Best Restaurants

Top three

Veranda on Highland

Satterfield’s

Little Savannah / 26

Hall of Fame

Highlands Bar & Grill

Bottega

Hot and Hot Fish Club

Ocean

other “bests”

Chez Fonfon

Cafe du Pont

GianMarco’s

daniel george

Cafe de Paris

Sol y Luna

Chez Lulu

Best Chefs

Top three

Tom Robey – Veranda on Highland

Chris Dupont – Cafe Dupont

Haller Magee – Satterfield’s

other “bests”

Gianni Respinto – GianMarco’s

Bernard Tamburello – Bellini’s Ristorante / La Dolce Vita

Sue Lemieux – Fox Valley

Franklin Biggs – Franklin’s Homewood Gourmet

Evens Estinfort & Serge Pambo – Café de Paris

Hall of Fame

Frank Stitt – Highlands / 
Bottega / Chez Fonfon

Chris Hastings – 
Hot and Hot Fish Club

George Reis – Ocean / 26

Clif Holt – Little Savannah 223-6303

Guillermo Castro – 
Sol y Luna / Cantina

Best New Restaurants

Top three

Dyron’s Lowcountry

ZaZa Trattoria

Avo/Dram

other “bests”

Rogue Tavern

Cafe de Paris

Mr. Chen’s

Saw’s BBQ

Moe’s Original Bar B Que

Saigon Noodle House

Max’s Delicatessen

Chuck’s Fish

Fuego Cantina

BEST PRESENTATION

Satterfield’s

Veranda on Highland

Café Dupont / Jinsei (tie)

Hall of Fame

Highlands Bar & Grill

Hot and Hot fish Club

Sol y Luna

BEST SERVICE

Satterfield’s

Veranda on Highland

Café Dupont

Hall of Fame

Highlands Bar & Grill

Bottega

Hot and Hot Fish Club

BEST AMBIANCE

Urban Standard

26

Rojo

Hall of Fame

Chez Lulu

Bottega

BEST PLACE TO TAKE THE KIDS

Momma Goldberg’s Deli

MAFIAoZA’S

Mellow Mushroom

BEST ROMANTIC DINNER

Little Savannah

daniel george

Fox Valley

Hall of Fame

Bottega

GianMarco’s

Sol y Luna

BEST PATIO

Dram

Cantina

Fuego Cantina

Hall of Fame

The Garage Café

Bottega

Rojo

BEST-KEPT SECRET

Giuseppe’s Café

Thai House

Max’s Delicatessen

BEST LATE NIGHT EATS

The J. Clyde

Formaggio’s

Makario’s

Hall of Fame

Marty’s

Al’s Deli & Grill

BEST BAKERY

Edgar’s

Savage’s

Klingler’s

Hall of Fame

Continental Bakery

BEST BREAD

Continental Bakery

Big Sky Bread Company

Max’s Delicatessen Rye

BEST BREAKFAST

Silvertron Café

ZaZa Trattoria

City Hall Diner

Hall of Fame

Original Pancake House

BEST BRUNCH
(Top 10)

Open Door Café

Veranda on Highland

Dyron’s Lowcountry

Silvertron

Café de Paris

Fire + Ice

Village Tavern

Jackson’s Bar & Bistro

Little Savannah

Rojo

Hall of Fame

Cosmo’s Pizza

BEST COFFEE

O’Henry’s

Urban Standard / Primavera

o kafés

Hall of Fame

Lucy’s Coffee & Tea

BEST ESPRESSO

Urban Standard

Lucy’s Coffee & Tea

o kafés / O’Henry’s (tie)

BEST DONUT

Hot and Hot Fish Club

Fultondale Bakery

Pop’s Donuts

Hall of Fame

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

Shipley’s Donuts

BEST BAGEL

Panera Bread

Crestline Bagel

Continental Bakery

BEST PANCAKES

Silvertron Café

Salem’s Diner

Bogue’s

Hall of Fame

Original Pancake House

BEST GRITS

Dyron’s Lowcountry

Cosmo’s / Hot and Hot Fish Club (tie)

Urban Standard

Hall of Fame

Highlands Bar & Grill

BEST ALL YOU CAN EAT

Taj India

Fire + Ice

Mr. Wang’s

BEST VALUE LUNCH

ZaZa Trattoria

Café de Paris

Chris Z’s / Rojo (tie)

BEST MEAT AND VEGGIE

Ted’s / Ted’s To Go

Niki’s Downtown

Courtney’s / Dale’s Southern Grill (tie)

Hall of Fame

Niki’s West

BEST HOT DOG

Sam’s Super Samwiches

Max’s Delicatessen

Mike’s Hot Dogs

Hall of Fame

Gus’ Hot Dogs

Pete’s Famous Hot Dogs

BEST CATERER

B & A Warehouse

Salt Fine Catering

Ashley Mac’s

Hall of Fame

Kathy G. & Company

BEST DELI SANDWICH

Momma Goldberg’s Deli

Max’s Delicatessen

Diplomat Deli

Hall of Fame

The Garage Café

Ranelli’s Deli

BEST BURGER

Five Guys Burgers & Fries

The J. Clyde

Baja Burgers

BEST VEGGIE BURGER

Bottletree

Al’s Deli & Grill

The J. Clyde

Hall of Fame

Rojo

BEST VEGETARIAN MEAL

Bottletree

Taj India

Golden Temple

BEST SALAD

Bettola/Satterfield’s (tie)

Rogue Tavern

Jim ‘n Nick’s

Hall of Fame

Franklin’s Homewood Gourmet

Zoe’s Kitchen

BEST SOUP

Max’s Delicatessen – Matzo Ball

Chez Lulu

Lucy’s Coffee & Tea

Hall of Fame

Tavern on the Summit

BEST RIBS

Saw’s BBQ

Jim ‘n Nick’s

Moe’s Original Bar B Que

Hall of Fame

Dreamland Bar-B-Que

Full Moon Bar-B-Que

BEST BBQ SANDWICH

Moe’s Original Bar B Que

Dreamland Bar-B-Que

Miss Myra’s Pit Bar BQ / Saw’s BBQ (tie)

Hall of Fame

Full Moon Bar-B-Que

Jim ‘n Nick’s

BEST BBQ SAUCE

Moe’s Original Bar B Que

Miss Myra’s Pit Bar BQ

Saw’s BBQ

Hall of Fame

Full Moon Bar-B-Que

Dreamland Bar-B-Que

Jim ‘n Nick’s

BEST WINGS

Buffalo Wild Wings

Baumhower’s Wings

Rocky’s Pizza & Subs

Hall of Fame

On Tap Sports Café

BEST STEAK

Firebird’s

Shula’s Steak House / Satterfield’s (tie)

Highlands Bar & Grill

Hall of Fame

Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse

Ruth’s Chris Steak House

BEST FRIED CHICKEN

Seafood & Chicken Box

Irondale Café

Green Acres

Hall of Fame

Browdy’s*

(recently closed after 96 years)

BEST FRENCH FRIES

Five Guys Burgers & Fries

26 / Al’s Deli & Grill (tie)

Café de Paris

Hall of Fame

Milo’s

Chez Fonfon

BEST CORNBREAD

Dyron’s Lowcountry

Moe’s Original Bar B Que

Niki’s West

BEST FRIED GREEN TOMATOES

Niki’s Downtown

The J. Clyde

Veranda on Highland

Hall of Fame

Irondale Café

BEST FRESH CATCH

Chuck’s Fish

Dyron’s Lowcountry

26

Hall of Fame

The Fish Market

Ocean

Hot and Hot Fish Club

BEST OYSTERS

The Fish Market

Highlands Bar & Grill

Smith’s Oysters & Steaks

Hall of Fame

Ocean

BEST CRAB CAKES

Ocean

Chez Fonfon

Dyron’s Lowcountry

Hall of Fame

Fox Valley

BEST CALAMARI

Ocean /
The Fish Market (tie)

Petrucelli’s Italian Eatery

Bambinelli’s / Brio (tie)

BEST CAJUN MEAL

Cajun Steamer Bar & Grill

Crazy Cajun’s Boiling Pot

Veranda on Highland

BEST INDIAN MEAL

Taj India

Silver Coin Indian Grill

Kohinoor

BEST PIZZA (Top 10)

Mellow Mushroom

Davenport’s

Cosmo’s

Rocky’s

New York Pizza

Tortuga / Bettola (tie)

Dave’s Pizza

Salvatore’s

ZaZa Trattoria

Donato’s

BEST PASTA DISH

ZaZa Trattoria

Leonardo’s

Lovoy’s

Hall of Fame

GianMarco’s

Bottega

BEST PASTA SAUCE

GianMarco’s

Cosmo’s

Salvatore’s / Bambinelli’s

BEST MEXICAN MEAL (Top 10)

Cantina

Cocina Superior

La Paz /
Iguana Grill (tie)

Sol Azteca

Rojo /

Los Compadres (tie)

El Cazador

Habanero’s

Pablo’s

El Poblano

Hall of Fame

Sol y Luna

BEST TACOS

Taqueria Guzman
(Taco Truck)

Gordo’s

Rojo

BEST BURRITOS

Rojo

La Paz

Sol Azteca

BEST SALSA

La Paz

Cantina

Cocina Superior / Iguana Grill

BEST CHINESE MEAL

Mr. Chen’s Authentic Chinese Cuisine

Shangri-La

The Red Pearl / The Dragon

BEST CHINESE BUFFET

U China Buffet

Top China Buffet

New China Buffet #3

BEST JAPANESE MEAL

Jinsei

Sumo Japanese Steak House & Sushi Bar/ Kobe Steakhouse & Sushi bar

Sekisui

BEST SUSHI

Jinsei

Surin

Sekisui/Sekisui Pacific Rim

BEST DESSERT SELECTION

Edgar’s Bakery

Satterfield’s

Hot and Hot Fish Club / Whole Foods

Hall of Fame

Cheesecake Factory

BEST PIE

Jim ‘n Nick’s

Bright Star

Continental Bakery

Hall of Fame

Johnny Ray’s

BEST CAKE

Edgar’s Bakery

Olexa’s / Angels Cake & Confections

Pastry Art Bake Shoppe

BEST ICE CREAM

Edgewood Creamery

Mountain Brook

Creamery

SoHo Sweets

BEST MILKSHAKE

Hamburger Heaven

Green Valley Drug

Gilchrist Drug

Hall of Fame

O’Carr’s Delicatessen

BEST BARTENDER

Feizal Valli @ 26

Dan Greenough
@ Barking Kudu

Cat Hawkins
@ Dave’s Pub

Hall of Fame

Wayne Russell
@ Chez Fonfon

Karl Dover
@ Barking Kudu

BEST BAR (6-pack)

The J. Clyde

Rogue Tavern / Bottletree (tie)

Metro Bistro

Innisfree /
Nana Funk’s (tie)

Speakeasy

Oasis

Hall of Fame

Lou’s Pub

Barking Kudu

Dave’s Pub

The Garage Café

BEST NEW BAR

Rogue Tavern

Above @ The Redmont

Dram

BEST SPORTS BAR

Baumhower’s Wings

Dave’s Pub / Barking Kudu (tie)

Fox and Hound Pub 
& Grille

Hall of Fame

On Tap Sports Bar

Buffalo Wild Wings

BEST HOLE
 IN THE WALL

The Garage Café

The Nick

Red Lion Lounge

Hall of Fame

Marty’s

BEST BAR STAFF

Stillwater Pub

The Garage

Metro Bistro / 26

Hall of Fame

Barking Kudu

Dave’s Pub

Lou’s Pub

BEST HAPPY HOUR

The Barking Kudu

Cafe de Paris

26

BEST WINE LIST

The Wine Loft

Veranda on Highland

Bottega

Satterfield’s

Chez Fonfon

Bambinelli’s

Jinsei

GianMarco’s

daniel george

Fox Valley

Hall of Fame

Highlands Bar & Grill

Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse

BEST BEER SELECTION

The J. Clyde

The Garage Café / Diplomat Deli (tie)

Stillwater Pub

Hall of Fame

On Tap Sports Bar

Dave’s Pub

BEST MARTINI

Highlands Bar & Grill

Satterfield’s

Bottega

Hall of Fame

Blue Monkey Lounge

BEST HOUSE DRINK

Twinkie @ Barking Kudu

Cucumber Mojito
@ Jinsei

Pomegranate Margarita @ Cocina Superior

Hall of Fame

Orange Thing @ Highlands / Bottega / Chez Fonfon

Blue Monkey Martini @ Blue Monkey Lounge

The Perfect Margarita @ Sol y Luna