Capella Pizzeria
Capella Pizzeria opened its Uptown room next to Mugshots on March 24, 2025, its third in the metro after Inverness and Trussville. Founder Mehmet Ozbey bakes Neapolitan-style pizzas in 900-degree wood-fired ovens.
Sports & Game Day Birmingham: Downtown
The middle of the city. Pizza Grace and La Fête, both MICHELIN Bib Gourmand picks, are on Morris Avenue. Pilcrow Cocktail Cellar is in a basement, and Moon Shine and The Roof at The Redmont are rooftops. Guss' Hot Dogs has served here since 1947.
Eugene's Hot Chicken
Eugene's started as a food truck and still runs one around the city, with its sit-down room in the Uptown entertainment district by the BJCC. Bham Now's January 2026 Black-owned list names founder Zebbie Carney and the hot chicken, collards, fried okra and cornbread. The brief counts Eugene's among Birmingham-born groups; a second room in Hoover is out of scope.
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.
The Roof at The Redmont
The Roof is the open-air bar on the 14th floor of the Redmont Hotel, which Hilton runs in its Curio Collection and describes as the highest rooftop bar in Alabama. Bham Now and StyleBlueprint both list it among the city's best rooftops, with a summer half-price rosé night on Mondays in one guide and Wednesday bring-your-own-vinyl nights in Hilton's description. Weekend hours run to 2 AM.