Alabama is well known for its delicious barbecue. In fact, just about every town throughout the state has at least one restaurant that serves this Southern classic. Listed below are nine restaurants located throughout Alabama that are known for serving some pretty amazing barbecue. Don’t forget to add them to your dining bucket list!
- Big Bob Gibson’s Bar-B-Q - Decatur
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facebook/Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Que Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q is an award-winning restaurant that smokes some of the best barbecue in town. It’s best known for its smoked chicken and tangy white barbecue sauce. It’s also one of the oldest barbecue restaurants in the world.
- Dreamland Bar-B-Que - Tuscaloosa
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google/Thomas Koehle Dreamland Bar-B-Que has been serving some of the Southeast’s most delicious barbecue since 1958. Even though their menu features a great selection of barbecue favorites, most of the customers come for the restaurant’s ribs.
- The Shack - Evergreen
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google/Vishesh Pires The Shack is a rustic-style restaurant that’s located just off I-65 in the tiny town of Evergreen. It offers a variety of barbecue favorites, including delicious pork sandwiches. You’ll also want to save room for one of the restaurant’s homemade desserts.
- Archibald’s - Northport
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google/Roy Baker Archibald’s has been smoking some of the best ribs in Alabama since 1961. They’re so delicious that numerous people have driven many miles just to try them.
- Cooter Brown’s Rib Shack - Jacksonville
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google/Big Fish If you’re a rib lover, you’ll want to visit Cooter Brown’s Rib Shack. When it comes to ribs, they offer everything from half racks and full racks, to sauce covered and dry rubbed. This restaurant’s ribs have also been included on the list “100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama Before You Die.”
- Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q - Bessemer
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google/Bob Sykes Barbeque Inc Since 1957, Bob Sykes has been serving delicious smoked pork and chicken over hickory wood. It’s a definite must-try, along with the restaurant’s tasty side dishes.
- Top Hat Barbecue - Hayden
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google/Andrew Edwards Top Hat Barbecue is a family owned and operated restaurant that’s been serving some of Alabama’s best barbecue since 1967. In addition to its barbecue, this restaurant is also well known for its fried catfish.
- Down South BBQ - Foley
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tripadvisor/twins_dad_2003 Down South BBQ serves some of the best barbecue on Alabama’s Gulf Coast. The restaurant’s most unique menu item is its cornbread sandwich, which consists of a delicious cornbread bun and a mound of slow-roasted meat.
- Meat Boss - Mobile
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google/Elizabeth Eubanks Meat Boss serves some of Alabama’s best smoked brisket, Boston butt, chicken, and ribs. It’s also well known for its homemade mac & cheese. If you’re a barbecue lover, you’ll most certainly want to give this restaurant a try.
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Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q is an award-winning restaurant that smokes some of the best barbecue in town. It’s best known for its smoked chicken and tangy white barbecue sauce. It’s also one of the oldest barbecue restaurants in the world.
google/Clint D
google/Thomas Koehle
Dreamland Bar-B-Que has been serving some of the Southeast’s most delicious barbecue since 1958. Even though their menu features a great selection of barbecue favorites, most of the customers come for the restaurant’s ribs.
google/Servando Herrera H.
google/Vishesh Pires
The Shack is a rustic-style restaurant that’s located just off I-65 in the tiny town of Evergreen. It offers a variety of barbecue favorites, including delicious pork sandwiches. You’ll also want to save room for one of the restaurant’s homemade desserts.
google/Steve Koenigsberg
google/Roy Baker
Archibald’s has been smoking some of the best ribs in Alabama since 1961. They’re so delicious that numerous people have driven many miles just to try them.
google/Cooter Brown’s Rib Shack
google/Big Fish
If you’re a rib lover, you’ll want to visit Cooter Brown’s Rib Shack. When it comes to ribs, they offer everything from half racks and full racks, to sauce covered and dry rubbed. This restaurant’s ribs have also been included on the list “100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama Before You Die.”
google/Bob Sykes Barbeque Inc
Since 1957, Bob Sykes has been serving delicious smoked pork and chicken over hickory wood. It’s a definite must-try, along with the restaurant’s tasty side dishes.
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google/Andrew Edwards
Top Hat Barbecue is a family owned and operated restaurant that’s been serving some of Alabama’s best barbecue since 1967. In addition to its barbecue, this restaurant is also well known for its fried catfish.
google/Bargainomics Lady
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Down South BBQ serves some of the best barbecue on Alabama’s Gulf Coast. The restaurant’s most unique menu item is its cornbread sandwich, which consists of a delicious cornbread bun and a mound of slow-roasted meat.
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Meat Boss serves some of Alabama’s best smoked brisket, Boston butt, chicken, and ribs. It’s also well known for its homemade mac & cheese. If you’re a barbecue lover, you’ll most certainly want to give this restaurant a try.
For information about Big Bob Gibson’s famous white barbecue sauce, be sure to take a look at the following article: The Classic Southern BBQ Sauce That Was Created Right Here In Alabama.
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Address: Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q, 1715 6th Ave SE, Decatur, AL 35601, USAAddress: Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q, 2520 Danville Rd SW, Decatur, AL 35603, USAAddress: Dreamland BBQ, 5535 15th Ave E, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405, USAAddress: The Shack, 281 AL-83, Evergreen, AL 36401, USAAddress: Archibald’s, 1211 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Northport, AL 35476, USAAddress: Cooter Brown’s Rib Shack, 8464 AL-204, Jacksonville, AL 36265, USAAddress: Bob Sykes Barbeque Inc, 1724 9th Ave N, Bessemer, AL 35020, USAAddress: Top Hat Barbecue, 8725 US-31, Hayden, AL 35079, USAAddress: 1154 11th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205, USAAddress: Down South Barbeque, 19891 Co Rd 10, Foley, AL 36535, USAAddress: Meat Boss Cottage Hill, 5401 Cottage Hill Rd, Mobile, AL 36609, USA
