The BITE №2

Nate Schmidt
The BITE Birmingham
3 min readSep 14, 2018

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Restaurant News

Sundays at Vecchia and Moss Rock Tacos are Kids’ Fun Zone Days this fall. Enjoy a bouncy house, yard Jenga, corn hole and a whole lot of other fun. Kids eat FREE on Saturdays and Sundays if they show up in uniform. Link

Tune in tonight at 9/8C to Southern and Hungry on Cooking Channel. Chef Hastings and OvenBird will be featured on this episode, “Bring it on Birmingham”!

5 Point Public House announces Pig Skin Saturdays. Every Saturday this fall, they will be roasting a whole pig on their patio and offering a special game day pig skin menu as well as their usual menu. They will be opening early at 11am most Saturdays. The biggest game of the day will be playing on all three tv’s, as well as a large pull down screen that can be seen from any table. Link

Avondale Common House is another great option to watch your team in style with 6 flat screen tv’s on the patio and game day drink specials each Saturday during football season. Link

Pick up a family dinner for 4 at Ashley Mac’s. Includes an entree, sides, salad, and rolls. The family dinner is picked up ready to serve, is available with 1 hour notice and can be picked up between 4 and 8pm. Link

Chef Matt Lagace joins Revolve as Executive Chef.

Cheers to the following Happy Hour offerings and Specials…
Big Bad Breakfast: Graveyard Shift Happy Hour — $5 cocktails between 7 and 9am

Shiki: Tuesday Ladies Night — $3 off sushi and $4 wine by the glass

Nabeel’s: Upside Down Happy Hour — 8–9pm M-Th and 9–10pm F-Sa, $1 off draft beer and featured cocktails

Fancy’s on 5th: Happy Hour every Tues-Fri from 5–6pm. $2 off all wines by the glass, $2 off draft beers & flights, $1 off all bottle beer and $5 premium well liquor.

Interesting Articles & Blog Posts

Big Spoon Creamery to open a new location in the Edgewood neighborhood of Homewood. Link

Libertines Pizza Company, owned by Chef Ben Vaughn of Root to Tail, will be opening on Sept 15th in Five Points South. Link

Trucks by the Tracks will be held at Railroad Park this Sunday, Sept. 16 from 11–5pm. Sample food from Birmingham’s best food trucks while playing games and listening to live music. Link

Rodney Scott’s BBQ opening soon in former Saigon Noodle House location in Avondale. Link

Kristen Hall will participate in the James Beard Foundation’s Chef’s Boot Camp for Policy and Change. Link

Best Ethnic restaurants on Green Springs, according to Bham Now. Link

Birmingham Magazine’s “Wine & Dine: 2018 Best of Birmingham” results are in. Link

Cool Thing of the Week

Birmingham Taste Tours offers a three hour walking/eating tour that is a foodie’s dream come true. Link

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