“Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.”
Psalms 119:89
Thursday greetings sweet friends…today’s post is a very exciting one for me! If you have been a long-time reader, you know I am a self-proclaimed foodie. Butch and I love great food and restaurants, even planning our vacations around food. You probably are aware that I am crazy about Chef Frank Stitt’s food and all four of his Birmingham restaurants. We do not hesitate to make the 60 mile drive! The food photographs that find their way into our Simple + Southern Sunday series are most often from one of his restaurants.
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Monday evening as I watched The James Beard Foundation Awards, I was thinking…
could this possibly be the year that Highlands Bar and Grill would win?
This was their tenth straight nomination for the prestigious award of Outstanding Restaurant in America. Their competition has always been from restaurants in much larger markets such as New York City and Chicago. When their name was announced you can imagine my excitement…in total honesty, I might have squealed and done a happy dance! Not only did the restaurant win, but the very talented Dolester Miles won Outstanding Pastry Chef! Both awards were long overdue and well deserved. We have been fortunate to eat at some of the best restaurants in NYC, San Francisco, New Orleans and many places in Europe. After one of these great meals, Butch and I always say to each other, “It doesn’t come close to Frank’s food!” Congratulations Chef Stitt, Pardis, Dol, and all the wonderful staff at Highlands Bar And Grill. You are the best of the best!
You may enjoy my other posts about Chef Stitt and his restaurants here:
Frank Stitt, A Culinary Genius
Eat, Drink, And Be French!
Eat, Drink, And Be Italian!
The iconic Highlands Bar and Grill opened in 1982 in Birmingham Alabama. With its opening, Chef Stitt changed the food scene in Alabama forever and put Birmingham on the culinary map. Birmingham is now well known as a food destination!
Photo by Bob Carlton/AL.com; used with permission
Frank Stitt, Dolester Miles, and Pardis Stitt, outside the Lyric Opera in Chicago on Monday evening prior to the James Beard Foundation Awards.
The baked grits are legendary for all who have tasted this unbelievable appetizer. It is a mainstay on the Highlands menu. Chef Stitt takes humble Southern grits and raises them to rock star status with a buttery parmesan sauce garnished with wild mushrooms and country ham. Butch always begins dinner at Highlands with the grits!
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