Birmingham

Seven-day weather

• Highlands Bar and Grill

  $$$$

  French-Southern · Southside

  Frank Stitt's flagship, still the room to book.

• Saw's Soul Kitchen

  $

  Barbecue · Avondale

  Pork and white sauce, cash-friendly.

• Automatic Seafood

  $$$

  Seafood · Lakeview

  A bright, precise Gulf kitchen.

• Ovenbird

  $$$

  Fire cooking · Pepper Place

  Open fire, Spanish lean, patio.

• Pepper Place Saturday Market

  Saturdays

  The best morning in town.

• Civil Rights Institute

  Daily

  Required, and close to lunch.

• Avondale nightlife

  Weekends

  Breweries and music in a few walkable blocks.

Neighborhoods