Listing Category: Uniquely Local

  • Midtown Village

    Midtown Village

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    Welcome to Midtown Village, a premier destination for visitors and a gathering place for the community since 2007. Simply stated, Midtown Village is the hub of Tuscaloosa, where everything comes together. With stylish shops and cuisine choices, you can quench your thirst for the newest fashion trends while satisfying your appetite at one of many…

  • Mix’d Southern Cuisine Food Truck

    Mix’d Southern Cuisine Food Truck

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    MIX’D is a mobile food service unit dedicated to serving customers who seek a mix of soul food, seafood and wings.

  • Monarch Espresso Bar

    Monarch Espresso Bar

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    Monarch is a craft coffee shop in Tuscaloosa serving pour overs, drip coffee, espresso drinks, toasts and housemade treats.

  • Murphy African-American Museum

    Murphy African-American Museum

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    Tuscaloosa’s first licensed black mortician, Mr. Will J. Murphy, built this two-story craftsman bungalow in the early 1920s as his private residence. Materials from the old state capitol building a few blocks away, such as bricks and window sills, were salvaged when it burned in 1923 and used in the house’s construction. Today, the structure…

  • Nicks in the Sticks

    Nicks in the Sticks

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    Great food and a family friendly environment.

  • Old Tavern Museum

    Old Tavern Museum

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    The Old Tavern has been a fixture in downtown Tuscaloosa since the time of the capital era. Innkeeper William Dunton built the structure in 1827, three blocks from its current site as a tavern and hotel on the stagecoach route that passed through Tuscaloosa. One of the few remaining nineteenth-century inns in the state, the…

  • Paul R. Jones Art Gallery

    Paul R. Jones Art Gallery

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    In 2008, Paul R. Jones donated a portion of his collection of African American art to the University of Alabama. With over 1,700 pieces, the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama is one of the largest collections of African American art in the world. Jones was known as a…

  • Paul W. Bryant Museum

    Paul W. Bryant Museum

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    The mission of the Paul W. Bryant Museum is to collect, preserve and exhibit items, and to disseminate information relating to the sports history of the University of Alabama. Goals The Paul W. Bryant Museum is dedicated to: Educating and inspiring a universal audience about the significant contributions and accomplishments of University of Alabama collegiate…

  • Icon

    Icon

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    Icon is located Downtown Tuscaloosa. Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday 516 Greensboro Avenue

  • Innisfree Irish Pub

    Innisfree Irish Pub

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    Innisfree started with one idea in mind: we wanted our own place to drink with our friends… So in December of ’97 after being turned down by 4 banks and our heads hanging low we went to a fifth. You know the old saying, the fifth time was a charm. So with the very little…

  • Jemison Van De Graaf Mansion

    Jemison Van De Graaf Mansion

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    The Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion is a historic house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. The structure remained a private residence until 1955, when it served first as a library, then publishing house offices, and lastly as a historic house museum. The mansion was added to National Register of Historic Places on April 19, 1972, due…

  • Kentuck Art Center

    Kentuck Art Center

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    On the third weekend in October in 2016, we will present the 45th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, one of the nation’s best-respected and most-loved arts gatherings. But come see us now, at the Kentuck Art Center. The center is temporarily located in the Georgine Clarke Building at 1922 5th St. right around the corner…