The BITE №60
Your weekly news bite of local dining in Birmingham. This week’s post is dedicated to the creative ways our beloved restaurants are adapting to fit your needs during the Coronavirus pandemic. Want it emailed? Subscribe here. Brought to you by BirminghamMenus.com.
Restaurant News
During these strange months, we are going to be shifting our focus to bring you news of the creative and nourishing ways our local restaurants are serving the public. Our local dining scene is the pride of the Birmingham, and it is vital that we continue to patronize and support our neighborhood restaurants as much as we safely can. They are doing a wonderful job of adapting to our new normal and we are so very thankful.
We reached out to our local restaurants yesterday, asking them to submit information, and here is what we have received so far. This list will continue to grow over the next weeks, so stay tuned!
Hot and Hot Fish Club — Now offering a curbside pickup menu available for viewing on their website at www.hotandhotfishclub.com. Orders can be taken by calling (205) 933–5474 and picked up from 4:30–8pm.
Vecchia Pizzeria and Moss Rock Tacos — Offering curbside pickup, in addition to carry-out and delivery services already in place. They have the Village Green on one side and 360 acres of walking and nature trails in Moss Rock Nature Preserve across the street! Plenty of room to practice social distancing while stretching your legs. They are also now offering KIDS EAT FREE all day, every day with any adult purchase (1 child per adult purchase of $10).
Vino — Offering free delivery of food within 3 miles of the restaurant. They have also created a three-course, pre-fixe menu for $45 per person and features guests’ choice of starter item, entrée and dessert, which is available for curbside pickup and free delivery within 3 miles. The full regular dinner menu is available for curbside and delivery options as well. Orders can be placed by calling 205–870–8404. The three-course menu can also be found online here.
La Paz — Offering delivery for up to a 4 mile radius along with curbside pickup. Call (205) 879–2225. View menu here.
dg — Offering takeout and curbside service. Also offering delivery for lunch and dinner ($10 delivery fee for lunch and $15 fee for dinner.) Orders for lunch should be placed from 10–1pm and dinner from 4–7pm. They will be closed the week of March 23 — March 30, but plan to reopen March 30 with the same offerings. Call (205) 871–3266 or email debbiemckinstry.dg@gmail.com to place your order.
Rojo — Open for curbside takeout from 11am — 9pm, and selling beer and wine to go. Also have delivery through TheTakeoutBham.com
Mudtown Eat and Drink — Offering curbside service.
The Ridge Eat and Drink — Offering curbside service.
SoHo Social — Offering curbside service.
SoHo Standard — Offering curbside service.
LUNA Latin Cuisine — Open for takeout orders only. Use the WAITR app or send an email with your order to lunabirmingham@gmail.com
Paramount — Offering takeout and curbside from 11am — 8pm. Call (205) 320–2824 to place order. Now also selling beer and wine to go.
El Barrio — Offering takeout and curbside. Also selling beer and wine to go.
Slice Pizza — Offering curbside service. Also, all those working in the medical field get 15% through the month of March. We appreciate you! For everyone, from now through Monday, order $50 and get a $10 gift card. Now featuring a curbside special…2 pies, 2 orders of wings, a 1/2 pan salad for $65. Feeds 4–6. And last, but certainly not least: now offering curbside growlers, beer cans and wine bottles. Call (205) 55-SLICE to order today.
Bistro V — Now offering family meals to go for curbside pickup. Meals feed 4–6 people and can be viewed on their Instagram page here. Call (205) 823–1505 to order.
Gift Certificate Specials!
Many of our local restaurants are now running gift certificate specials for a limited time! These certificates do not expire for a year, so it is a wonderful way to get money to the restaurants now, and celebrate with a fantastic meal post-Corona. As we mentioned at the top of the newsletter, it is SO important to help our restaurants stay afloat now, so we can continue to enjoy them in the future. They are vital to our city’s soul!
Please consider purchasing a certificate to your favorite restaurant at http://instagift.com/birmingham. Thank you and hang in there!
