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Posted on 2/22/16 at 12:40 pm to Irons Puppet
Posted on 2/22/16 at 12:40 pm to Irons Puppet
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You need to get out more. Bar food is no longer potato skins or chicken fingers.
I live in and eat out regularly in an international city with elite level dining across every type of food and country or origin in the world, but thanks for the tips.
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Most on here a looking at it from a 21 year old perspective. I use Birmingham, because it is obvious that most do not have much variety in their dining experience, even though Birmingham is less than 60 miles away.
You use Birmingham because "Tuscaloosa has a bunch of O'Charleys" fell flat. Just admit it.
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Places like Archibald's and Dreamlands got their reputation when very few restaurants were serving that type food. Today, you can find that quality in most any city.
I've eaten ribs all across the Southeast and have only had one slab of ribs that I put on par with Archibald's (Fat Matt's on Piedmont in Atlanta). So no, you can't find old school fall of the bone pork barbecue in any city in America. Again, stop being an idiot. You started making stupid points about Tuscaloosa, you were totally wrong, just admit it and move on. Not a big deal.
This post was edited on 2/22/16 at 12:45 pm
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Posted on 2/22/16 at 12:52 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Since you have all this dining experience, please provide a list in order of places you would take someone to provide them a fine dining meal. The restaurants would have to be within 60 miles of Tuscaloosa (which would include Birmingham).. I will hold judgement of your palate until I see your list.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 12:53 pm to AU24
Lulz at Huntsville not being on the list.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 12:57 pm to Irons Puppet
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Since you have all this dining experience, please provide a list in order of places you would take someone to provide them a fine dining meal. The restaurants would have to be within 60 miles of Tuscaloosa (which would include Birmingham).. I will hold judgement of your palate until I see your list.
The only restaurant in Tuscaloosa that I would consider "fine dining" would be Kozy's. However, I haven't eaten a "fine dining" meal in Tuscaloosa since probably 2005. Great steak, great short rib. I don't know much in Birmingham because I don't and haven't ever lived in Birmingham. The only upscale restaurant I have eaten at recently in Birmingham is Highlands Grill, and it is very good (obviously).
Tuscaloosa doesn't have very many upscale, expensive, business attire only type restaurants. It is a town of 60,000 permanent residents, not many towns that size do, even really cool college towns with great scenes (Athens and Oxford come to mind). It does have quite a few smart casual type restaurants that are local and very good.
This post was edited on 2/22/16 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 2/22/16 at 12:59 pm to SummerOfGeorge
How about just quality food, to include upscale dining.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:00 pm to Irons Puppet
quote:Stop with the back stroking Irons. Your old arse hasn't been to Tuscaloosa in ages. You have no idea what the dining, music, and entertainment scene even looks like in Tuscaloosa anymore. Once the celebrations and euphoria wears off from another national championship, the town offers great ladi back, easy going venues for Spring and Summer entertainment.
Irons Puppet
Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:03 pm to Irons Puppet
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How about just quality food, to include upscale dining.
In Tuscaloosa?
- Chuck's is pretty good seafood, though a tad overrated IMHO
- DePalma's is solid Italian, very good for the price (which mattered when I was 22 in grad school)
- Archibald's is elite level ribs
- Kozy's has very good meats (steak and short rib)
- Epiphany has a great steak, very good fresh fish
- I've always thought Cypress Inn was very overrated
Of those places, if they were in Atlanta, I'd probably only say Archibald's and Kozy's would be places I'd pick on a Thursday/Friday night to go to for a night out. The rest wouldn't really resonate. But again, Atlanta is an international city with tons of great dining, so it is really isn't fair to compare.
And, like I said before, this is all based on 5-10 years ago for the most part. I generally don't spend long weekends in Tuscaloosa. I probably (definitely) know the food scene in Athens firsthand now better than I do Tuscaloosa.
This post was edited on 2/22/16 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:04 pm to Irons Puppet
It's funny, whenever I'm passing through Birmingham, I always stop at Saw's. All those options, yet I get BBQ.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:05 pm to SummerOfGeorge
List in order
Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:06 pm to AUbagman
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All those options, yet I get BBQ.
Because great BBQ is delicious
Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:08 pm to AUbagman
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It's funny, whenever I'm passing through Birmingham, I always stop at Saw's. All those options, yet I get BBQ.
Saw's is amazing.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:09 pm to Irons Puppet
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List in order
Yes sir dad. In terms of the quality of the food itself
1. Kozy's
2. Epiphany
3. Archibald's
4. Chuck's
5. City Cafe
6. Cypress Inn (I guess)
DePalma's is more of an ambiance, value thing. It's food is good, but it isn't anything special. Five's southern special with mac n' cheese and chicken is really good.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:11 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Things I can do in Tuscaloosa on a day when the weather is permitting (so not today):
Go to one of four main lakes.
Go to the amphitheater if a band is playing.
Go to Druid City Music Hall and see a band there if there is not one at the amphitheater.
Go to one of many beer houses/breweries.
Go to the movie theater with 16 screens that also has an IMAX.
Go to wherever StandUp Tuscaloosa is for the night.
If I was a student and wanted to just kick it, chances are people in my students community living area are doing something.
Go to one of the many parks or recreational facilities.
Eat any many local restaurants. Which quite a few are fine dining, and two of them that I know of are farm to table.
In the winter, during the holidays, I can go ice skating when the opens up the rink.
I can go to one of many shopping areas to see if I want to splurge on something I probably don't need.
I can take a twenty minute drive south and check out Moundville and walk through the trails.
I can go to a variety atmospheres at any of the bars downtown or on The Strip.
I can check out where art form they have going on at The Bama Theatre.
If all else fails, I can take a 45 minute drive to Birmingham and see what is happening up there.
Go to one of four main lakes.
Go to the amphitheater if a band is playing.
Go to Druid City Music Hall and see a band there if there is not one at the amphitheater.
Go to one of many beer houses/breweries.
Go to the movie theater with 16 screens that also has an IMAX.
Go to wherever StandUp Tuscaloosa is for the night.
If I was a student and wanted to just kick it, chances are people in my students community living area are doing something.
Go to one of the many parks or recreational facilities.
Eat any many local restaurants. Which quite a few are fine dining, and two of them that I know of are farm to table.
In the winter, during the holidays, I can go ice skating when the opens up the rink.
I can go to one of many shopping areas to see if I want to splurge on something I probably don't need.
I can take a twenty minute drive south and check out Moundville and walk through the trails.
I can go to a variety atmospheres at any of the bars downtown or on The Strip.
I can check out where art form they have going on at The Bama Theatre.
If all else fails, I can take a 45 minute drive to Birmingham and see what is happening up there.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:12 pm to RT1941
I use to fly into there about every couple of months and have lunch. Of course everyone wanted to go to Dreamlands , but I have tried most of those places. Not bad food, but I would go out of my way to eat there unless it was due to someone else's insistence.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:12 pm to SummerOfGeorge
quote:To add to that, you can't beat the Waysider for breakfast, I like Another Broken Egg as well. Evangeline's is very good and Melina's Creole has several fantastic dishes. Cypress Inn's atmosphere is great and their pecan crusted rainbow trout is to die for IMO.
In Tuscaloosa?
- Chuck's is pretty good seafood, though a tad overrated IMHO
- DePalma's is solid Italian, very good for the price (which mattered when I was 22 in grad school) - Archibald's is elite level ribs
- Kozy's has very good meats (steak and short rib)
- Epiphany has a great steak, very good fresh fish
- I've always thought Cypress Inn was very overrated
Of those places, if they were in Atlanta, I'd probably only say Archibald's and Kozy's would be places I'd pick on a Thursday/Friday night to go to for a night out. The rest wouldn't really resonate. But again, Atlanta is an international city with tons of great dining, so it is really isn't fair to compare. And, like I said before, this is all based on 5-10 years ago for the most part. I generally don't spend long weekends in Tuscaloosa. I probably (definitely) know the food scene in Athens firsthand now better than I do Tuscaloosa.
Bottom line here is that Tuscaloosa offers excellent dining, great music venues (love the amphitheater), micro-brewery, several bars to choose from, and is a really fun place to live especially as a college student. There isn't a campus in the nation more fun than UA has been the last 7-8 years.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:13 pm to RT1941
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you can't beat the Waysider for breakfast
Yea, can't believe I left off Waysider. A classic.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:15 pm to SummerOfGeorge
So no BHM restaurants on your list?
Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:17 pm to Irons Puppet
quote:Okay - you used to fly in and grab lunch........You haven't been to Tuscaloosa recently enough or long enough to enjoy the music scene, the breweries, the downtown dining and bars, and I'm sure you haven't visited the starring attraction >>> Bama's trophy case.
I use to fly into there about every couple of months and have lunch. Of course everyone wanted to go to Dreamlands , but I have tried most of those places. Not bad food, but I would go out of my way to eat there unless it was due to someone else's insistence.
You really have no basis for comparing Tuscaloosa to Auburn which was the point of the thread.
You're an old fart Irons and we all know it.
Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:18 pm to Irons Puppet
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So no BHM restaurants on your list?
I don't do much heavy eating in Birmingham. Generally just stop there to drop the kids with the in-laws and head to Tuscaloosa.
Of the places I have been in town that I enjoyed :
- Highlands
- Fish Market
- Foodbar
- Urban Cookhouse (though really a lunch spot I guess)
This post was edited on 2/22/16 at 1:20 pm
Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:19 pm to RT1941
What do you consider old? That might explain a lot about you.
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