Fodor's Expert Review Irondale Cafe

Southern food prepared fresh daily is the standard at this little, homey restaurant that dates to 1928 and was the inspiration for Fannie Flagg's Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café. Owners have changed over the years, but the famous fried green tomatoes and Southern cooking endure. Daily specials might bring green tomato Parmesan or okra and green tomato fritters. Plain fried green tomatoes, fried chicken (livers too), fried catfish, country-fried steak, sweet-potato soufflé, and various pies and cobblers are always on the menu.