Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, Post-Renovations
Art is an economist who guest blogs for us in between his professor-ing.
When I lived in Memphis, I liked de planing because the airport smells like barbecue. It was a lovely “welcome home.” Now that we live in Birmingham, I spend a lot of time moving into and out of the newly-renovated Shuttlesworth Airport.
During the early stages of the renovation, it was pretty bleak. The food pickings were kind of slim, and it wasn’t terribly comfortable.
That has changed after they reopened concourses A and B. Now, there’s a Jim & Nick’s BBQ right after security. It’s a great way to move from the humiliation, frustration, and sheer pointlessness of the TSA to wherever you’re about to go. If you’re eating a low-carb diet, I recommend the “pig in the garden” salad with bleu cheese dressing. It’s a fairly standard salad but covered in pulled pork. Add BBQ sauce and you have a hearty and filling meal.The food and coffee selections have definitely improved. Almost all my flights are on Delta (and usually through Atlanta). I won’t go into the details on all of them, but one that stands out is the Good People Brewing right next to gate A4. Before a very early flight a few months ago, I went in to get breakfast and said to the bartender “so if I wanted to, I could get a beer at 4:45 AM?” Her response: “and shots are $4.00.”
God Bless America.
When we moved from Memphis, I was a little worried that BHM wouldn’t be as good a home airport as MEM. It doesn’t serve as many destinations, probably, but it’s small, easy to get into and out of, it’s almost certainly cheaper, I’ve made three same-day direct trips since we moved (to DFW, LGA, and ORD), and I have a few others either on the calendar or about to be there. With the new renovations, it’s going to be even better.*
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jim N Nicks…..why not just go to Full Moon and have better bar bq and carry it through TSA …better yet…I always bring Dreamland Ribs back from BHM to DEN in my carry on…the sauce goes in checked luggage
Where, when and what school did you attend in Memphis? I have lived here for 49 years.