100 Places to Eat Before you Die in Alabama

I have touted it and touted it. And my dog earred brouchure that I keep in the glovebox of my car is proof. I hope you have one whether you live in Alabama or plan to drive through. I am talking about the foods that are all listed in the Alabama Tourism Bureau's brochure, "100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama Before You Die."
Go to http://www.800alabama.com/ , click on the "Year of Alabama Food" icon, and then click on the top link to download the brochure. You can also call 1-800-Alabama to request a free brochure. It'll come in handy whenever you're traveling here. But I am still going to go ahead and share so you can begin eating your way across the state.....

100 must-try state dishes (updated -from Al.com)

"It's been two years and people are still holding tight to copies of "100 dishes to eat in Alabama before you die."
It's been so popular, in fact, that there's a new edition of this brochure available now. Call 800-ALABAMA (800-252-2262) and a copy will be sent to you.
A few restaurants have closed since the first brochure came out, which made room for including others; still other restaurants were cited for dishes other than the ones originally featured.
Russell Nolen, art director for the Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel, did the layout for the new brochure, and he pointed out the newcomers to the list. Are there more than 100? Who's counting? "

Albertville
Grilled chicken pizza at The Lumpkin House
White chicken chili at Jessie's Cafe
Alexander City
Blackened catfish at Cecil's Public House
Alexandria "Purple Cow" and "Strawberried Alive" premium ice cream at Wright's Dairy
Aliceville
Fried rabbit at the Plantation House
Anniston
Barbecue at Goal Post Bar-B-Q
Cajun penne pasta at The Victoria Inn
"Shrimp & Grits" at Classic on Noble
Arab
Pot roast at 3 Guys Grill
Ashland "Melvine's Chicken Salad" at High Points Coffee & Books
Ashville Strawberry Napoleon at the Ashville House Victorian Tea Room Atmore
Crawfish andouille cornbread-stuffed pork chops at McElhaney's
Athens Catfish and hush puppies at Greenbrier Bar-B-Que
Auburn Crab cake and avocado sandwich at the Amsterdam Cafe
Fresh lemonade at Toomer's Drugs
Fried green tomato & shrimp appetizer at Hamilton's
"Momma's Love" sandwhich at Momma Goldberg's
"Tiger Melt" & bagel chips at Big Blue Bagel
Bessemer
Broiled seafood platter & Greek cuisine at Bright Star BBQ at Bob Sykes BarB-Q
Birmingham Buttermilk fried chicken with lemon basil sauce at Cafe Dupont
Cheese biscuits at Jim 'n Nick's Bar-B-Q
Club sandwhich at Augie's
Gourmet pizza at Cosmo's
"Half Moon Cookies" & marinated cole slaw at Full Moon Bar-B-Que
Hamburger and sweet tea at Milo's (Leigh's note-the fries-YUM!)
Highlands baked grits at Highlands Bar & Grill
"Honey's Pies" at Johnny Ray's (Leigh's note-I love the Chocolate pie!) Hot dog at Pete's Famous Hot Dogs
Lobster Pot Pie at Ocean
Onion rings at Lloyd's
Parmesan souffle at Bottega
Pastries at Chez Fonfon
She-crab soup & crab cakes at Cobb Lane
"Sweet Potato Hash" at Standard Bistro
Tomato salad & pickled okra at Hot and Hot Fish Club
Vegetable buffet at Niki's West
Vine-ripe tomatoes with Parmesan flan at Fire
Blount Springs
BBQ with tomato sauce at Top Hat
Boaz
Jambalaya at Station House Grille
Chicken salad at Mill Street Deli
Camden
Black Bottom pie at the GainesRidge Dinner Club
Cherokee
BBQ & "Three-n-One" sauce from Bishop's Barbecue
Childersburg
Fudge at DeSoto Caverns Clanton Peach ice cream at Durbin Farms Market
Peach pie at Peach Park
Pecan pie at Heaton Farms
Coden Soft-shell crab po-boy at Mary's Place
Cullman
Hot orange rolls at All Steak Daleville
"Castle Club" sandwich at the Castle Cafe
Daphne Roasted pork chop with garlic grits & green tomato chutney at Camellia Cafe
Decatur
BBQ chicken with white sauce at Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q
Seafood-filled mushroom caps at Simp McGhee's
Taco and broccoli salad at Curry's on Johnston Street
Toffee at the Morgan Price Candy Company
Demopolis Soul food at Kora's Place
Dora
BBQ with vinegar/tomato sauce at the Green Top Cafe Dothan Doughnuts at Loyless Donuts
Fried cornbread at Kathy's Kountry Kitchen
Grouper fingers at the Old Mill Restaurant
Homemade soups at Basketcase Cafe
Sun-dried tomato bread & tomato soup at River Nile
Elberta
Cheese from Sweet Home Farm (did you doubt that I'd have been here?) Seafood platter & gumbo at Wolf Bay Lodge
Enterprise
Chili dog at Cutt's
Grouper with pecan sauce at The Rawls
"Molasses Crinkles" cookies at Carlisle's
Eufaula
Bacon, egg & cheese sandwich at Bread Basket
Eutaw
Drop biscuits & apple jelly at Cotton Patch (sadly enough, this place is no longer in business) "Pecan Praline French Toast" at Oakmont Bed & Breakfast
Fairhope
Crab cakes at Fairhope Inn & Restaurant
Gumbo at Gumbo Shack
"Pier Grits" at Bay Breeze Guest House
Pork & beans at Julwin's Seared tuna panini & key lime aioli at Panini Pete's
Faunsdale Crawfish pie at Ca-John's Fayette
Strawberry almond waffles at Columbus Street Inn
Florence Bread with herbs & olive oil at Ricatoni's
Orange-pineapple ice cream at Trowbridge's
"Squash Blossoms" at 360 Grille
Steak & Dale's seasoning at Dale's
Foley
Apple cheese casserole at The Gift Horse
Key lime milkshake at the Stacey Old Tyme Soda Fountain
"Throwed Rolls" at Lambert's Cafe Fort Deposit Pecan Fruit Cake & pralines at Priester's Pecans
Fort Payne "JoJo" potatoes at the Bar-B-Q Place
Fyffe
Buffet & BBQ at Barry's Backyard Barbecue
Gadsden
Catfish and greens at Top O the River "Sweet Potato Fluff" at Pruett's Bar-B-Q
Greenville
Hickory-smoked turkey sandwich at Bates House of Turkey Gulf Shores
Cheesecake at Hope's Cheesecake
"L.A. (Lower Alabama) Caviar" of black-eyed peas & "Cheeseburger in Paradise" at Lulu's
Oysters at the Original Oyster House Royal Red Shrimp at King Neptune's Guntersville
Crawfish at Crawmamma's
Seafood Campoli at Martinville Grille
Spinach salad at La Strada
Haleyville Chicken fingers & sauce at Guthrie's
Harpersville Wines from Morgan Creek Vineyards
Hartselle "Mercedes Special" skillet at Las Vias
Hayneville Sweet shrimp at Bayboy Farms
Headland Peanut butter pie at the Porch House
Heflin
Butterscotch shakes at Pop's Charburgers
Homewood
Baby blue salad at Franklin's Homewood Gourmet
"Camel Rider" sandwich & moussaka at Nabeel's (one of my favorite restaurants!) Lasagna at GianMarco's
Pimiento cheese on tomato bread at Savage's
Hoover
Deep-dish stuffed pizza at Tortugas Hamburgers at Harry's Place
Huntsville
"Big Daddy" chicken plate at Tenders!
Deviled eggs at Mullins Drive In
Fettuccine at 801 Franklin
Florentine cookies at Jazz Factory
"German Brown Farmer's Bread" at Ol Heidelberg
Hot wings & habanero sauce at Beauregard's
Lamb at the Chef's Table
Meatloaf at G's Country Kitchen
Steak at Pauli's Bar & Grill
Tea & "sugar water" pitcher at Humphrey's Bar & Grill
Tex-Mex cuisine at Rosie's Cantina
Irondale BBQ & baked beans at Golden Rule Bar-B-Q Fried green tomatoes at the Irondale Cafe Jacksonville
Ribs at Cooter Brown's
Jasper
Smokehouse ham, sausage, bacon & cathead biscuits at Uncle Mort's
Lavaca
Catfish & cole slaw at Ezell's Fish Camp
Lineville Catfish at Red's
Magnolia Springs
Whiskey steak at Jesse's
Marion
Hamburgers at J&R's
Mentone
Black-eyed pea cake and trout at the Mentone Springs Hotel
Chicken & dressing at Dessie's Kountry Chef
Chili Corn Pone at the Log Cabin Restaurant and Deli "Decadent French Toast" at Mountain Laurel Inn
Millbrook BBQ at the Smoke House
Mobile
Butterbean cake at The Pillars
Bread pudding & whiskey sauce at Captain's Table
Candied pecans at Tanner Pecans & Candies
Chicken & dumplings at Dick Russell's
Chocolates at Three George's
Coconut cream pie at the Tiny Diny
Fudge brownies at Pollman's Bakery
Hot dog at Dew Drop Inn
Oysters "fried, stewed or nude" at Wintzell's
"Pecan Praline French Toast" at Kate Shepard House Bed & Breakfast
Ribs at Saucy Q Bar B Q
Seafood dressing at J.P.'s Southern Heritage
Smoked BBQ at The Brick Pit
Strawberry tea at Spot of Tea
Weiner schnitzel at Osman's
Monroeville
Catfish & cheese grits at David's Catfish House
Montgomery
Blackened elk with blackberry port sauce at Vintage Year
Cornbread dressing at the Davis Cafe
Fresca salad with house dressing at Sinclair's
Fried chicken at Martin's
Fried green tomato sandwich at La Jolla
Hot dog & sauce at Chris
Lemon catfish & collards at Isaiah's
Oyster salad at City Grill
"Peta's Painfully Sweet Potato Pie" at PJR's Fish & BBQ
Pizza at Tony's
Sauteed crab claws at Jubilee Seafood
Spring roll with peanut sauce at Lek's Taste of Thailand
Vegetabales at Martha's Place
Veggies on the hout bar at Derk's Filet & Vine
"Wild Rice Waffles" at Red Bluff Inn
Mountain Brook Chocolate lava cake at daniel george
Fresh-squeezed limeade at Gilchrist Drug Muscle Shoals Fried green tomatoes at Campbell's
Northport
Barbecued ribs at Archibald's
"Meat & three" at City Cafe
Thai emerald curry with tiger shrimp at The Globe
Opelika
Barbecue pork sandwich at Chuck's
Crab & Corn Bisque at Warehouse Bistro
Gumbo at Christopher
Orange Beach Pecan snapper at Voyagers - Perdido Beach Resort
Perdido
"Rose Cou Rouge" (redneck rose) wine at Perdido Vineyards
Phenix City
Pork chop sandwich with mustard sauce at 13th Street Barbecue
Pine Level
Apple cheese casserole at Red's Little Schoolhouse
Point Clear Crabmeat omelet at the Grand Hotel
Divinity & pecan butter crunch at Punta Clara Kitchen
Key lime bread pudding at The Wash House
Royal red shrimp at Pelican Point Grill
Prattville
Squash croquettes at the Guest House
Riverside
Shrimp & catfish at The Ark
Russellville
Caramel cake at Daily Bread
Scottsboro
Catfish at Mud Creek Fishing Camp
Hot dog & red slaw at Payne's
Shrimp & grits at The Docks at Goose Pond Colony
"TLuv's Sweet Tomato Pie" at Blue Willow Bistro
and here
Tomato pie at Carlile's
Selma
Marinated chicken breast sandwich at Major Grumbles
New York strip at the Tally-Ho
Pecan cobbler at Downtowner
Tomato pie at Our House
Shorter
Hush puppies at Back Forty
Slocomb Cornbread & fried green tomatoes at Zack's
Spanish Fort
Crab soup at Felix's Fish Camp
Stuffed flounder & original Greek salad at Roussos
"Yo Mama's Platter" at Ed's Seafood Shed
Stockton
Catfish at Sate Coach Cafe
Sylacauga
Spinach mushroom quesadilla at Marble City Grill
Talladega Grilled catfish at Fincher's
Muscadine wine at Bryant Vineyards
Tallassee
Buffet at Hotel Talisi
Thomaston "Grits & Grillades" & pepper jelly a Mama Nem's
Trinity White cream corn at Caddo Cafeteria
Troy Banana pudding at Sisters
Beans & cornbread at Mossy Grove Schoolhouse
Chicken fingers & dipping sauce at Crowe's
Tuscaloosa
Crab cakes at Evangeline's
"Hoppin' John" at Cypress Inn Ribs & white bread at Dreamland Roasted red pepper soup & lasagna at Cafe Venice (one of my favorite restaurants)
Stuffed mushrooms at Kazy's
Wings at Bob Baumhower's Wings Sports Grille
Tuskegee
"Mean Greens" & fried chicken at Taliaferro's
Tuscumbia "Harvey" milkshake at The Palace
Vestavia Hills
"Anthony's Salad" at L (local)
Black Forest Cake at Klingler's White Chocolate Bread Pudding at Nonnas
Waverly
Honeysuckle, lavendar honey & pomegranate ice cream at Yellow Hammer
Wetumpka
Crab cakes & dill sauce at Our Place Cafe


Ya'll take a look at the list and let me know if you've been to any of these places and what your thoughts are.