Bottega Restaurant
- ★ 4.7
- Italian
- $$$$
- Highland Park
Bottega Restaurant on Highland Avenue Birmingham is Frank Stitt's 1988 Italian sibling to Highlands, set in a Highland Park mansion with a wood-burning oven.
Tasting menus, Michelin stars, and the kitchens redefining what fine dining means in Birmingham.
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Hot and Hot Fish Club
- ★ 4.5
- New American
- $$$$
- Pepper Place
Hot and Hot Fish Club at Pepper Place is the Chris Hastings flagship since 1995, with the chef-counter tomato salad that became a Birmingham signature.
Automatic Seafood and Oysters
- ★ 4.8
- Seafood
- $$$$
- Lakeview
Automatic Seafood and Oysters in Lakeview earned Adam Evans the 2022 James Beard Best Chef South, with a Gulf-anchored menu in a renovated industrial space.
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Helen
- ★ 4.4
- Soul food
- $$$$
- Downtown Birmingham
Helen on 2nd Avenue North in Birmingham is Rob McDaniel's woodfire-driven Southern grill, Michelin Recommended 2025 and James Beard semifinalist.
OvenBird
- ★ 4.3
- Portuguese
- $$$$
- Pepper Place
OvenBird at Pepper Place Birmingham is Chris Hastings's live-fire sibling concept to Hot and Hot, with Spanish, Portuguese, Uruguayan and Argentine grills.
Cafe Dupont
- ★ 4.0
- Soul food
- $$$$
- Downtown Birmingham
Cafe Dupont on 20th Street North Birmingham runs Chris Dupont's French-Southern menu out of an 1870s downtown storefront with strong plate-craft reputation.
Chez Fonfon
- ★ 4.1
- French fine dining
- $$$$
- Five Points South
Chez Fonfon on 11th Avenue South Birmingham is Frank Stitt's casual French bistro sibling to Highlands, with steak frites and a Five Points South patio.
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Editor picks in Birmingham include Bottega Restaurant, Hot and Hot Fish Club, Automatic Seafood and Oysters, plus the full fine dining chapter on TableJourney.