The Whistle Stop Cafe

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Whistle Stop Cafe is located in Alabama. Located in the Downtown area, this restaurant is very affordable.

User Reviews of The Whistle Stop Cafe

Yelp.com Review - by Amanda R.

4.0 of 5 stars. I was so excited to go to the original Whistle Stop Cafe and try fried green tomatoes for the first time... I was disappointed, and blown away.I did not like the fried green tomatoes. At all. I...
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by lauren p.

5.0 of 5 stars. Oh sweet lord.This was our first stop after arriving in Birmingham. After some confusion caused by our GPS taking us the most backwards way possible, we found the Irondale, and boy oh boy, it was the...
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Staci G.

5.0 of 5 stars. Southern comfort food at its best! This is the cafe that the book/movie "Fried Green Tomatoes" is based its cafe in the movie on. It is served cafeteria style. The food looks appealing and taste great...
yelp.com - user review - 01/04/2009
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Just like home! by David M. at InsiderPages

The food reminds me so much of my childhood; sitting around the table at my parent's house for Sunday Dinner. Fried Green Tomatoes to die for. Also the ambiance of the locale with the train going by. Our kind...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/18/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Deanna J.

5.0 of 5 stars. It's the queen of 'meat and three' in Birmingham, and rightfully so. Once owned by the aunt of Frannie Flag, the author of "Fried Green Tomatoes," Irondale Cafe bills itself as the 'original...
yelp.com - user review - 11/05/2007
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Historic

This place has a lot of history! Located in Irondale, Whistle Stop Cafe has been the inspiration for famous author Fannie Flagg, and has had a movie based around it (Fried Green Tomatoes staring Kathy...
judysbook.com - user review - 01/07/2006
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Good, but a little overrated by Terry E. at InsiderPages

At one time, the The Whistle Stop Cafe did serve terrific traditional southern food, and while it is still worth an occasional visit when you're in the mood for a meat and 3, the food is just not the same as...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/24/2005
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delicious by Kelli L. at InsiderPages

famous book/movie has resturant for a very good place to eat. all the fixings you can imagine in one place. parking very convienant. Not opened on Saturdays.
citysearch.com - user review - 11/11/2005
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Good enough to Inspire A Movie! by Laura S. at InsiderPages

Fried Green Tomatoes isn't the only thing on the menu. Whistle Stop offers good ol' Southern cooking in a wide variety. The servers are friendly and professional. The atmosphere is fun and clean. You couldn't...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/11/2005
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Wcities

located on first avenue north in downtown irondale, the whistle stop caf has been serving traditional southern food at the same location for many years...
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10Best

the inspiration for the whistle stop cafe in the movie "fried green tomatoes," this cafeteria-style eatery sits beside train tracks and does, in fact, serve fried green tomatoes (between 60 to 70 pounds of...
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