Bayonet Bar
- ★ 4.8
- Wine bar
- $$$
- Downtown Birmingham
Bayonet Bar on 2nd Avenue North downtown Birmingham serves coastal whites and grower champagne next to the raw bar, with tableside martinis and crudo.
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