By Cassandra Dumay<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year\u2019s convention destination, the Sheraton and Westin Birmingham Hotel, is close to an exciting downtown food scene. Here are some healthy food locations that are around a five-minute drive from the hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Urban Cookhouse<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1801 5th Ave. N., Birmingham Urban Cookhouse offers salads, sandwiches, wraps and more with an emphasis on fresh, locally farmed ingredients. The restaurant also offers \u201cTake It to the House\u201d platters, starting at $35, that can feed a group of four. Yo\u2019 Mama\u2019s<\/a> Yo\u2019 Mama\u2019s is a black-owned restaurant offering gluten-free options for soul food classics including chicken and waffles, pork chops, and shrimp and grits. Visitors can select the gluten-free option to any dish on the menu when they order. Brick & Tin<\/a> Brick & Tin is a restaurant, bar and bakery that cooks with locally farmed ingredients. The lunch spot sells salad, soups and handhelds including paninis and chicken tacos. To find out more, go to brickandtin.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n Worth the Trip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Have time to travel a bit further? These healthy food locations are under a 15-minute drive from the convention location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Greenhouse<\/a> Greenhouse is 15 minutes away from the NABJ convention center and aims to sell what it calls feel good, whole food meals. The menu features salads, sandwiches, cookies and sides such as chickpea fritters, white bean hummus and roasted sweet potatoes. Blueroot Co.<\/a> Blueroot Co. specializes in \u201cnutrient-dense food for those on the move,\u201d according to the restaurant\u2019s website, and is 8 minutes away from the NABJ convention. The menu includes specialty burgers, warm bowls, salads and smoothies. Chop N Fresh<\/a> At Chop N Fresh, customers can choose from a menu of salads and warm bowls or customize their own. This restaurant is 9 minutes away from the Sheraton and Westin and offers a long list of salad dressings to choose from, including Korean BBQ, lime cilantro jalape\u00f1o and pesto vinaigrette. Chopt Creative<\/a> Chopt Creative is a 13-minute drive from the Sheraton and Westin and sells salads, wraps and warm bowls. The summer menu, including the summer corn Caesar wrap and sweet summer Cobb salad, features in-season, locally sourced ingredients. By Cassandra Dumay This year\u2019s convention destination, the Sheraton and Westin Birmingham Hotel, is close to an exciting downtown food scene. Here are some healthy food locations that are around a five-minute drive from the […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":3116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,399],"tags":[400,89,411,33,375],"class_list":{"0":"post-2983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-features","8":"category-nabj23","9":"tag-birmingham","10":"tag-food","11":"tag-healthy","12":"tag-nabj","13":"tag-vegan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2983"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2988,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions\/2988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Price Range: $11-$47
Hours: 10 a.m to 4 p.m., Monday-Friday<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To find out more, go to www.uc-birmingham.com\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2328 2nd Ave. N., Birmingham
Price Range: $11-$14
Hours: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday-Friday<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To find out more, go to yomamasmeals.square.site\/.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
214 20th St. N., Birmingham
Price Range: $9-$16
Hours: 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday-Friday<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1017 Oxmoor Road, Homewood
Price Range: $12-$20
Hours: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To find out more, visitwww.greenhousebham.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2829 2nd Ave. S., Birmingham
Price Range: $16-$20
Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday and 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To find out more visit, bluerootco.com\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
291 Rele St., Mountain Brook
Price Range: $13-$17
Hours: 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m. on Sunday<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To find out more, visit www.chopnfresh.com\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
331 Summit Blvd., Birmingham
Price Range: $8-$15
Hours: 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To find out more, visit www.choptsalad.com\/.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"