Gravitate to Huntsville, Alabama, and enjoy music-related food in the Rocket City during Music Month in September. Where live music and the growing music scene in Huntsville shines.
Here are some music-affiliated food and drink options in the Rocket City, as well as venues that host live music.
Goodland Pour House
933 Bob Wallace Ave, Huntsville, AL
This gastropub near downtown in the Medical District is a fun and family-friendly bar and restaurant with patio seating, bar seating, and indoor seating. Make sure you find the outdoor pizza wing mural for a delicious selfie after your meal.
Here, one of the most popular items on the menu and the Chef’s Go-To is the NOTORIUS P.I.E, Detroit-style pizza (square deep dish). Mozzarella & White Cheddar, Red Sauce, Pepperoni, Pickled Jalapeno, Mike’s Hot Honey, and dollops of creamy burrata. Named after the American Rapper, The Notorious B.I.G Split the pizza with a friend and balance the meal with a fresh salad.
BERRY GARCIA SALAD
Fresh strawberries, creamy goat cheese, GPH pecan granola, quinoa, and craisins over arugula. Tossed with house balsamic vinaigrette. Named after the American Musician, Jerry Garcia, from the band The Grateful Dead.
Rock n' Roll Sushi
2500 Clinton Ave, Huntsville, AL (near downtown at Campus 805)
9056 Memorial Pkwy, Huntsville, AL (south Huntsville)
American-style sushi restaurant. Rock ‘n’ Roll music and décor with sushi rolls that began in Mobile, Alabama.
The menu calls the appetizers OPENING ACTS with items like Headbanger Shrimp, Stage Divers, and the visually stunning Twisted Tuna.
GREEN ROOM is the menu of salads; HEADLINERS are the entrée offerings like the Axl Roll, VIP Roll, Punk Rock Roll, Sweet Home Alabama roll, and more.
They even offer an AFTER PARTY with sweet treats like the Hall of Fame Brownie.
Pizzelle’s Confections
2500 Clinton Ave, Huntsville, AL (near downtown, near Campus 805)
Award-winning artisan chocolate shop and dessert café. This chocolate is more than a sweet treat, they are works of art and with unique themes and names. Music-themed items frequently rotate, like truffles: Sexyback, Goodbye Earl, Nutty by Nature, Sweet Dreams are Made of This, Walking on Sunshine, Basil B**ch, Mama Said Knock You Out, Afternoon Delight, Mama-I’m Coming Home.
They also have a café menu including savory items, lattes, cocktails, mini cakes and macarons, housemade marshmallows, and more treats.
In-shop and back patio seating is available.
Rhythm on Monroe
700 Monroe Street, Huntsville, AL
(downtown HSV next to Von Braun Center & Mars Music Hall)
Restaurant and Rooftop bar compliments a night out listening to local music and touring artists. It is connected to the VBC and Mars Music Hall. This restaurant also hosts their own live music weekly.
The menu is music-themed, including SOUND CHECK starters and OPENING ACTS appetizers like Thai Spring Rolls, Hot Southern Crab Dip, and Salads. INTERMISSION items are offered, like Classic Rock Burger and Rhythm Reuben. HEADLINERS like House-Smoked DUROC Pork Chop, Grilled Chicken Piccata, and ends with GROUPIES. Bar Menu and BRUNCH options like Eggs Bennie & the Jets.
Furniture Factory Bar & Grill
619 Meridian St, Huntsville, AL (near downtown HSV) The Original Rustic Spot
7 Town Center Drive, Huntsville, AL (in the Providence area) New & Polished
This 21-and-up sports bar has been around for many years in Huntsville and hosts live music on the back patio space weekly and Karaoke options each week.
The menu offers bar food like burgers, fries, and wings. The Providence location offers brunch, too.
The Camp
MidCity District area near Orion Amphitheater
The Camp is currently under construction at its new location in MidCity, with a fresh space on the way for live music, food, drinks, and community events. Guests can expect the same laid-back atmosphere The Camp is known for, with outdoor gathering spaces, live entertainment, dining and drinks, and plenty of room to hang out with friends. Stay tuned for more details as The Camp gets ready to welcome guests to its next chapter in MidCity.
The Orion Amphitheater
701 Amphitheater Drive, Huntsville, AL (midcity area)
Award-winning outdoor amphitheater with seating for 8,000. A space for community, culture, and live music for local artists and touring artists. Sustainability is important at this venue, as well as recycling and compostable paper goods. Smaller outdoor music and venue space is also utilized here for live music and events on the grounds of Orion, and a separate bar called Jeff & Blues that offers live music and bar.
Many food and drink options at the Orion, with elevated dishes from Chef Josh Quick of Odette ( a popular restaurant from Florence, AL) and a canned beer, Orion Helles, brewed exclusively for Orion from Huntsville Brewery, Yellow Hammer.
Stovehouse
3414 Governors Drive, Huntsville, AL
Stovehouse is an outdoor music venue, shopping, food, exercise, and leisure space. A reimagined and transformed old stove factory.
Live music is alive here, as there is a calendar of events, the music and food garden, as well as the indoor venue space of Electric Belle. The food garden hosts a variety of restaurants that encourage grabbing food to go and sitting in the main area to listen to live music. There are swings, picnic benches, covered spaces, indoor space with air conditioning, and a small rooftop to enjoy eating, drinking, and music.
