Birmingham, AL

Dine your way through a who’s who of James Beard Award-winning restaurants, including Automatic Seafood and Oysters, whose chef Adams Evans was named the 2022 Best Chef of the South, legendary barbecue joints like Dreamland, which has been a jewel in Alabama’s crown since 1958, and a modern take on Mexican at El Barrio, where editors at Birmingham-based Food & Wine magazine have a tough time choosing between plantain nachos, green pozole soup and grilled chorizo meatloaf.