It’s Automatic: Birmingham’s Automatic Seafood & Oysters Makes James Beard Awards Cut

By Bob Blalock

Nothing was automatic for Alabama’s semifinalists for the James Beard Awards advancing – except for Birmingham’s Automatic Seafood & Oysters. The James Beard Foundation on Monday announced Automatic Seafood as a finalist for Best New Restaurant.

“It’s really, really special news,” Automatic Seafood chef Adam Evans said. “And although it comes at a bad time, it makes me very proud for what we’ve built here and for the team that helped us get the award.”

Evans was at the restaurant this evening, butchering fish and getting ready to cook. This was the first Monday that Automatic has been open in several weeks. He said he is planning to take a few bottles of something sparkly home tonight to his wife, Suzanne Humphries Evans. “We’ll celebrate with some bubbles later.”

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