SAW's Soul Kitchen — Birmingham
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Mike Wilson's Alabama barbecue landed in Avondale in 2012, and the hole-in-the-wall on 41st Street has been turning out pulled pork and white sauce ever since.
SAW's Soul Kitchen is the family's Avondale spin on the original — soul food and barbecue with more room to improvise. Chef Brandon Cain, who cooked in New Orleans kitchens including Emeril Lagasse's NOLA, runs a menu that reaches past the standard SAW's board: signature barbecue sandwiches, burgers, inventive daily specials, and a banana pudding people order without being told. The room is small and cozy — pig decor, vintage road signs, a little indoor-outdoor seating. It's SAW's, with a New Orleans accent.
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