Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Birmingham for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Birmingham for grown-ups.
Carrigan's Public House on 3rd Avenue North in downtown Birmingham is an intimate Irish-American pub with craft cocktails and a New American kitchen.
Signature drink: Irish whiskey flight
Food: Pub fare and shareable plates
The Marble Ring on 41st Street South Avondale Birmingham is an intimate speakeasy entered through a phone booth, with 80 seats and a classic cocktail menu.
Signature drink: Classic cocktails
Food: Bar food (Asian Bistro food menu added 2024)
Paramount on 20th Street North downtown Birmingham is the arcade bar with vintage cabinets, a full pub menu and a craft cocktail program all under one roof.
Signature drink: Craft cocktail
Food: American pub menu
Saturn on 41st Street South in Avondale Birmingham is the 2015 Brian Teasley-founded music venue and bar in the former Cory and Faulkner Hardware building.
Signature drink: Craft beer and shots
Food: Snacks and venue food
Good People Brewing Taproom on 14th Street South in the Parkside District is Alabama's 2008 brewing-law pioneer, with rotating beers and rotating food trucks.
Signature drink: Good People IPA
Food: Food trucks (rotating)
Avondale Brewing Taproom on 41st Street South Avondale is the 2011 anchor of the brewery row, with the Upstairs venue, beer garden and rotating food trucks.
Signature drink: Miss Fancy IPA
Food: Food trucks
Back Forty Beer Company on 1st Avenue North in Birmingham opened summer 2018 next to Sloss Furnaces, with a 1.5-acre beer garden and a full pub kitchen.
Signature drink: Naked Pig Pale Ale
Food: Full pub kitchen
Monday Night Brewing Social Club on 12th Street South Birmingham is the Atlanta brewery's Lakeview-adjacent taproom, with rotating beers and a Parkside patio.
Signature drink: Drafty Kilt scotch ale
Food: Food trucks and snacks
Cahaba Brewing Co. on 5th Avenue South in Avondale Birmingham is the Cahaba river-named brewery with a Quonset-hut taproom and rotating food trucks.
Signature drink: Cahaba Oka Uba IPA
Food: Food trucks
TrimTab Brewing Taproom on 5th Avenue South in Lakeview Birmingham is the 2014 Harris Stewart brewery known for its fruited sours on the Lakeview row.
Signature drink: TrimTab Paradise Now sour
Food: Food trucks and snacks
Lou's Pub and Package Store on 29th Street South in Lakeview Birmingham is a long-standing neighborhood pub with a whiskey shelf and adjoining package store.
Signature drink: Bourbon
Food: Bar food
Black Market Bar and Grill on 3rd Avenue South in Avondale Birmingham moved from Five Points South in 2024 with the punk decor and a broad vegan menu.
Signature drink: Craft cocktails
Food: Eclectic American with vegan options
Hot and Hot Fish Club Bar at Pepper Place Birmingham runs craft cocktails alongside Chris Hastings's Southern menu, with the chef-counter and bar seats.
Signature drink: House classic cocktails alongside the Hastings tasting menu
Food: Hot and Hot full menu