With hearty breakfast plates, Southern comfort food, and a loyal following of locals and beachgoers, Duck’s Diner has become a Gulf Coast favorite.

From Frank and Pardis Stitt’s celebrated restaurants to independent galleries and civil rights landmarks, the national travel publication explores the people and places shaping the Magic City.

As the Michelin Guide prepares to unveil its 2026 American South selections, here are the Alabama restaurants we will be watching.

From a market morning to a farm dinner, a week of shared tables showed how food brings us together.

For decades, Fran Pearce and her late husband, “Big Dave,” helped shape Alabama’s catfish industry. Now she’s looking toward what comes next.

Across the state, Walk-On’s is building connections with the teams, schools, and athletes that make up its local communities.

Chef Bill Briand’s tribute to his late mother earns Fairhope a spot among the nation’s top tables.

Executive Chef-Partner Luke Joseph’s Peking duck experience turns dinner into an occasion, and shows just how far Birmingham’s palate has come.

At Helen and Bayonet, Foster blends nostalgia, Southern tradition, and technical precision to create desserts that feel both familiar and entirely new.

The Mobile chef is honoring the Gulf Coast by putting its people, traditions, and ingredients at the heart of the table.

Nobel laureate and former Governor David Beasley believes the dinner table might be the most powerful tool for peace we have.

The Birmingham restaurant lands on a list of just 19 restaurants nationwide.

Lake Martin Light, born from a love of lake life and a partnership with Cahaba Brewing, is now pouring at spots across the city.

This Fairhope gem grows its own food, pours award-winning wine, and this September, it’s throwing two events you won’t want to miss.

More than 100 chefs are converging on Birmingham for 10 days of food, music, and community this September.

When La Fête chef Kristen Hall was invited to cook at Platform by James Beard, an entire community came to celebrate alongside her.

Named Alabama’s best by Tasting Table, this Birmingham shop traces its roots back to a pandemic parking lot and three generations of family butchers.

Road to Burma is one of Alabama’s few Burmese restaurants, inviting diners to discover a cuisine shaped by centuries of tradition, culture and connection.

A month of special menus, local events, and new culinary experiences shines a spotlight on the people and places feeding the Rocket City’s growing food scene.

The Alabama-made syrup that has sweetened family breakfasts for generations.

The family-owned business has expanded from one mobile kitchen to storefronts across the state without losing sight of the values that started it all.