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Perennial Restaurant
Plant-Forward Southern
An avocado-green century-old house in Cloverdale with purple tablecloths and an empty birdcage or two sets the mood for this plant-forward Southern dinner spot run by a local nutrition professor. The menu leans hard on Alabama ingredients and zero-waste cooking, so your steak might be squash, and the chimichurri is made from carrot tops. The New York Times put it on their 2026 Restaurant List. Go easy on the 124-proof Judge Roy Bean.
The awards strongest first
- The New York Times 2026 · The Restaurant List
One number, weighted & current 67
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Squash steak
“Your steak might be a squash steak.”
The New York Times, 2026 -
Pan-seared gulf shrimp
“That bright chimichurri on pan-seared Gulf shrimp?”
The New York Times, 2026 -
Crisp fruit ravioli
“The sweet plums for crisp fruit ravioli come from nearby Clanton”
The New York Times, 2026 -
Kefir soda
“That kefir soda?”
The New York Times, 2026
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