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If you hang out with us, it won’t take you very long to find out that we love our beautiful city: Birmingham. We’ve lived in the heart of the city for years and years now and watched it grow. From the Rev Birmingham movement to all the new developments like Pizitz Food Hall, we’ve witnessed it happen in our own backyard. It’s been such an exciting time to live in this little-big city!

As much as we love living here, we equally love sharing it with people who don’t know it all that well! It brings us so much joy when we’re asked for suggestions on where to eat, shop, or hang out! So today we’re sharing some of our favorite places to go for date nights here in this Magic City of ours.

1. Dressed Up Fun: Our favorite date for getting fancy & going out involves some serious fun! We suggest starting with an early dinner at Gallery & Garden or Bottega (depending on what you’re hungry for). You’ll definitely want to wear your pearls & have your man in his sports coat for this one. Afterwards, head to Carrigan’s for drinks. You’ll love the view of downtown Birmingham from there! To end the night we highly suggest catching a show at the newly restored Lyric Theater, the Alabama theater, or our favorite: Iron City! They always have fabulous acts coming in, so you’ll be sure to find something you’re interested in.

Birmingham Date Night Ideas| Birmingham AL Wedding Photographers

2. Semi-Formal Date Night Fun: Our favorite of all date-night combos, because we can dress cute & comfy for a night out on the town. We’ll typically start things off with dinner at Melt, because nothing says fun like a gourmet grilled cheese sandwich (Katie loves the Mac-Melt & Alec’s choice is the Flying Hawaiian). From there we love heading to Insomnia Cookies for their ice cream & cookies. Then the perfect end to the night is heading up to Vulcan Park & Museum right up Red Mountain for the sunset. There is no better view of Birmingham like the one from the top of Vulcan!

Birmingham Date Night Ideas| Birmingham AL Wedding Photographers

3. Sweet & Simple: There are so many amazing options in Birmingham for you to have a great date-night-out. If you want to go out but still keep it affordable, we’ve got just the option for you. We’d start by heading to Dreamland for some delicious barbecue & drinks. It’s a Birmingham staple with an amazing atmosphere. Next, head to Railroad Park to take a stroll hand-on-hand. It’s got a perfect view of the city with tons of sights nearby from the Rotary trail sign, the Birmingham Light tunnels, and even the “It’s Nice to Have You in Birmingham” sign that is just down the road! From there we suggest heading to a Baron’s game at Regions Field, right across the street! If you can, try to go on a Friday because they always have late-night fireworks after the game!

Birmingham Date Night Ideas| Birmingham AL Wedding Photographers

Birmingham is so full of amazing food, entertainment, and fun places to go! We’ve only begun to scratch the surface of our favorites places but hope that you have a great time in this Magic City of ours! We’d also love to here of your favorite places to go in the city! Let us know where your favorite date nigh spots are in the comments below 🙂

Here’s to lots of fun,

Katie & Alec

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