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    Mary Ruth's Restaurant

    5.0 (43 reviews)
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    Tommy B.

    If you are hungry and you are close Exit 114 on 1-65 then this is the place. We stopped today on way to Florida for lunch. Wife had fried chicken green beans, and sweet potatoes excellent. My liver and onion very tender but my turnip greens stoled the show. The ladies are sweet and made us feel like family. Don't let the outside stop you from having a great southern lunch.

    Candied yams, collards, Mac and cheese, cubed steak - all from the hot bar
    Heather N.

    Absolutely delicious and wonderful service! We had the hot bar and tried it all between the two of us! If you want to feel like Sunday supper on a Wednesday at lunch I highly recommend! Everything is homemade and you can tell! The precious women running Mary Ruth's treat you like family!

    So glad we found this little spot off I-65. It is a great place for a "home cooked meal". We had excellent service and the food was very good. I would recommend the fried chicken!

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    7 months ago

    Ate here with a genuine Alabamian and she said "rate it 10 stars, 15 stars." She was so happy. Us northerners also enjoyed. Do it, lady!

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    2 years ago

    Food and service is very good friendly people hot bar is always good as well as the menu items especially cheeseburgers

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    2 years ago

    Great soul food. Don't tell but the cabbage better than my mamas! Very intimate quite family owned establishment

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    Quenita M.

    Thank you for stopping by ! Please come again

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    2 years ago

    Excellent service very friendly good home cooked food. Small out of the way but a real gem

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    This was a fantastic place! We felt like we stopped at a relative's house to eat. Best meal we've had away from home in quite some time.

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    Thank you for your glowing review . We look forward to your next visit

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    2 years ago

    Great southern food and excellent service in this family business. Slightly off the beaten path but well worth it

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    Great food extremely great service makes you think your at your grandmas house very quiet and friendly atmosphere

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    BBQ 65

    4.4(268 reviews)
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    BBQ is a gem of the American countryside dining. Partially, because the only other alternative is…read moretypically fast food. But, that would not be a fair description of this tradition: BBQ is an incredible style of cooking and spots like this represent this tradition well. BBQ 65 is conveniently located right off the interstate in a gas station in a saloon like building that has a beautiful character from the outside. Open since 2010s, this spot has started to earn its place in the BBQ world, albeit being newer to it. There is an indoor seating inside near the gas station shop aisles. The ribs are cooked well with a nice wood profile, but neither very delicate nor particularly notable for their flavor of the meat itself, with smoke notes dominating. The quality of pork itself and the slightly tougher preparation could be better to rival Alabama's best. The BBQ sauce is loaded up with vinegar, completely overpowering the meat if consumed together, although to be fair, this may be a matter of preference for some BBQ lovers. The star of the show is potato salad which was perfectly balanced on its acidity, sweetness and overall flavor. As a whole, BBQ 65 is a pleasant stop to experience some traditional southern cooking and support a local business instead of tossing money into another "by the exit" fast food chain.

    Yelp's driving directions wrongly told us to turn west from I-65 to get here. Actually, this…read morerestaurant is just EAST of I-65. The restaurant was closed today (a Friday), for some reason anyway.

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    Fried green tomatoes

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    Sisters Restaurant - My wife got the fried chicken breast , sweet carrot soufflé, field peas and sweet tea. I

    Sisters Restaurant

    4.0(81 reviews)
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    On our way to Birmingham and hungry, we stopped at this restaurant with the parking lot full of…read morecars - one of our ways to guide us to a good restaurant. The menu is simple and limited, but perfect for a homy kind of meal. They offer 1 choice of meat and 2 sides or 1 and 3 sides, and also about 5 choices of specials of the day plus about 4 choices of deserts - we planned for the apple cobbler, but no room in our stomach, unfortunately. Prices are very good, portions were huge. My husband chose chicken fingers and said he never had such a tender chicken. I had the fried shrimp, also very tender inside and crispy outside. The picture I shared was "after" I was finished, so generous the portion is. The ambience is simple but very nice. There are about 3 rooms style; we set in the booth in the front (nice) on the left side, in front of it there's s room with tables, and behind a nicer room with great light, which we will try next time. All customers seem to be returned clients, the happening of the town I guess, very warm and friendly as well as the staff. If you are on the road, great place to stop. If you live near by, well, I'm sure you were there today or will be tomorrow.

    Our cross country road trip is close to being done. We came to Troy for the week to visit my…read morehusbands family and of course we had to visit as many friends and family as possible. For one of our lunches we met my husbands former coach and family and he had suggested we meet at sisters. Now this is a local place for sure. They have their meats, sides, a few baskets, salads and kids options. Service here for our table of 11 was amazing- attentive, quick and sweet. Now once my husbands coach explained the menu we picked our meal. Hubby went with the salmon croquettes and two sides, my son went with the chicken tender and fries and my daughter got a side of Mac and cheese. For my lunch I decided to go with the 4 side platter consisting of Mac and cheese, mashed potatoes with gravy, cabbage and beans. The ambiance here definitely gives me simple but cozy vibes with wooden tables and chairs. The food came quickly and was good southern food you'd expect to find.

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    Sisters Restaurant - The meatloaf was good. The banana pudding was awful tho, do not fall for that nonsense.

    The meatloaf was good. The banana pudding was awful tho, do not fall for that nonsense.

    Sisters Restaurant - I got meatloaf, Mac cheese, field peas, and sweet tea.

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    I got meatloaf, Mac cheese, field peas, and sweet tea.

    Mary Ruth's Restaurant - southern - Updated May 2026

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