Highlands Bar and Grill: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[Image:Highlands Bar and Grill logo.png|right]] | [[Image:Highlands Bar and Grill logo.png|right]] | ||
'''Highland's Bar and Grill''' is a noted fine restaurant located at 2011 [[11th Avenue South]] in the [[Spanish Stores]] in [[Five Points South]]. | '''Highland's Bar and Grill''' is a noted fine restaurant located at 2011 [[11th Avenue South]] in the [[Spanish Stores]] in [[Five Points South]]. It is the flagship restaurant of nationally-renowned chef [[Frank Stitt]], who also owns [[Bottega]] and [[Chez Fonfon]]. Highlands menu, which is updated daily, features fresh, regionally-sourced ingredients prepared according to French ''haute cuisine'' methods. | ||
Highlands | Stitt opened Highlands on [[November 22]], [[1982]]. ''Esquire'' food critic John Mariani included the newcomer on his list of the Best New Restaurants in America, saying that Highlands had "coaxed" affluent suburbanites from their country clubs, "to come downtown and eat well for a change." Another early notice remarked on the "original artwork, pastel colors, and a tile and marble bar", but limited its description of the cuisine to "smoked salmon on pumpernickel or grilled cornish hen." | ||
The restaurant has been credited with raising the profile of every segment of Birmingham's food culture; improving the range and quality of farm produce, elevating the standards of restaurant service, and educating the public to expect superior quality. Stitt-trained chefs have graduated to own a number of well-loved restaurants across the city, and his cookbooks have been local best-sellers. | |||
Highlands | Each year from [[2009]] through [[2015]] Highlands has been named as one of five finalists for the James Beard Foundation's "Most Outstanding Restaurant" award. Stitt himself was named one of the best chefs in the Southeast by the Beard Foundation in [[2001]]. | ||
{{stub}} | {{stub}} | ||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
* Carlton, Bob (March 22, 2010) "Highlands, Chris Hastings are finalists for Beard Awards." {{BN}} | * Carlton, Bob (March 22, 2010) "Highlands, Chris Hastings are finalists for Beard Awards." {{BN}} | ||
* Carlton, Bob (May 6, 2014) "Highlands Bar and Grill's Frank Stitt: 'This just sort of makes me want to go back and to try harder'." {{BN}} | * Carlton, Bob (May 6, 2014) "Highlands Bar and Grill's Frank Stitt: 'This just sort of makes me want to go back and to try harder'." {{BN}} | ||
* Carlton, Bob (May 4, 2015) "Highlands Bar and Grill: 7 things to know about Birmingham's James Beard-nominated restaurant." {{BN}} | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.highlandsbarandgrill.com Highlands Bar and Grill] website | * [http://www.highlandsbarandgrill.com Highlands Bar and Grill] website | ||
[[Category:Restaurants]] | [[Category:Restaurants]] | ||
[[Category:Bars]] | [[Category:Bars]] | ||
[[Category:1982 establishments]] | [[Category:1982 establishments]] | ||
[[Category:11th Avenue South]] | |||
[[Category:Five Points South]] | |||
Revision as of 15:13, 4 May 2015
Highland's Bar and Grill is a noted fine restaurant located at 2011 11th Avenue South in the Spanish Stores in Five Points South. It is the flagship restaurant of nationally-renowned chef Frank Stitt, who also owns Bottega and Chez Fonfon. Highlands menu, which is updated daily, features fresh, regionally-sourced ingredients prepared according to French haute cuisine methods.
Stitt opened Highlands on November 22, 1982. Esquire food critic John Mariani included the newcomer on his list of the Best New Restaurants in America, saying that Highlands had "coaxed" affluent suburbanites from their country clubs, "to come downtown and eat well for a change." Another early notice remarked on the "original artwork, pastel colors, and a tile and marble bar", but limited its description of the cuisine to "smoked salmon on pumpernickel or grilled cornish hen."
The restaurant has been credited with raising the profile of every segment of Birmingham's food culture; improving the range and quality of farm produce, elevating the standards of restaurant service, and educating the public to expect superior quality. Stitt-trained chefs have graduated to own a number of well-loved restaurants across the city, and his cookbooks have been local best-sellers.
Each year from 2009 through 2015 Highlands has been named as one of five finalists for the James Beard Foundation's "Most Outstanding Restaurant" award. Stitt himself was named one of the best chefs in the Southeast by the Beard Foundation in 2001.
References
- "Birmingham Has It All!" (November 1984) American Squaredance", p. 21
- Rodewald, James (October 2002) "A Star Fell on Alabama." Gourmet Magazine
- Apple, Jr, R. W. (March 6, 2002) "Dining In, Dining Out." The New York Times
- Carlton, Bob (March 24, 2009) "Highlands Bar and Grill named one of five finalists for a James Beard Foundation award." The Birmingham News
- Carlton, Bob (March 22, 2010) "Highlands, Chris Hastings are finalists for Beard Awards." The Birmingham News
- Carlton, Bob (May 6, 2014) "Highlands Bar and Grill's Frank Stitt: 'This just sort of makes me want to go back and to try harder'." The Birmingham News
- Carlton, Bob (May 4, 2015) "Highlands Bar and Grill: 7 things to know about Birmingham's James Beard-nominated restaurant." The Birmingham News
External links
- Highlands Bar and Grill website