Food & Drinks
A Restaurant in Birmingham, Alabama, Is Voted Best in America
The James Beard Awards recognizes Highlands Bar & Grill with the honor.
The country’s biggest food destination this year is Birmingham, Ala.
Highlands Bar & Grill in Birmingham was named America’s most Outstanding Restaurant at the James Beard Foundation Awards in Chicago on Monday night. Highlands pastry chef Dolester Miles was also named best in the country, making the restaurant the runaway winner at the awards. A panel of chefs, restaurateurs, and food journalists gave chef and owner Frank Stitt’s modern Southern restaurant the honors.