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17 Black-owned restaurants to eat at in Birmingham
ByHannah Chambley
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Are you hungry to support Black-owned businesses in Birmingham? One way to show up is to patronize these delicious eateries. Here are 17 Black-owned restaurants to add to your must-try list.
*NOTE: Restaurant hours, dine-in capability, and other factors may be affected by the new citywide curfew as well as COVID-19 regulations. Make sure to call ahead to confirm they are open and offering dine-in, delivery or takeout.
1. Bitty’s Living Kitchen
2. Red Sea Ethiopian & Mediterranean Restaurant
- Type of Food: Ethiopian Mediterranean/Vegetarian/Vegan/Seafood
- Address: 22 Green Springs Highway, Birmingham, AL 35209
- Call | Menu | Facebook
3. Zatie’s Southern Cuisine
- Type of Food: Southern/ Soul Food/American
- Address: 1805 Centerpoint Parkway, Center Point, AL 35215
- Call | Menu | Facebook
4. The Homestyle Kitchen
5. Olivia’s Transit Cafe
6. Jasmine’s Cafe
7. Jake’s Soulfood Cafe
- Type of Food: Caribbean/Soul Food
- Address: 3075 John Hawkins Pkwy, Hoover, AL 35244
- Call | Menu | Facebook
8. Green Acres
- Type of Food: Southern
- Address: They have multiple locations around Birmingham. Find them here.
- Call | Menu | Facebook
9. Yo Mama’s
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10. Rodney Scott’s BBQ
11. Rib-It-Up
- Type of Food: BBQ/Sothern/American
- Address: 830 1st Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203-3008
- Call | Menu | Facebook
12. T-Bone’s Cheese Steak
- Type of Food: Sandwiches/American
- Address: 1017 20th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35205
- Call | Menu | Facebook
13. Eugene’s Hot Chicken
- Type of Food: Chicken/American/Southern
- Address: 2268 9th Ave North, Birmingham, AL
- Call | Menu | Facebook
14. Cajun Bistro Express
- Type of Food: Cajun/Creole
- Address: 1515 Pearson Avenue Southwest, Birmingham, AL 35211
- Call | Menu | Facebook
15. Wing Out Express
16. J Wings
17. Wings Around the Clock
- Type of Food: Chicken/American
- Address: Downtown | 801 20th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205 + Bessemer | 1516 9th Ave Suite 108, Bessemer, AL 35020
- Call Downtown + Bessemer | Menu | Facebook
Make sure to check out our other guides to supporting other Black-owned businesses in Birmingham including 15 dessert shops + bakeries to try and 17 retail + creative services to support.
For more Black-owned businesses to support, check out BE BHM, a program of Urban Impact Birmingham, whose mission is “to push BHM to become its best self by equipping all of its entrepreneurs.” They have an incredibly helpful black business & nonprofit directory. Check it out here.
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