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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Bham Now, AL.com, and Vestavia Voice. Updated September 2026.
Sabor Latino Restaurant · Homewood
Sabor Latino is a Green Springs Highway restaurant cooking flavors from Peru and across Latin America, with hearty plates of grilled meats, rice dishes and empanadas, and its Peruvian tamales are a fan favorite. Order the Peruvian tamales with a fresh passion fruit juice.
Kool Korner Sandwiches · Vestavia Hills
Kool Korner Sandwiches is a Vestavia Hills Cuban sandwich shop, and its Cuban tamales are served hot and made fresh the way they are on the streets of Cuba, a sustaining plate on their own. Order the hot Cuban tamales.