Birmingham’s Atomic Lounge Revels In Its James Beard Semifinalist Status
By Bob Blalock
Feizal Valli likens many of the bars named 2018 James Beard Award semifinalists for Outstanding Bar Program to Hollywood’s best actors – well-known, highly regarded and skilled at what they do.
What about Birmingham’s Atomic Lounge, which somehow made the list for the prestigious award that was announced Feb. 15? Valli and his wife, Rachael Roberts, opened the bar just over a year ago, and here it is among top-shelf bars around the country.
“We feel like Mark Wahlberg up for an Oscar against Tom Hanks, Daniel Day Lewis and Jack Nicholson,” Valli says. “Or someone even worse. Pauly Shore,” he says and laughs.
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