A Local's Guide to Birmingham

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Favorite Attractions in Birmingham
Your weekend will be filled with taking in tunes at City Stages, but if you can squeeze in some spare time, spend it at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, a museum where you can take a self-guided tour through significant events of the Civil Rights Movement, many of which happened right here. For a free dose of outdoor color, try the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Spread over 67 acres, the gardens are some of the South's finest. Be sure to check out the Southern Living Garden, a brilliant show of color.

• City Stages: Linn Park (Park Place and 20th Street); (205) 251-1272 or www.citystages.org.
• Garage Cafe: 2304 10th Terrace South; (205) 322-3220.
• Pepper Place: Second Avenue South between 28th and 29th Streets; (205) 802-2100 or www.pepperplace.net.
• A'Mano: 2707 Culver Road; (205) 871-9093 or www.amanogifts.com.
• Sweet Peas Garden Shop: 2829 Linden Avenue; (205) 879-3839.
• Camany and Company: 1743 Reese Street; (205) 423-0975.
• The Summit: 214 Summit Blvd. (I-459 at U.S. 280); (205) 967-0111 or www.thesummitonline.com.
• Klingler's European Bakery & Cafe: 621 Montgomery Highway; (205) 823-4560 or www.klinglers.com.
• Cobb Lane Restaurant: 1 Cobb Lane; (205) 933-0462 or www.cobblane.com.
• The Continental Bakery in English Village: 1909 Cahaba Road; (205) 870-5584.
• Chez Lulu: 1911 Cahaba Road; (205) 870-7011.
• O.T.'s Neighborhood Sports Grill: 720 29th Street South; (205) 323-6727.
• Surin West: 1918 11th Avenue South; (205) 324-1928 or www.surinwest.com.
• Fish Market Restaurant: 612 22nd Street South; (205) 322-3330 or www.thefishmarket.net.
• Highlands Bar and Grill: 2011 11th Avenue South; (205) 939-1400 or www.highlandsbarandgrill.com.
• Bottega/Bottega Café: 2240 Highland Avenue South; (205) 939-1000 or www.bottegarestaurant.com.
• Hot and Hot Fish Club: 2180 11th Court South; (205) 933-5474 or www.hotandhotfishclub.com.
• Courtyard Birmingham Downtown at UAB: 1820 Fifth Avenue South; (205) 254-0004.
• Hampton Inn Lakeshore: 30 State Farm Parkway; (205) 313-2060.
• Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa: 4000 Grand Avenue; (205) 916-7677 or www.rossbridgeresort.com.
• Birmingham Civil Rights Institute: 520 16th Street North; toll-free 1-866-328-9696 or www.bcri.org.
• Birmingham Botanical Gardens: 2612 Lane Park Road; (205) 414-3900 or www.bbgardens.org.

"A Local's Guide to Birmingham" is from the June 2006 issue of Southern Living.