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Are You Missing Free Food Offers on Your Receipts?
You may be busy running through the drive thru or running inside a restaurant to pick up dinner, but take a moment to look over your receipt for special offers that may bring you back. In exchange for a few minutes completing a short survey, [...]
The Pantry: Perfect Lunch Spot for Mom
Back to School = Lunch without a Kids Menu. The timing could not be better because this week is also Birmingham Restaurant Week. During this annual event, local restaurants offer a wonderfully priced, set menu that provides a taste of the chef’s best. Our first [...]
Silvertron Café: Good food and community spirit served daily
The Silvertron Café is a Birmingham institution. To really be “from” Birmingham, you have to enjoy at least one evening at this Forest Park icon. Named for the television repair shop that previously occupied the space, Silvertron Café opened in 1986 and cemented its future [...]
Memorable Family Dinner at 26: The kids tried seaweed!
You know that saying about ‘children meeting the expectations that are set.’ Well, the adage held true for our 9 and 6 yr old daughters during a delicious, family dinner at 26. The sister restaurant to Ocean, 26 is a trendy restaurant on Birmingham’s [...]
Perfect Lunch Spot for Family Day: The Gardens Cafe
Thanks to Birmingham Restaurant Week, I am literally about to eat my way through Birmingham. It is serving as a wonderful excuse to try restaurants that are not in my ‘rotation’, so to speak. And so, I began my restaurant tour of Birmingham [...]
Cantina: Fresh Food and Hospitality for the Entire Family
As we kickoff our reviews and highlights, in preparation for Birmingham Restaurant Week, we must begin with the Cantina. Located at Pepper Place, the Cantina is an extraordinarily casual yet sophisticated restaurant that will make everyone in your family happy – especially mom. It begins [...]
Top Ten Reasons to attend Birmingham Restaurant Week
From August 16-25th, Birmingham restaurants will participate in a week-long event promoting the city’s food scene by offering special, fixed price menus to guests. Here are the top ten reasons you should make your plans now for BRW2013. Good deals: We had to start here [...]
10 Food Experiences Every Alabama Kid Should Have
You can’t live in Alabama for long without trying most of these, but some will take effort: 1. Know barbeque. This is a lifelong pursuit, but start ‘em young and they will be able to speak with authority in Texas, North Carolina, or Memphis and [...]
Momma’s Love Perfect Picnic for Railroad Park’s Sunset Cinema
This Thursday, October 18th is an especially good opportunity to visit Railroad Park and enjoy a pleasant autumn evening. The Sunset Cinema film series is featuring Red Tails (PG-13), a fictionalized story of the Tuskeegee Airmen who did our state proud in WWII. Imagine, we [...]
Find: Healthy Portion Control Lunch Kit for MDO, Small Kids
Imagine a nutritionist at your shoulder suggesting the proportion and variety of foods you should pack off to school with your kindergartener. For $7.99, you can have pediatrician Dr. Sears’ own suggestions embedded in a dishwasher safe, attractive “Nibble Tray” that takes the guesswork out [...]