 Tacos Two Ways Cantina offers lettuce wraps as option for all tacos.By Jan Walsh Trying the Keto diet for the new year? Cantina Tortilla Grill is here to help.
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 It's back! Birmingham Restaurants annual Valentines newsletter for 2019. Each time we add a Valentine's menu to the holiday menus and holiday events, we send Valentine Hotline subscribers an email with a link to it. Valentine Hotline newsletter also includes a link to all Valentine's Day menus. So you can compare and choose the perfect Valentine's dinner for you.
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 James Claborn and Ian Barker takeover Iron City Grill.
By Jan Walsh Iron City Grill has a new executive chef, Ian Barker. The restaurant and the venue of Iron City also have a new general manager, James Claborn. I sat down for lunch with Claborn and Barker this week and got my first taste of the scrumptious new menu that is still evolving. The style is Southern grill with an international twist. Read my upcoming Food Find review next week.
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 Building on Success
Abhi plans second location, in Mountain Brook.
By Jan Walsh Abhishek (Ahbi) Sainju’s Abhi Eatery and Bar is expanding to Mountain Brook. He is currently working with a local architect and contractor to redesign and build out the former Avo location in Mountain Brook Village at 2721 Cahaba Road. Both Avo and its partner restaurant, Dram Whiskey Bar closed in December, after operating in this building for many years. A spring opening is planned.
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 Tuning Fork
Iron City Grill tunes up with new menu, exec chef and general manager.
By Jan Walsh
James Claborn joins Iron City as general manager of the venue, private events, and restaurant. Ian Barker is the new executive chef of the restaurant, Iron City Grill. And together they resonate. Read “In Tune Takeover” on our News page.
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 Special Order
Bare Naked Noodles’ Lobster Mac is amazing and available for NYE.
By Jan Walsh
At Christmas I get a lot of help with the cooking. In my kitchen, the family pitches in. And outside my kitchen, Bare Naked Noodles has my back.
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 Harvest Kale Salad
Slice rolls out new fall salad along with new restaurant.
By Jan Walsh
I have been a regular at Slice Pizza and Brew since it opened in Lakeview. And now I have a new Slice, closer to home, located in Vestavia Hills.
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 Foodie Burgers Galley and Garden’s lunch burgers please beef and seafood lovers. By Jan Walsh
Today I am lunching with my dear friend, Laura Calloway to celebrate her upcoming retirement from the Alabama State Bar. And we ladies have saved our appetites for this—and not here to order dainty salads.
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 A Feminine Affair
The Gardens Café host private event for Les Dames d’Escoffier.
By Jan Walsh
Les Dames d’Escoffier, Birmingham Chapter welcomed new members this week at The Gardens Café by Kathy G. Located at Birmingham Botanical Gardens, the cafe was the perfect place to have this annual event.
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 Galley and Garden named one of America’s 100 Best Wine Restaurants 2018 by Wine Enthusiast.
By Jan Walsh, Photography by Wine Enthusiast and Beau Gustafson My favorite table at the Galley and Garden is the chef’s table in the wine room. Here vintage, first class—and first growth—wines are displayed under lock and key, in wine cabinets with antique bronze screens in this 1,500-bottle capacity cellar. Thus, it was no surprise to me to learn that Galley and Garden is now being recognized nationally and internationally for its wine collection.
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