Protective Stadium
Make a UAB football or Birmingham Legion FC game a full day out, with pizza and fried chicken about 0.1 mile from the stadium.
Regions Field
Catch a Birmingham Barons game, with a brewery right beside the ballpark and sit-down dinners within a short walk.
Bartow Arena
Pair UAB basketball or volleyball with a meal at Ted's Restaurant or De Nada, both about a quarter to a third of a mile away.
High Dive HiFi Lounge
High Dive describes itself as an all-day listening lounge serving coffee, cocktails and food in Birmingham's Lakeview District, built around a hi-fi listening experience. The Greater Birmingham CVB ran two items on it in early 2026, calling it a listening lounge and restaurant.
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Saw's BBQ (Homewood)
Saw's opened its first room in May 2009 in the former Broadway BBQ space in Edgewood; the name is an acronym for Sorry Ass Wilson, a nickname the founder earned when smoking meat and making sauces was still his hobby. Alabama Tourism describes North Carolina-style pulled pork with a vinegar-based signature sauce and white sauce on the chicken, and Bham Now's 2025 guide orders the smoked chicken with white sauce. The company began franchising in 2018 and Birmingham voters gave it the barbecue category by a landslide in Bham Now's 2022 NOWIE awards.
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