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The Best Value Restaurants in the American South

These MICHELIN Bib Gourmand restaurants have the perfect recipe for good food at a great price.

From Atlanta to Alabama, North to South Carolina, and Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee, the American South is known for terrific food, and the inaugural MICHELIN Guide to the American South has it all in one place.

While The MICHELIN Guide may be best known for Stars, awarded to restaurants with exceptional food, the Bib Gourmand is another award worth checking out. The MICHELIN Bib Gourmand is awarded to restaurants that deliver great food with terrific value, and our Inspectors found plenty of winners in the South. 

See the full list of Bib Gourmands across the South below. 


Alabama

Birmingham

Bayonet
Cuisine: Seafood

La Fête
Cuisine: French

OvenBird
Cuisine: Spanish

Pizza Grace
Cuisine: Pizza


Mobile

The Noble South
Cuisine: American

Caleb Chancey / La Fête
Caleb Chancey / La Fête


Atlanta

Antico Pizza Napoletana
Cuisine: Pizza 

Bomb Biscuit Co.
Cuisine: Southern

Estrellita
Cuisine: Filipino

Fishmonger
Cuisine: Seafood

Fred's Meat & Bread
Cuisine: American

Heirloom Market BBQ
Cuisine: Barbecue

Little Bear
Cuisine: Contemporary

Superica
Cuisine: Tex-Mex

The Busy Bee
Cuisine: Southern 

Whoopsie's
Cuisine: American


Avondale Estates

Arepa Mia
Cuisine: Venezuelan 


Duluth

Masterpiece
Cuisine: Chinese


Roswell

Table & Main
Cuisine: Southern 

Lemon Brands / The Busy Bee
Lemon Brands / The Busy Bee

Louisiana

New Orleans 

Acamaya
Cuisine: Mexican

Cochon
Cuisine: Cajun

Cochon Butcher
Cuisine: Deli

Domilise’s Po-Boy & Bar
Cuisine: Deli

Dooky Chase
Cuisine: Creole

Hungry Eyes
Cuisine: Fusion

Lufu Nola
Cuisine: Indian

Mister Mao
Cuisine: Asian

Parkway Bakery & Tavern
Cuisine: Deli

Saba
Cuisine: Middle Eastern

Turkey and the Wolf
Cuisine: Deli

Paprika Studios / Mister Mao
Paprika Studios / Mister Mao

Mississippi

Jackson

Elvie's
Cuisine: French

Sacred Ground Barbecue 
Cuisine: Barbecue 

Cody McCain / Elvie's
Cody McCain / Elvie's

North Carolina 

Asheville

Little Chango
Cuisine: Latin American

Luminosa
Cuisine: Italian

Mother
Cuisine: Bakery


Charlotte

Lang Van
Cuisine: Vietnamese


Knightsdale

Prime Barbecue
Cuisine: Barbecue


Raleigh

Mala Pata
Cuisine: Mexican

Sam Jones BBQ
Cuisine: Barbecue

Andrew Cebulka / Luminosa
Andrew Cebulka / Luminosa

South Carolina 

Charleston

Leon's Oyster Shop
Cuisine: Seafood

Lewis Barbecue
Cuisine: Barbecue

Rodney Scott's BBQ
Cuisine: Barbecue

Peter Frank Edwards / Leon's Oyster Shop
Peter Frank Edwards / Leon's Oyster Shop

Tennessee

Chattanooga

Little Coyote
Cuisine: Tex-Mex


Memphis

Hog & Hominy
Cuisine: Italian-American


Nashville

Kisser
Cuisine: Japanese

Peninsula
Cuisine: Spanish

Redheaded Stranger
Cuisine: Tex-Mex

Sho Pizza Bar
Cuisine: Pizza

SS Gai
Cuisine: Thai

St. Vito Focacceria
Cuisine: Sicilian

Uzbegim
Cuisine: Uzbek

Andrew Cebulka / Redheaded Stranger
Andrew Cebulka / Redheaded Stranger


Hero image: Michael Hanna / St. Vito Focacceria
Thumb image: Caleb Chancey / La Fête

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