The Wall Street Journal explores top spots in Birmingham

The Wall Street Journal recently published a three-day travel guide to the Magic City! Reporter Marli Guzzetta visited some of the top destinations in Birmingham. Check to see if your favorite spots made the list.

Bars & Breweries

Here’s a list of the top spots the WSJ suggested to go get a drink:

• Redmont’s “gothic-glam rooftop bar”
• The Collins
• Atomic Bar & Lounge
• Good People Brewing Company
• Saturn
• Marble Ring
• Parkside
• Carrigan’s Public House
• Avondale Brewing Co.

Among the suggested drinks was Atomic Bar and Lounge’s Sex Panther (this drink even comes with a temporary tattoo!), Good People’s Coffee Oatmeal Stout, and Avondale Brewing Co.’s Miss Fancy Tripel.

Restaurants

As you may know, Birmingham is constantly getting attention for its award-winning food. Here’s the places Ms. Guzzetta went to grub.

• Highlands Bar & Grill
• Feast and Forest
• Saw’s Soul Kitchen
• Big Spoon Creamery
• Hot and Hot Fish Club
• Saturn’s coffee bar, Satellite, for Hero doughnuts
• Galley and Garden
• Bright Star
• Revelator Coffee
• Yo Mama’s

Dishes that received honorable mention included Yo Mama’s chicken and waffles, Galley and Garden’s shrimp and grits, and, of course, Saw’s wings and white sauce.

Shops & other top spots

• The Market at Pepper Place
• Charlie Thigpen’s Garden Gallery
• Club Duquette
• Armand Margjeka’s Open Shop Woodlawn
• Seasick Records
• Newman’s Classic Cuts
• Winslet and Rhys
• Joe Minter’s “African Village in America”
• The Peanut Place

On another note, the WSJ reporter had a wonderful stay at the Redmont Hotel.

Classic Bham Attractions

And finally, a list of some classic Birmingham locations. Some of them are fun, and some of them just might teach you something. Of course, some of them might just do both.

• Sloss Furnace
• Railroad Park
• The Negro Southern League Museum
• Red Mountain Park
• The Civil Rights Institute
• The Birmingham Museum of Art
• Vulcan Park
• The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum

The Wall Street Journal reporter definitely enjoyed her time in the Magic City. With a list of hot spots like this, we don’t blame her.