SAW's BBQ — Birmingham
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Mike Wilson started SAW's in 2009, and Alabama agreed: this is what proper barbecue looks like.
On the Southside, in the old Fat Sam's space on 11th Avenue South, SAW's runs the Alabama barbecue that made its name across the metro: pulled pork, ribs, and smoked chicken under a white sauce that's more mayonnaise than tomato and unmistakably Alabama. The stuffed baked potato — piled with pork — is the move if you're properly hungry. Counter service, and a line that tends to prove the point.
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