Birmingham Seafood Restaurant Among Best New Restaurants In U.S.

BIRMINGHAM, AL — Receiving national accolades for its culinary scene is nothing new to Birmingham, as the city's restaurants already have numerous awards from the James Beard Foundation and other national organizations. But a newcomer to the Birmingham restaurant scene has turned heads nationally, and was named by Esquire Magazine as one of the nest new restaurants in the country.

Automatic Seafood & Oysters, located in Birmingham's Lakeview District, placed no. 8 on Esquire's Best New Restaurants in America 2019 list.

"Chef Adam Evans, a product of Muscle Shoals, is paying homage to a specifically southern tradition of seafood cookery, and he’s doing it in a spacious, wide-windowed room that feels like a boat club where nobody’s a snob. It’s worth the trip," the review reads.

Automatic Seafood & Oysters opened its doors in April 2019. The menu offers a variety of seafood dishes, featuring fish primarily sourced from the Gulf of Mexico, oysters from waters along the Southern and Eastern coastlines, as well as a selection of land-based produce and proteins.

The restaurant is named for the building’s past life as the Automatic Sprinkler Corporation manufacturing facility.

Located at 2824 5th venue South, the joint is open for dinner every day at 5 p.m.