25 Black-owned restaurants in Birmingham you need to try now

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Are you looking for more local Black-owned restaurants to support? Here are 21 Black-owned restaurants in Birmingham you need to check out for some delicious eats.

1. Bitty’s Living Kitchen

• Type of Food: Vegetarian/Vegan
• Address: Online ordering only
• Call | Menu | Facebook

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

• Type of Food: American/Soul Food
• Address: 1901 2nd Ave N, Bessemer, AL 35020
• Call | Menu | Facebook

5. T-Bone’s Cheese Steak

• Type of Food: Sandwiches/American
• Address: 1017 20th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35205
• Call | Menu | Facebook

6. Olivia’s Transit Cafe

• Type of Food: American
• Address: 1701 Morris Ave, Birmingham, AL 35203
• Call | Menu | Facebook

7. Jasmine’s Cafe

• Type of Food: Soul Food
• Address: 134 Avenue U, Birmingham, AL 35214
• Call | Menu | Facebook

8. Jake’s Soulfood Cafe

• Type of Food: Caribbean/Soul Food
• Address: 3075 John Hawkins Pkwy, Hoover, AL 35244
• Call | Menu | Facebook

9. Green Acres

• Type of Food: Southern
• Address: 1705 4th Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203 | 2405 Center Point Pkwy, Birmingham, AL 35215
• Call | Facebook

10. Rodney Scott’s BBQ

• Type of Food: BBQ/Southern
• Address: (Downtown) 3719 3rd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35222 | (Homewood) 2701 18th St S Unit 100, Homewood, AL 35209 | (Trussville) 312 Main Street, Trussville 35173
• Call | Menu | Facebook

11. Yo Mama’s

• Type of Food: Southern/American
• Address: 2328 2nd Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203
• Call | Menu | Facebook

12. Rib-It-Up

• Type of Food: BBQ/Southern/American
• Address: 830 1st Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203
• Call | Menu | Facebook

13. Eugene’s Hot Chicken

• Type of Food: Chicken/American/Southern
• Address: 2268 9th Ave North, Birmingham, AL 35203
• Call | Menu | Facebook

14. Wing Out Express

• Type of Food: Chicken/American
• Address: 1806 Avenue V, Birmingham, AL 35208
• Call | Menu | Facebook

15. Wings Around the Clock

• Type of Food: Chicken/American
• Address: 801 20th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205
• Call | Menu | Facebook

16. Underground Vegan

• Type of Food: Vegetarian/Vegan
• Address: 2012 Magnolia Ave S R3, Birmingham, AL 35205
• Call | Menu | Facebook

17. Carter’s Seafood

• Type of Food: Seafood
• Address: 512 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35204
• Call | Menu | Facebook

18. Top That Grille II

• Type of Food: Southern/Soul Food/American
• Address: 1371 Bessemer Rd, Birmingham, AL 35208
• Call | Menu | Facebook

19. Eagle’s Restaurant

• Type of Food: Southern/Soul Food/American
• Address: 2610 16th St N, Birmingham, AL 35204
• Call | Menu | Facebook

20. Michael’s Steaks & Seafood

• Type of Food: American/Seafood
• Address: 1531 1st Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233
• Call | Menu | Facebook

21. Blackmon’s Cafe

• Type of Food: Southern/Soul Food/American
• Address: 5620 Ave J Birmingham, AL 35208
• Call | Facebook

22. Slutty Vegan

• Type of Food: Vegan
• Address: 7 55th Pl Birmingham, AL 35212
• Call | Menu | Facebook | Instagram

23. Audrey’s Restaurant

• Type of Food: Soul Food
• Address: 10 6th Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35205
• Call | Menu | Facebook 

24. Ga Briella’s Art Gallery and Bistro

• Type of Food: Southern/Soul Food
• Address: 321 17th Street N. Birmingham, AL 35203
• Call | Facebook 

25. Brown’s Southern Bistro

• Type of Food: Southern
• Address: 1500 Daniel Payne Dr Birmingham, AL 35214
• Call | Facebook

Looking for other Black-owned restaurants in Birmingham to support? Make sure to stay up to date on our other guides supporting other Black-owned restaurants and businesses in Birmingham including buying for the holiday season + 10 food trucks to try in East Lake.

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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