All of the Michelin-Worthy Restaurants in Birmingham

Before the Michelin inspectors begin scouring Birmingham this year, our team combed the city to find Birmingham restaurants deserving of a star.

These are Birmingham’s mentors, empire-builders, and the ones with James Beard medals in drawers they pretend not to check too often.

Birmingham isn’t just a food town—it’s a style town too, and so we set out to find the places where clothes feel curated, not mass-produced.

We talk with Rêve chef Jacob M. Stull about building a new kind of restaurant and what it means to be part of a hot culinary scene.

We head to a place that believes the solution to any culinary question is “add queso.” And honestly, we agree.

Spanning established gems that still shine to newer revelations taking this already incredible food city into new places.

Here’s the thing about Charlotte, N.C., right now: the food isn’t just good for a mid-size Southern city. It’s just good, period.