Plate lunch

Best Meat-and-Three & Southern Cooking in Gardendale, AL

A meat, three vegetables, cornbread, and sweet tea. The plate lunch is the most Alabama meal there is, and Gardendale still does it right.

  1. 1

    Mama's Country Cooking

    2300 Mt Olive Rd, Mount Olive, AL 35117

    (205) 285-5031

  2. 2

    Mama's Country Grill

    651 Decatur Hwy, Gardendale, AL 35071

    (205) 285-5041

  3. 3

    Our Place

    1218 Main St, Gardendale, AL 35071

    (205) 608-1030

  4. 4

    The Filling Station

    250 City St, Gardendale, AL 35071

    (205) 285-1500

  5. 5

    Charlsie's Catering & Cakes

    320 Fieldstown Rd, Gardendale, AL 35071

    (205) 631-4633

  6. 6

    Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

    901 Fieldstown Rd, Gardendale, AL 35071

    (205) 631-9917

Good to know

  • Vegetables rotate daily and the good ones sell out by 1pm. Lunch means lunch.
  • Cash still moves faster than cards at a couple of these counters.

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