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Why Automatic Seafood and Oysters Is on Our Top 50 Seafood Worldwide
Automatic Seafood and Oysters, under Adam Evans's direction, is ranked #42 on our Top 50 Seafood Restaurants Worldwide. The seafood style: Modern Southern seafood.
The signature catch: Gulf Coast catch, Alabama oysters, the modern Southern crudo. The sourcing: Gulf Coast and Alabama Bon Secour sourcing.
The oyster program: Alabama and Gulf Coast oyster bar. The raw bar / grill technique: Modern crudo bar; Southern seafood preparation.
The award lineage: James Beard Best New Restaurant 2020 nominee; Best Chef South 2022 nominee.
How to Order at Automatic Seafood and Oysters
The booking lead time: 4 to 8 weeks for prime time. Reserve through OpenTable, Resy, or the restaurant's own booking line where applicable; institutional walk-in oyster bars accept no reservations and run a queue from opening.
Order what came in that morning. The kitchen's strongest expression at Automatic Seafood and Oysters is the Alabama oyster crudo. The Modern Southern seafood register is structural; the sourcing and the technique are what reward the booking effort.
The dress code: Smart casual. The dinner spend: 100 to 180 USD per person at dinner. The kitchen at Automatic Seafood and Oysters is rated 10/10 for food and 10/10 for ambience in our editorial scoring.
Why Automatic Seafood and Oysters Is Worth the Pilgrimage
"Adam Evans's Birmingham flagship. The most architecturally serious modern Southern seafood restaurant; James Beard Best New Restaurant nominee 2020 with the Gulf Coast catch and the modern oyster bar program."
Our editorial scoring places the food at 10/10, ambience at 10/10, and value at 9/10. The Modern Southern seafood register is structural; the sourcing standard and the regional seafood tradition produce the meal that rewards the pilgrimage.
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