A popular Birmingham restaurant is adding another accolade to its ever-growing list. This time, it’s being called one of the 15 best new restaurants in America.
Eater.com recently shared its list of the 15 best new restaurants in America, and Birmingham’s Bayonet, a popular raw bar and seafood-focused restaurant opened by James Beard semifinalist Chef Rob McDaniel in March, was among them.
“The South knows its heirloom tomatoes, but Bayonet, the hot new restaurant on Birmingham’s Second Avenue, takes them somewhere unexpected: stacked in a sandwich with swordfish ‘bacon,’” the article reads. “James Beard semifinalist chef Rob McDaniel and his wife, Emily, bring the same local ethos to seafood that they apply at their beloved Southern grill, Helen, which sits next door. At Bayonet, they source Alabama oysters, run an impressive dry-aged fish program, and treat the Gulf with reverence and grit.
That tomato sandwich stars swordfish dry-aged and seasoned like bacon, while a Reuben swaps corned beef for swordfish cured like pastrami, piled high with slaw. Each is its own revelation — bold, smoky, and distinctly Southern. Don’t come looking for delicate sashimi; Bayonet’s seafood is proudly Alabamian.”…