The Birmingham City Council has approved incentives of up to $185,000 for the new Archibald & Woodrow’s BBQ restaurant set to open Friday in the former Rib-It-Up location at 830 First Ave. North.

There are a lot of underrated barbecue joints in Alabama, and our readers voted this one the best of them all.

We all know Alabama has some amazing barbecue. Now National Geographic is letting everyone else know, too, by shining a spotlight on five iconic barbecue joints in our state — as well as sharing the ...