The Queso Connection

Birmingham kept sending me to El Barrio. Ask around about queso here and this is one of those names that keeps finding its way into the conversation. So obviously, it had to go on the Trail. And this isn't anonymous bowl-of-yellow-cheese territory. Barrio Queso starts with American cheese and goat cheese, then brings in toasted chipotle and tequila before getting a finish of cilantro and cotija. You can add roasted peppers and chorizo if you want to take the whole operation another notch. El Barrio | Birmingham, Alabama I haven't come here to crown Birmingham's Best Queso based on somebody else's opinion. That's not how this Trail works. But when enough locals point toward the same bowl, we follow the coordinates. Trail assignment: investigate accordingly.