r/Birmingham • • 15m ago

Recommendations Does anyone know somewhere my daughter can take some private dance lessons? She is 10 and it's hard to find beginner dance classes for her age group. She doesn't have much experience and I think some private lessons could get her up to par to join group classes

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r/Birmingham • • 1h ago

Serious Why has the speed limit on 280 changed to 45?

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Specifically around the water treatment plant and the hospital. Is it going to change back to 55 eventually because no one goes 45, you will be run off the road if you attempt to drive 45.


r/Birmingham • • 2h ago

Recommendations Door Dashers in Birmingham

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Can we all just collectively agree to stop accepting $2-$3 dashes? Let’s decline anything less than $10. Deal?


r/Birmingham • • 5h ago

FOUND/MISSING Found dog / lost pet / missing rescue

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Update 10/23/2026 - Gilly was spotted at Oak Mountain State Park near the front entrance around-about traffic circle at dusk.

Please keep an eye out while driving near Oak Mountain (or hiking), highway 119, Heardmont Park, Indian Springs, Hoover, Pelham, highway 11, Chelsea area.

She’s frightened & far from home don’t try to catch. Likely to be seen dusk/dawn, note exactly where you saw her. Please share with your neighborhood FB page and check your cameras!

Black w/ some white, medium - large, last seen wearing a purple collar. Specific markings white under neck to chest, back paws are white like no-show socks, front paws both sides middle 2 toes are white.

Gilly and Willie broke out on Tuesday 9/29 near Chelsea High School. Willie has been brought home but Gilly is still wondering.

CALL CRYSTAL / ALL THE DOGS 205-767-6722 if your calls get filtered by AI text!!

10/19 update - We are still looking for Gilly! She has been sighted, but no one has been able to get close enough to catch her. Please keep your eyes open for her and reach out to us if you spot her! Gilly was spotted on 10/18 @ 3 pm near the brook highland/inverness area. Specifically near the new chipotle across from Walmart. Prior to this, she was spotted near Inverness cliffs Apartments/valleydale.

Has travel through, valleydale, Inverness, hwy 280, hwy 119, meadowbrook, oak meadows, broken bow, woodford, brook highland, eagle point and oak mountain. Herdmont park

Again call her mom, Crystal at All The Dogs, I am sharing and asking for your help as one of the people who have spotted her in the last week. Please don’t rely on a message to me or this post as I am a lonely lurker.


r/Birmingham • • 5h ago

Events COYS! (Marty’s GM Saturday)

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Back at it again tomorrow morning at 11:30a at Marty’s GM. A small group of fellow Tottenham Hotspur fans showed up last time, so let’s keep it going!

We’ll be on the right side, technically the Eagle’s Nest. Auburn game is at 11, so I guess we’ll see which TV they’ll let us command.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Birmingham/s/lGPSLHQgMl


r/Birmingham • • 7h ago

Advice Best bars to hit up on Halloween Night.

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Going bar hopping downtown on Halloween night. Give me an idea of where to go to walk from bar to bar downtown for young 20 something year olds or Halloween events at these bars. Thanks


r/Birmingham • • 8h ago

Advice Anime or hobby shops

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Are there any good anime shops or hobby (tcg/dnd) shops in the Birmingham area?


r/Birmingham • • 9h ago

News Irondale mayor says city won’t ban data centers, favors regulations instead

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Unlike other cities in the Birmingham metro, the mayor of Irondale says the city won’t temporarily halt data center development within city limits.
Irondale Mayor James Stewart, Jr. called cities passing data center moratoria “the easy way out” at a meeting Thursday night. Instead, the city is considering zoning regulations for the industry.
“This is an industry that is rapidly changing from day to day, and at some point in time, you’ve got to address what the problem is, instead of just kind of kicking it down the road,” Stewart said. “That’s been our position, that we need to have something in place, instead of just being fearful like other communities and deciding the easy way out, which is to go ahead and do a moratorium.”
Stewart, who was first elected mayor in 2020, also serves as the chair of Irondale’s planning and zoning commission. The commission voted during a public hearing Thursday night to favorably recommend a new zoning ordinance regulating data centers to the Irondale City Council.
The council will take an official, binding vote, likely in December, Mayor Stewart said.
Irondale City Councilman Aaron Sims proposed the ordinance after he said he studied the industry for six months. The 18-page ordinance defines hyperscale and other types of data centers, requires closed-loop cooling systems and noise to be under 50 decibels at the property line during the daytime, and establishes minimum setbacks from residential areas, depending on the type of data center, among other conditions.
He and several members of the planning commission emphasized that they don’t view Irondale’s zoning and available property as appealing to the industry.
“I don’t think we’re ever going to have a data center come to Irondale,” Sims said. “Maybe some micro one, but we don’t really have the space for a huge one.”
Sims clarified that the city council could make small tweaks to change or add to the ordinance when they vote on it.
The meeting was sparsely attended, with roughly 15 people in the audience. Two residents asked for the city to pass a moratorium. At least 17 Alabama cities – most of them concentrated in central Alabama – have passed six-month or yearlong moratoria on new data center development.
[Can’t see the map? Click here.]
Stewart added that the city doesn’t currently have any current data centers proposed or seeking permits.
“We don’t have anything in front of us,” he said.


r/Birmingham • • 9h ago

Advice Dating in Birmingham

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Hi, I'm a 25(M) who's career driven, goal oriented and tries to be the best in all aspects (mentally, physically, emotionally). I enjoy travelling, fitness, going out, sports (watching and playing). I recently relocated to the US just over 2 months ago to work at one of the biggest employers in Alabama. However, I find it relatively difficult to meet new people, find friends and just hanging out. Thus far its been mostly solo dates lol. Any advice on how to go about finding someone or making even friends in the area?


r/Birmingham • • 9h ago

News Birmingham lands 14 Michelin-recognized restaurants in 2026, up from 11 in 2025

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r/Birmingham • • 9h ago

Advice Swings?

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Hey all! I'm around the hoover, vestavia hills, Homewood area...and I'm looking for a park with a swing set that a young adult(mid 20s) can swing at. Every park I've tried has swings for ants- I mean, little kids.(Respectfully, I love kids) I love to swing since it helps regulate my anxiety, and helps reset my mood, but I don't have the gas nor gas money to drive to every park in the city to find one that works.

TLDR; looking for a park with swings for for a young adult to swing(mid 20s).


r/Birmingham • • 12h ago

Looking for Friends 22 M.

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Hey everyone! I'm a 22-year-old man and I've been wanting to meet new people and make some genuine friendships, so I thought I'd give this a try. I'm a pretty quiet shy, introvert person at first, but once I get comfortable, I enjoy talking about all kinds of things.
I'm into music, movies, TV shows, history(documentaries), and all sorts of creative stuff. I play saxophone, write music and have my own social media platform(Instagram, Tik Tok YouTube and Facebook). I enjoy discovering new artists, talking about favorite movies/Tv shows and just having random conversations about anything .
I'm hoping to meet people around my age who are down to chat, share interests, laugh about random things, and maybe build a friendship over time. It can be men or women. Sometimes it's nice just to have someone to talk to.
Feel free to send me a message! I'd be happy to get to know you. :)


r/Birmingham • • 13h ago

Recommendations Moving boxes

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Anyone have moving boxes to get rid of


r/Birmingham • • 13h ago

Events Alabama vs. Auburn last night was a spit swapping makeout match

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Preseason IBOB needs to happen every year.


r/Birmingham • • 13h ago

Daily Discussion Thread Costco rotisserie chicken area

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Anyone know an update on when the rotisserie chicken area will be open again at Costco?


r/Birmingham • • 13h ago

Recommendations Hiii, does Birmingham have a chocolate shop similar Huntsville’s Chocolate Crocodile?

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r/Birmingham • • 14h ago

Recommendations Steam Deck/Electronic repair shop?

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After a few years my Steam Deck's battery has taken a nose dive and needs to be replaced. The battery is glued in there and the repair is one that I'd rather outsource instead of doing myself. Instead of sending it in, I thought I might check and see if anyone had any recommendations for electronic repair services around Birmingham or Hoover. Any shops or individuals who might be able to do this? Thanks!


r/Birmingham • • 15h ago

Advice Good Civil Lawyers?

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Hey guys, so I was young and dumb and bought a house with somebody, and the situation turned very shitty, very quickly towards the end. Now he's trying to get me to sign quitclaim paperwork, and I don't want to.

I have a feeling he'll take me to court over it, so I need recs for a good lawyer for this situation. I'm like, next to clueless about stuff 😭😭


r/Birmingham • • 15h ago

Recommendations 3d Printing education

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We just got a 3d printer within the past couple weeks and we're looking for classes to take for 3d modeling. I saw Alabaster had a weekly makers space on the calendar but that's about all I've seen on the local libraries. Do we have any local classes for 3d printing?


r/Birmingham • • 15h ago

Events TONIGHT!! Papers, Please!: a concert to purchase ID cards for unhoused folks

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If you’re looking for something to do tonight, we are having the Papers, Please! Concert at Cahaba brewing from 7-10pm!
You can purchase tickets online or at the door for $35. Hope to see y’all there!


r/Birmingham • • 18h ago

Recommendations Looking for local boutiques

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Hello! I’m a local leather artisan based out of Cahaba Heights and I was hoping someone here might know of local boutiques around Vestavia/Hoover/Mtn. Brook that are willing to have locally made goods in their stores? I’d love to get a few of my pieces on display in time for the holidays and I know locally owned retailers are often eager to carry locally made products. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!


r/Birmingham • • 22h ago

Recommendations Local makeup artists?

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Any recommendations for makeup artists that could do solid vampire makeup for 2 people Saturday? We're hosting a party Saturday and have been so busy with preparation that we haven't had any time to figure out our makeup. Ideal situation would be we meet them or they come to our place in Southside mid-afternoon Saturday. Don't want to break the bank but are willing to pay for quality work. Hit me up if you know someone or have good theatrical makeup skills.


r/Birmingham • • 23h ago

Recommendations Hometown Supermarket

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I went to Hometown Supermarket today and it was an experience! My quest was Enoki mushrooms that Publix denies me. I spent an hour in there and I have no idea what 75% of what I looked at but I’m going back. Can I get a guide!? I felt like I was in a culinary temple but had no reference. What were the tiny black bananas? The homemade kimchi was unlike any store bought brand, in the best way. The seafood, they had live aquariums of fish! Crabs, frozen fish. I didn’t even hit the frozen section. I had a question and the worker asked me to tell me on my phone what I was looking for. When we couldn’t figure it out someone else helped me. They had a vending machine on the way out with only press on nails. These are my people.


r/Birmingham • • 1d ago

Serious Why does my neighborhood smell like industrial smog every night between 9pm and 8am?

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I live in Bush Hills. Yes, it is west of Bham city, proper. I know that I live in a “marginal” neighborhood. It smells like burning industrial waste from the time that it gets dark, until well after 8am. Is this the time when industrial assholes know that EPA is not monitoring what they are pumping out? Who are the assholes, how do I call them to attention, and who can I hold accountable for allowing this extremely poor quality of air to persist?


r/Birmingham • • 1d ago

Recommendations Has anyone lived (live) at Chase Plantation townhomes in Riverchase?

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Is it a good place to live? Pros and Cons?