🌱 Homes Available + Andrew Zimmern Names Birmingham Restaurants

Happy Friday, people of Birmingham! Here's everything you need to know in town today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 65 Low: 43.

Here are the top three stories in Birmingham today:

1. Check out these five homes on the market in the Birmingham area. Land is available for purchase in Helena, and houses are available in nearby towns, ranging from two- to three-bedroom homes. Learn about the properties at the link. (Birmingham Patch)
2. One Birmingham-based company is providing peace of mind for countless families via life insurance. 1,260 people work at Protective in Birmingham, which is currently hiring. According to the company's Chief Customer Officer Cissy Williams, there is a heightened awareness of the need for life insurance because so many people have seen loved ones pass away due to COVID — this has forced the company to reevaluate to meet customer's needs. (Bham Now)
3. Celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern named the best restaurants in Birmingham. In a recent newsletter and blog, called Spilled Milk, the 60-year-old chef offers his kudos to more than a dozen Birmingham restaurants. He shouted out Eagle’s Restaurant, Miss Myra’s Pit Bar-B-Q, the Irondale Cafe, Saw’s Juke Joint, Ovenbird, Automatic Seafood & Oysters, and more. (Birmingham Times)

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Today in Birmingham:

• Create-A-Bookmark Contest, At Five Points West Regional Branch Library (9:00 AM)
• Quilting, At Birmingham Public Library (10:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Don't miss these 15 events happening this weekend in Birmingham. (Bham Now)
• Two Birmingham homes were involved in a fire on Wednesday. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service crews battled a fire at 411 Fourth Court West, in the Graymont area. (WBRC)
• UAB Sports and Exercise Medicine was named the medical provider for the new United States Football League. (University of Alabama at Birmingham)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Friday. I'll see you soon!

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.