Which of the '100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama Before You Die' is your favorite?

A couple of weeks ago, the Alabama Tourism Department released an updated ‘best of’ list as part of its “The Year of Alabama Food” campaign called “100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama Before You Die.”

Despite its name, the list actually features 231 dishes from “award-winning restaurants, historic diners, famous BBQ joints, farm-to-table, fresh Gulf seafood and home cooking.”

What follows is the complete list of restaurants named to the list, their locations and the dish that warranted their inclusion on the list.

1. 13th Street Barbecue (Phenix City) – Pork chop sandwich and mustard sauce
2. 50 Taters (Scottsboro) – Brisket stuffed potato
3. 360 Grille at Marriott Hotel & Spa (Florence) – Crab Cakes
4. 559 Market Place (Valley) – Homemade soups
5. Albany Bistro (Decatur) – Green beans

6. The All Steak (Cullman) – Hot orange rolls
7. Amsterdam Café (Auburn) – Crab cake & avocado sandwich
8. Archibald’s (Northport) – Barbecued ribs
9. The Ark (Riverside) – Shrimp and catfish
10. Bar-B-Q Place (Fort Payne) – JoJo potatoes

11. Barry’s Backyard Barbecue (Fyffe) – Buffet and BBQ
12. Basketcase Café (Dothan) – Homemade soups
13. Bates House of Turkey (Greenville) – Hickory-smoked turkey sandwich
14. The Battle House Hotel (Mobile) – Diver scallops with wild mushroom risotton, sautéed spinach and white truffle oil
15. Bay Breeze Guest House (Fairhope) – Pier Grits

16. BBQ Shack (Dothan) – Pulled pork
17. Beauregard’s (Huntsville) – Hot wings and habanero sauce
18. Bettola (Birmingham) – Neopolitan pizzas
19. Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q (Decatur) – BBQ chicken with white sauce & pies
20. Big Daddy’s Grill (Fairhope) – Big Daddy Burger

21. Big Spring Café (Huntsville) – Chili burger and slaw dog
22. Bishop’s Barbecue (Cherokee) – BBQ & Three-n-One sauce
23. Black Rock Bistro (Jasper) – Catfish Pontchartrain
24. The Blind Mule (Mobile) – Alabama shrimp and grits
25. Blue Gill Restaurant (Spanish Fort) – Gumbo and crab claws

26. Bob Sykes BBQ (Bessemer) – BBQ pork sandwich
27. Bottega (Birmingham) – Parmesan soufflé
28. Bread Basket (Eufaula) – Bacon, egg and cheese sandwich
29. The Brick Pit (Mobile) – Smoked BBQ
30. The Bright Star (Bessemer) – Broiled seafood platter

31. Bryant Vineyards (Talladega) – Muscadine wine
32. Baumhower’s (Tuscaloosa) – Hot Bama Brown
33. Caddo Cafeteria (Trinity) – White cream corn
34. Café Dupont (Birmingham) – Buttermilk fried chicken with lemon beurre blanc sauce
35. Café Savanna (Rogersville) – Homemade chicken salad and chocolate gravy biscuits

36. Ca-John’s (Faunsdale) – Crawfish pie
37. Callaghan’s Irish Social Club (Mobile) – Bacon cheeseburger
38. Carlile’s (Scottsboro) – Tomato pie
39. Castle Café (Daleville) – “Castle Club” sandwich
40. Cecil’s Public House (Alexander City) – Blackened catfish

41. Chez Fonfon (Birmingham) – Desserts
42. Chophouse Vintage Year (Montgomery) – 20-oz bone-in rib-eye
43. Chris’ Hotdogs (Montgomery) – Hot dog with Chris’ sauce
44. Chuck’s (Opelika) – Barbecue pork sandwich
45. Circle A Catfish (Dadeville) – Catfish fingers

46. City Café (Northport) – Meat and three
47. City Grill (Montgomery) – Tuna Napoleon
48. Clark’s Restaurant (Athens) – Prime rib
49. Classic on Noble (Anniston) – Shrimp and grits
50. Claunch Café (Tuscumbia) – Pecan chicken salad plate

51. Columbus Street Inn (Fayette) – Strawberry-almond Belgian waffles
52. The Compleat Angler Seafood Grille & Bar (Daphne) – Jubilee
53. Cooter Brown’s (Jacksonville) – Ribs
54. Cosmo’s Pizza (Birmingham) – Gourmet pizza
55. Cosmo’s Restaurant (Orange Beach) – Sea bass wrapped in banana leaves

56. Cotton Row Restaurant (Huntsville) – Braised Meyer Ranch beef short ribs
57. Crawmamma’s (Guntersville) – Crawfish
58. Crowe’s (Troy) – Chicken fingers and dipping sauce
59. Cups Café at Unclaimed Baggage Center (Scottsboro) – Chicken salad
60. Curry’s on Johnston Street (Decatur) – Taco salad & broccoli salad

61. Cutt’s (Enterprise) – Chili dog
62. Cypress Inn (Tuscaloosa) – Smoked Chicken with white BBQ sauce
63. Daily Bread (Russellville) – Caramel cake
64. Dale’s (Florence) – Steak & Dale’s seasoning
65. Daniel George (Mountain Brook) – Chocolate lava cake

66. Dell’s Bistro (Albertville) – Grilled chicken pizza
67. Derk’s Filet & Vine (Montgomery) – Veggies on the hot bar
68. DeSoto Caverns (Childersburg) – Fudge
69. Dew Drop Inn (Mobile) – Hotdogs
70. The Docks at Goose Pond Colony (Scottsboro) – Shrimp and grits

71. Doc’s Seafood Shack & Oyster Bar (Orange Beach) – Seafood gumbo
72. Dorothy’s Place at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center (Tuskegee) – Yams
73. Downtowner (Selma) – Lemon pie
74. Dreamland (Tuscaloosa) – Ribs and white bread
75. Durbin Farms Market (Clanton) – Peach ice cream

76. Ed’s Seafood Shed (Spanish Fort) – Yo Mama’s Platter
77. Emily’s Café (Greenville) – Cranberry nut salad with balsamic dressing
78. Evangeline’s (Tuscaloosa) – Crab cakes
79. Ezell’s Fish Camp (Lavaca) – Catfish and cole slaw
80. Felix’s Fish Camp (Spanish Fort) – Crab soup

81. Fincher’s (Talladega) – Grilled catfish
82. Fox Valley Restaurant (Helena) – Crab cakes
83. Full Moon Bar-B-Que (Birmingham) – Half-Moon Cookies & marinated cole slaw
84. Gaines Ridge Dinner Club (Camden) – Black Bottom pie
85. Garfrerick’s Café (Anniston) – Pecan encrusted grouper

86. Garrett’s (Montgomery) – Jalapeno truffle chocolate soufflé
87. George’s Steak Pit (Sheffield) – Ribeye
88. GianMarco’s (Homewood) – Lasagna
89. The Gift Horse (Foley) – Apple cheese casserole
90. Gilchrist Doug (Mountain Brook) – Fresh-squeezed limeade

91. Ginny Lane Bar & Grill (Orange Beach) – Shrimp and grits
92. Goal Post Bar-B-Q (Anniston) – Barbecue
93. Golden Rule Bar-B-Q (Irondale) – BBQ and baked beans
94. Grand Hotel Marriott Resort (Point Clear) – Signature lump crab scramble
95. Greenbrier (Madison) – Catfish and hush puppies

96. Green Top Café (Dora) – BBQ with vinegar/tomato sauce
97. Grilled 29 (Huntsville) – Grouper Oscar
98. Grumpy’s Pizza and Pasta Shoppe (Arab) – Chicken salad
99. Guthrie’s (Haleyville) – Chicken fingers and sauce
100. The Hangout (Gulf Shores) – The Wipe Out Burger

101. Heaton Farm (Clanton) – Pecan pie
102. Highlands Bar & Grill (Birmingham) – Highlands baked grits
103. High Points Coffee and Books (Ashland) – Melvine’s Chicken Salade
104. Hilltop Grill (Union Springs) – Smoked meat and homemade stew
105. Homewood Gourmet (Homewood) – Baby blue salad

106. Hot and Hot Fish Club (Birmingham) – Tomato salad & pickled okra
107. Huggin’ Molly’s (Abbeville) – Homemade “Molly” Fingers
108. Humphrey’s Bar & Grill (Huntsville) – Tea and sugar water pitcher
109. Irondale Café (Irondale) – Fried green tomatoes
110. Isaiah’s (Montgomery) – Lemon catfish and Johnnie Mae’s peach cobbler

111. The Italian Fisherman (Mobile) – John Weichman’s scamp almondine
112. Jesse’s (Magnolia Springs) – Whiskey Steak
113. Jessie’s Café (Albertville) – White chicken chili
114. Jimbo’s BBQ (Guin) – BBQ sandwich and banana pudding
115. Jim ‘n Nick’s Bar-B-Q (Birmingham) – Cheese biscuits

116. Jim’s Restaurant (Prattville) – Home-style cooking
117. Jinsei (Homewood) – Kadoma tuna roll
118. J&R’s (Marion) – Hamburgers
119. Kate Shepard House Bed & Breakfast (Mobile) – Pecan praline French toast
120. Katy’s Katfish (Rainsville) – Catfish and chicken fingers

121. Keitsha’s Snack Shack (Gee’s Bend) – Soul food and sandwiches
122. King Neptune (Gulf Shores) – Royal Red Shrimp
123. Klinger’s (Vestavia Hills) – Black Forest torte
124. Kora’s Place (Demopolis) – Soul food
125. Kozy’s (Tuscaloosa) – Stuffed mushrooms

126. La Jolla (Montgomery) – Ahi tuna spring roll with soy lime dipping sauce, pickled ginger and wasabi
127. Lambert’s (Foley) – Throwed rolls
128. Las Vias (Hartselle) – Mercedes Special skillet
129. Lek’s Taste of Thailand (Montgomery) – Spring roll with peanut sauce
130. Little Paul’s BBQ (Huntsville) – BBQ stuffed potato

131. Lloyd’s (Birmingham) – Onion rings
132. Lulu’s (Gulf Shores) – Lower Alabama Caviar of black-eyed peas and Cheeseburger in Paradise
133. LuVici’s (Athens) – Ritzy Chicken
134. Maggie’s Diner (Tuscaloosa) – Fried chicken
135. Mama Leone’s (Eutaw) – Chef salad

136. Marble City Grill (Sylacauga) – Spinach mushroom quesadilla
137. Market By The Way (Daphne) – Shrimp Poboy
138. Martin’s (Montgomery) – Fried chicken
139. Mary’s Place (Coden) – Soft-shell crab poboy
140. McCutchen’s Magnolia House Restaurant (Scottsboro) – Fried Green Tomatoes

141. Mentone Springs Hotel (Mentone) – Whiskey Ribeye Steak
142. Michael’s Restaurant (Homewood) – Original Steer Butt Steak
143. Mill Street Deli (Boaz) – Chicken salad
144. Milo’s (Birmingham) – Hamburger & sweet tea
145. Mockingbird Grill (Monroeville) – Sunday lunch buffet

146. Momma Goldberg’s (Auburn) – Momma’s Love sandwich
147. Moonlight Bistro (Mentone) – Fried green tomatoes with aoli sauce
148. Morgan Creek Vineyards (Harpersville) – Wine
149. Morgan Price Candy (Decatur) – Toffee
150. Mossy Grove Schoolhouse (Troy) – Beans and cornbread

151. Mountain Laurel Inn (Mentone) – Decadent French toast
152. Mr. P’s Butcher Shop & Deli (Vestavia Hills) – Sandwiches on wheat roll with BBQ sauce
153. Mud Creek Fishing Camp (Scottsboro) – Catfish
154. Mullins Drive In (Huntsville) – Deviled eggs
155. Nabeel’s (Homewood) – Camel Rider sandwich and moussaka

156. New Orleans Transfer (Muscle Shoals) – Gumbo
157. Niki’s West (Birmingham) – Vegetable buffet
158. NoJa (Mobile) – Ginger donuts
159. Oakmont Bed & Breakfast (Eutaw) – Pecan praline French toast
160. Ocean (Birmingham) – Lobster pot pie

161. Old Barn Restaurant (Goshen) – Rum bread pudding
162. Old Mill Restaurant (Dothan) – Grouper
163. Ol’ Heidelberg (Huntsville) – German brown farmers bread
164. Original Oyster House (Gulf Shores) – Peanut butter pie
165. The Original Oyster House (Spanish Fort) – Seafood

166. Our Place Café (Wetumpka) – Crab cakes and dill sauce
167. The Palace (Tuscumbia) – Harvey’s milkshake
168. Panini Pete’s (Fairhope) – Muffaletta
169. Pauli’s Bar & Grill (Huntsville) – Steak
170. Payne’s (Scottsboro) – Hot dog and red slaw

171. Peach Park (Clanton) – Peach pie
172. Perdido Vineyards (Perdido) – Rose Cou Rouge (redneck rose) wine
173. Pirate’s Cove (Josephine) – Cheeseburgers and Bushwackers
174. Plantation House (Aliceville) – Barbecue brisket
175. Pollman’s Bakery (Mobile) – Praline Dobash Cake

176. Priester’s Pecans (Fort Deposit) – Pecan fruit cake and pralines
177. Pruett’s Bar-B-Q (Gadsden) – Sweet Potato Fluff
178. Punta Clara Kitchen (Point Clear) – Divinity and Pecan Planks
179. Radley’s Fountain Grille (Monroeville) – BLT Supreme
180. Ranelli’s Deli (Birmingham) – Richman Poboy

181. Rattlesnake Saloon (Tuscumbia) – Duke Rustler Burger with apple wood bacon and fried snake eyes (jalapenos)
182. The Rawls (Enterprise) – Sauteed grouper
183. R&B Barbeque (Lincoln) – Peanut butter cake
184. Red Bluff Cottage B&B (Montgomery) – Wild Rice Waffles and Walk-Thru-Fire Pancakes
185. Red’s Catfish Cabin (Cragford) – Catfish

186. Red’s Little Schoolhouse (Grady) – Apple cheese casserole
187. Restaurant on Grumbles Alley (Selma) – Chicken breast sandwich
188. Ricatoni’s (Florence) – Bread, herbs and olive oil
189. Rosie’s Cantina (Huntsville) – Tex-Mex cuisine
190. Rosie’s Grill (Daphne) – T-Bird sandwich

191. Sandra’s Place (Fairhope) – Triple Chocolate Cake
192. Saucy Q Bar B Q (Mobile) – Ribs
193. Savage’s (Homewood) – Pimento cheese on sun-dried tomato bread
194. SAW’s BBQ (Homewood) – Ribs
195. Shipp’s Harbour Grill (Orange Beach) – Grouper Ponchatrain

196. Simp McGhee’s (Decatur) – Seafood-filled mushroom caps
197. Sinclair’s (Montgomery) – Fresca salad with house dressing
198. Sisters (Troy) – Banana pudding
199. Sit N Sip Coffee Shop (Brundidge) – Chicken salad plate with pear salad
200. The Smokehouse Steak & Seafood (Birmingham) – Fresh vegetables

201. Spot of Tea (Mobile) – Eggs Cathedral and Bananas Foster French toast
202. SpringHouse (Alexander City) – S’mores
203. Stacey Old Tyme Soda Fountain (Foley) – Key lime milkshake
204. Stage Coach Café (Stockton) – Catfish
205. Stevarinos Italian Eatery & Pub (Scottsboro) – Beach bread

206. Sweet Home Farm (Elberta) – Cheese
207. The Sweet Magnolia Café (Florence) – Sunday brunch
208. Tacky Jack’s (Gulf Shores) – Farmer’s omelet
209. Tally-Ho (Selma) – New York strip
210. Tanner Pecans & Candies (Mobile) – Candied pecans

211. Tenders (Huntsville) – Big Daddy chicken plate
212. Three George’s (Mobile) – Chocolates
213. Time to Eat (Theodore) – Country cooking
214. Tiny Diny (Mobile) – Coconut cream pie
215. Tomatino’s (Montgomery) – Mediterranean pizza

216. Toomer’s Drugs (Auburn) – Fresh lemonade
217. Top Hat (Blount Springs) – BBQ with tomato sauce
218. Top of the River (Gadsden) – Catfish and greens
219. Tortugas (Hoover) – Deep-dish stuffed pizza
220. Triple R BBQ (Scottsboro) – Pulled pork

221. Trowbridge’s (Florence) – Orange-pineapple ice cream
222. True (Mobile) – Sweetbreads with braised seasonal vegetables
223. Urban Cookhouse (Birmingham) – Chipotle braised pork sandwich and the Half Baked Cookie
224. Victoria Restaurant (Anniston) – Chocolate molten cake
225. Voyagers (Orange Beach) – Pecan snapper

226. Warehouse Bistro (Opelika) – Crab and corn bisque
227. The Wash House (Point Clear) – Key lime bread pudding
228. Wintzell’s (Mobile) – Oysters “fried, stewed and nude”
229. Wolf Bay Lodge (Foley) – Seafood platter and gumbo
230. Wright Dairy (Alexandria) – Purple Cow & Strawberried Alive ice cream
231. Zack’s (Slocomb) – Cornbread and fried green tomatoes

In the end, how many of these dishes have you had the chance to sample? Which restaurant above is your personal favorite? Which would you recommend and why? Were there any restaurants not on the list that you thought should have been included? Let us know in the comments section below.