Best Of Alabama Newscenter 2017: Restaurants And Chefs

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

As we watch 2017 give way to 2018, it’s a good time to look back on some of the best things that happened in Alabama this year. Alabama NewsCenter has tallied the results in each grouping of stories to see which ones you responded to the most, and we’re sharing your five favorites along with a story (or stories) we wanted to make sure you didn’t miss.

Alabama’s culinary scene is brighter than it has ever been. There are established pros like Frank Stitt and Chris Hastings and rising stars like Brandon Cain at Birmingham’s Roots & Revelry, David Bancroft at Auburn’s Acre, Timothy Hontzas at Homewood’s Johnny’s, Rob McDaniel at Alexander City’s SpringHouse and Bill Briand at Fisher’s at Orange Beach Marina.  Add to that restaurateurs like Harriet Reis and Paget Pizitz with a string of successful restaurants in Birmingham’s Avondale neighborhood and important figures like forager Tim Pfitzer, and the culinary infrastructure in this state is strong indeed.

Here are Alabama NewsCenter’s top chef and restaurant stories for 2017:Chef Chris Hastings has always been known as an innovator and his latest initiative may be the most ambitious gamechanger to date. While cooking up some innovative dishes (sweet corn and blueberry ice cream, anyone?) for economic developers at their annual conference, Hastings introduced the idea of using food as an economic development tool in new and creative ways across all areas of Alabama.

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