Every Huntsville where-to-eat list in one place: wings, pizza, Mexican, barbecue, breakfast, burgers, sushi, desserts, bakeries and patios, plus brunch.
Last checked 2026-10-17. Refreshed every three months.
These are our where-to-eat lists for Huntsville, one per kind of food. Each is alphabetical, gives every place’s address, phone and hours as the place itself publishes them, and links to its own site. None is a ranking.
Huntsville’s restaurants cluster in a handful of places: downtown around the courthouse square and Big Spring Park, the University Drive corridor, Airport Road, Jones Valley on Carl T. Jones Drive, the Village of Providence, and the food halls and campuses of West Huntsville, Stovehouse and Campus 805.
How we made these lists. The places come from OpenStreetMap records inside Huntsville’s city limits, the same data behind our local directory, checked against each place’s own website on Oct. 17, 2026. We added places from the downtown, Stovehouse and Campus 805 directories where the place’s own page confirmed it. Nobody paid to be on any list. Run a restaurant? Write to us to correct an entry or ask to be added.
The lists
Where to get wings. Six places, most on University Drive: wing counters, a Korean fried chicken restaurant, a Mexican cantina with a wings menu, a smokehouse counter at Stovehouse and the pizza chains that serve wings.
Where to get pizza. Twelve places, from a downtown pizzeria that opened in 1961 to wood-fired and brewery pizza on Clinton Avenue West, plus the delivery chains.
Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants. Thirteen places, most on University Drive, with Tex-Mex on the courthouse square and taco counters at Campus 805 and Stovehouse.
Where to get barbecue. Six barbecue restaurants spread across the city, from downtown and Five Points to North Memorial Parkway, University Drive and Jones Valley.
Breakfast and coffee. Twenty-one breakfast restaurants and coffee shops, clustered downtown and in Five Points, in Jones Valley and on Airport Road.
Where to get burgers. Eleven places, including two downtown burger spots, Research Park, University Drive and Hampton Cove.
Sushi and Asian restaurants. Sixteen sushi, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean and Chinese restaurants, clustered on University Drive and Airport Road.
Ice cream and desserts. Eight ice cream, gelato, milkshake, cookie and crepe shops downtown, in Jones Valley and at Stovehouse.
Bakeries. Seven bakeries, three of them downtown, plus Airport Road, Providence and Stovehouse.
Patios and outdoor dining. Fifteen restaurants whose own sites list a patio, rooftop or outdoor seating, nine of them downtown.
Where the places on these lists are
- Downtown and Five Points: pizza, Tex-Mex, barbecue, burgers, coffee, bakeries, ice cream and most of the patios.
- University Drive: wings, Mexican, burgers and the University Drive center at No. 6125 with sushi, Thai and a buffet.
- Airport Road: Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, breakfast and two bakeries.
- Jones Valley: breakfast, pizza, ice cream and cookies on Carl T. Jones Drive.
- Stovehouse and Campus 805: entertainment campuses on Governors Drive and Clinton Avenue West, with ramen, tacos, barbecue, wood-fired pizza, sushi and milkshakes.
More food guides
- Brunch in Huntsville: weekend and weekday brunch, with hours from each restaurant.
- Date night in Huntsville: dinner and evening ideas.
- Restaurant Week: Huntsville Restaurant Week and Culinary Month every August.
- Restaurant inspection scores: how to check a restaurant’s health inspection.
- Our local directory: every business in our directory, searchable by type.
Frequently asked questions
Where are the restaurants in Huntsville?
They cluster downtown around the courthouse square and Big Spring Park, along University Drive, on Airport Road, in Jones Valley on Carl T. Jones Drive, at the Village of Providence and at Stovehouse and Campus 805 in West Huntsville.
How are these Huntsville restaurant lists made?
Each list starts from OpenStreetMap records inside Huntsville’s city limits, checked against each place’s own website. The lists are alphabetical, not rankings, and nobody pays to be on them.
Where can I find restaurant inspection scores in Huntsville?
Our restaurant inspections page explains how to look up Alabama Department of Public Health food establishment scores for Madison County restaurants.
Where can I eat outside in Huntsville?
Our patios and outdoor dining list has 15 places whose own sites list a patio, rooftop or outdoor seating, nine of them downtown.
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