No style of restaurant makes our Southern hearts sing quite like thebeloved meat n three.
Everyone gets exactly what they want, and everyone leaves happy.
Want fried chicken with mac and cheese, plus collard greens?
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Prefer beef tips with boiled cabbage and fried okra?
Theres aperfect order for every taste.
Here are the best meat n threes in Alabama,as voted bySouthern Livingreaders.
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If you go, be prepared to wait in line.
Diners are ushered through a maze of velvet ropes until they arrive in front of Nikis legendary steam table.
The spread features around 10 entrees and upwards of 40 vegetables and sides.
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Its a lot to take in, but youll need to make your selections quickly and wisely.
Fried green tomatoes or butter beans?
Go ahead and get both.
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Whatever you do, dont pass on the pie.
Order it, alongside black-eyed peas, candied yams, and creamed corn.
Despite the national attention, the excellent food and no-nonsense atmosphere inside this neighborhood diner remain unchanged.
City Cafe does virtually everything right.
Fried catfish fingers, hamburger steak, roast beefits all there.
The three part of your order can include everything from string beans to cobbler.
The Blue Plate Special includes one meat and three veggies, plus a roll or cornbread.
Hashbrown casserole and broccoli casserole are both top picks.
Here, youll find Southern delicacies that are hard to find anywhere other than grandmas house nowadays.
Friday specials include oxtail, pig feet, and hog maws.
One thing that hasnt?
The restaurants legendary fried chicken.
Martins also does two things only a true Southern eatery would.
And two, they servepineapple casserole.
Whatever you do, ensure to order thestrawberry pretzel saladfor the perfect bite of nostalgia.
If youre in desperate need of some color on your plate, head to the small salad bar.
facebook.com/p/Claunch-Cafe; 400 S Main St, Tuscumbia, AL 35674; 256-386-0222
