Carlile's Barbecue, Birmingham, Alabama Restaurant Details

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The service has always been great and the hamburger is even better.

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BBQ sandwiches and plates are awesome. Waitresses are very nice and friendly. The atmosphere is friendly also. If you eat here once, you will either return or wish you could. Servings are good, so you don't have to worry about leaving hungry. The same goes for their take out orders. Most BBQ places have so-so burgers, but they are great here also.

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It's a Birmingham institution we've grown up with so I've been eating there more decades than I like to think about. It's a wonderful place so we can't drive to or through Birmingham without stopping. You have to go for lunch now because they are not open for dinner and have to go Monday through Friday, although they are probably still open late enough to grab some late afternoon carry-out on your way home. Worth going off the beaten path for, if you're not from the old neighborhood. I do miss the late night stops after high school football, though, when the sauce had been cooking all day and was really thick and spicy.

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In the top three bbq's in the state. Everything from the slaw to homemade fries is wonderful. We eat there at least twice a month for lunch. Area is a little ruff though dont know if I would go for dinner.