Southern Restaurants in Alabama

Our guide to Southern restaurants in Alabama

American restaurants cover a lot of ground: the neighborhood diner with a counter and bottomless coffee, the family restaurant with a long laminated menu, the gastropub doing elevated comfort food, and the “New American” kitchen that builds a short seasonal menu around local farms. What ties them together is a menu built on familiar staples – burgers, sandwiches, salads, steaks, fried chicken and pasta – plus regional favorites that change as you cross the country.

Regional dishes are the best reason to seek out a local American place rather than a chain: a hot brown in Louisville, a pork tenderloin sandwich in Indiana, green chile cheeseburgers in New Mexico, chowder in New England or a loco moco in Hawaii. Ask what the kitchen is known for – the answer is often something you will not find on the other side of the state line.

Opening hours

Based on 5 Southern restaurants in Alabama with published hours, the typical weekday schedule runs from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM. 80% are open on Sundays, 20% are open seven days a week and 0% stay open until 10 PM or later.

Prices

Across 5 menus from Southern restaurants in Alabama, the median item costs $12.65; half of all priced items fall between $7.70 and $16.50.

Services

Of 100 Southern restaurants with detailed profiles in our guide: 99% list “dine-in”, 91% list “delivery”, 90% list “accepts reservations”, 83% list “takeaway”, and 83% list “wheelchair-accessible entrance”.