holloway · Oct 12

Some small towns have a traffic light, and some have a single spot where everybody eventually crosses paths.…

By James Holloway · Oct 12

Cullman County has a quiet habit of turning a quick errand into a fried pie stop. The half-moon…

By James Holloway · Oct 11

Ask five people in Alabama where to find the best po’boy, and you might get seven answers. The…

By James Holloway · Oct 11

Crab legs are the kind of food that makes people clear their whole evening. You need time, napkins,…

By James Holloway · Oct 10

Some of the best tamales in Alabama are not sold in fancy restaurants. They are waiting at the…

By James Holloway · Oct 10

Fall in Alabama comes with a crunchy bonus, and it grows on trees all over the southern half…

By James Holloway · Oct 9

Every weekday around lunchtime, a parking lot on the west side of Birmingham fills up with pickup trucks,…

By James Holloway · Oct 9

Some lunch spots chase trends, and some simply outlast them by refusing to change much at all. In…

By James Holloway · Oct 8

Alabama has a rooftop, and every fall people line up to stand on it. The climb is not…

By James Holloway · Oct 8

Some afternoons call for a plan, and some call for no plan at all. In Fairhope, a small…

By James Holloway · Oct 7

Alabama might not be the first place people picture when they think about waterfalls, but the state is…

By James Holloway · Oct 7

Alabama does plate lunches right, and the best ones almost never show up in fancy magazines. They live…

By James Holloway · Oct 6

Alabama takes its fried chicken seriously, and folks here have their favorites for good reason. From family-run kitchens…

By James Holloway · Oct 6

Alabama summers get hot, and a good scoop of homemade ice cream is one of the simplest ways…

By James Holloway · Oct 5

Alabama takes its fried catfish seriously, and once you start looking, you notice these spots hiding along backroads,…

By James Holloway · Oct 5

Tucked into a canyon in northeast Alabama sits a park where the crowds thin out and the scenery…

By James Holloway · Oct 4

Tucked near the coast, there is a spot where the clock seems stuck somewhere around 1955, and nobody…

By James Holloway · Oct 4

Tucked away in a small Alabama town sits one of the most unusual neoclassical mansions in the entire…

By James Holloway · Oct 3

Alabama’s Gulf Coast has quietly become one of the friendliest places in the South to slow down and…

By James Holloway · Oct 3

Tucked deep in the pine country of northern Alabama sits a waterfall that most travelers speed right past…

By James Holloway · Oct 2

Some restaurants earn their fame slowly, one slab at a time, until the line out the door becomes…

By James Holloway · Oct 2

Somewhere off a busy Alabama highway, a family-run kitchen has quietly built a following of people who leave…

By James Holloway · Oct 1