Recommendations: Birmingham

If there's one thing that's sure to get me excited, it's telling people about the city of Birmingham. I explore the city with gusto (I hate that phrase, but it's true). I consider myself an expert on coffee shops, and have visited every one I've heard of. Yay! I also love finding places to eat, art galleries, hiking, shopping (cool places. not real shopping), and more!

This, ladies and gentlemen, is my master list of places to go in Birmingham:

Coffee
See my earlier (and slightly lame) post here.
The Red Cat
Urban Standard
Church Street Coffee
Seeds Coffee
O'Henry's
Octane
Saturn
Woodlawn Cycle Cafe
The Abbey
The Neighborhood Brew
Lucy's Coffee and Tea
East 59 Vintage and Cafe
Coffeeology at Hoover Library
Revelator Coffee

Breakfast:
Over Easy
Alabama Biscuit Company
Feast & Forest
Big Bad Breakfast
Trattoria Centrale
The Pantry
The Original House of Pancakes
Another Broken Egg
Urban Standard
Demetri's
The Egg & I

Donuts:
Yoyo Donuts Etc.
The Heavenly Donut Company
We Have Donuts
Pop Donuts
Shipley's

Dessert:
Mountain Brook Creamery
Edgewood Creamery
The Whole Scoop
Steel City Pops
Bruster's

Bakeries:
Continental Bakery
Pastry Art Bake Shoppe
Klinger Cafe
Savage's Bakery
Edgar's

Cutsie:
Real and Rosemary
Urban Cookhouse
Chicken Salad Chick
Olexa's

Yummy:
Melt
Mugshots
Yo Mama's
FlipBurger
Nabeel's

Fancy:
Gianmarco's (Italian)
Five Bar
Avo (haven't actually eaten here)
Chez Lulu

Sushi:
Bamboo
Wasabi Juan's

Mexican:
Taco Mama's
La Fiesta
Babalu Tacos and Tapas
El Barrio
Mexico Lindo

Pizza:
Tortugas
Slice
Brixx
Dave's Pizza

Barbecue:
Saw's Juke Joint
Saw's Soul Kitchen
Saw's
Dreamland BBQ
Jim 'n Nick's

Hiking:
Ruffner Mountain
Red Mountain
Oak Mountain State Park

Adventures:
Reed Books
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Pepper Place Market
Railroad Park
The Alabama Theatre
Lyric Theatre
Sound and Page
WorkPlay
Iron City

Libraries:
Emmet O'Neill
Homewood
Vestavia Hills Library in the Forest
Hoover Library