Golf in Irondale

Irondale is a Jefferson County city east of Birmingham whose commercial character along US-78 includes the Whistle Stop Café, the real-life inspiration for the setting of Fannie Flagg's novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe and the subsequent film adaptation. The city's identity has evolved from its early role as a railroad and manufacturing community into its current status as a suburban municipality with a distinctive literary connection that draws visitors to what might otherwise be an unremarkable roadside stop in the Birmingham eastern suburbs.