The Essential
- ★ 4.5
- $
- Downtown Birmingham
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The Essential on First Avenue North downtown Birmingham serves coffee, cocktails, natural wine and an all-day bistro menu, with brunch on weekends.
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Continental Bakery
- ★ 4.8
- $
- Mountain Brook
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Continental Bakery in English Village Mountain Brook is Carole Griffin's 1984 European bakery with pastries, sandwiches and Chez Lulu next door.
Bandit Patisserie
- ★ 4.7
- $
- Downtown Birmingham
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Bandit Patisserie on 1st Avenue North downtown Birmingham is the 2013 pastry counter in the Wooster Lofts, with laminated viennoiserie and a coffee bar.
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Big Bad Breakfast
- ★ 4.3
- $
- Highway 280 Corridor
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Big Bad Breakfast on Highway 280 Birmingham is John Currence's Oxford-Mississippi branch, with Conecuh sausage gravy and a weekend brunch line.
Filter Coffee Parlor
- ★ 4.2
- $
- Five Points South
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Filter Coffee Parlor on 11th Avenue South in Birmingham serves pour-over coffee and pastries out of the 1927 Munger Building in Five Points South.
Hero Doughnuts and Buns
- ★ 4.6
- $
- Homewood
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Hero Doughnuts on Central Avenue Homewood Birmingham runs a brioche doughnut counter with cheeseburgers and the canonical Birmingham doughnut sandwich.
The Red Cat Coffee House
- ★ 4.1
- $
- Pepper Place
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The Red Cat Coffee House at Pepper Place Birmingham is the flagship roastery and cafe on the Saturday market grounds, with a second Railroad Park branch.
Seeds Coffee Co.
- ★ 4.0
- $
- Homewood
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Seeds Coffee Co. on Oxmoor Road Homewood Birmingham is the 2013 cafe and roastery, with pour-over service and a packed neighborhood morning crowd.
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