Niki's West
- ★ 4.8
- $
- Acipco-Finley
Try Meat-and-three plate, $10-15
Niki's West on Finley Avenue West Birmingham serves the canonical meat-and-three from a steam table since 1957, with most plates landing under $15 per person.
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Eagle's Restaurant
- ★ 4.7
- $
- Smithfield
Try Soul-food lunch plate, $10-13
Eagle's Restaurant in Smithfield Birmingham serves Black soul food since 1951 with fried catfish, smothered pork chops and meat-and-three plates around $12.
Saw's BBQ
- ★ 4.5
- American BBQ
- $
- Homewood
Try Pulled pork sandwich, $9-12
Saw's BBQ in Homewood near Birmingham serves the canonical Mike Wilson pulled-pork sandwich with Alabama white sauce slaw under $12 from the 2009 shack.
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Demetri's BBQ
- ★ 4.1
- $
- Homewood
Try Pulled pork plate with sides, $11-14
Demetri's BBQ on 28th Avenue South Homewood Birmingham runs a Greek-American meat-and-three since 1973 with most lunches landing under $14 per person.
Eli's Jerusalem Grill
- ★ 4.3
- Vegetarian
- $
- Highway 280 Corridor
Try Falafel plate, $12-14
Eli's Jerusalem Grill on Highway 280 Birmingham serves the falafel plate of falafel, hummus, baba and tabouli for $14.50 with the vegan-vegetarian combo.
Saw's Soul Kitchen
- ★ 4.4
- $
- Avondale
Try Pork and greens plate, $11-15
Saw's Soul Kitchen on 41st Street South Avondale Birmingham runs the pork-and-greens plate under $15 with the canonical Saw's banana pudding on the side.
The Pizitz Food Hall counters
- ★ 4.0
- Ethiopian
- $
- Downtown Birmingham
Try Multi-vendor counter food, $8-15
The Pizitz Food Hall counters on 2nd Avenue North Birmingham serve more than a dozen vendors at $8 to $15 per plate, from ramen to peaux boys to Ethiopian.
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