KSR's Guide to Hoover, AL for Kentucky baseball's SEC Tournament run

Kentucky baseball will return to Hoover, Alabama on Tuesday for their third consecutive SEC Tournament appearance. The ‘Cats are slotted as the No. 8 seed, and will play No. 9 seed Alabama on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. CDT (5:30 p.m. EST) on the SEC Network. The Crimson Tide will most likely have the largest fan support of any team in the tournament, as Hoover and Tuscaloosa are less than an hour apart.

The tournament will be played at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (5508 Stadium Trace Parkway).

For all Kentucky fans heading down to Alabama this week, I have done some research on some of the best things to do while in the area. Hopefully the ‘Cats find themselves playing into the weekend, which would mean a week in the second most beautiful city in America.

Best Things to Do (that isn’t watching baseball…)

According to vacationidea.com, here are the nine best things to do in or around Hoover:

1. Aldridge Botanical Gardens
2. Moss Rock Preserve & Waterfalls
3. Riverchase Galleria
4. Hoover Metropolitan Complex (bingo)
5. Veterans Park
6. Painting with a Twist
7. Jubilee Joe’s
8. Front Porch
9. StarDome Comedy Club

Best Places to Eat

According to Yelp, here are top 10 rated restaurants in or around Hoover:

1. Front Porch
2. Farrelly’s Southern Bar & Kitchen
3. Whiskey Foxtrot Burger Dive
4. King Buffet-Pelham
5. Ragtime Cafe
6. Biscuit Belly – Hoover
7. Melt – Hoover
8. The Electric
9. Tre Luna Bar & Kitchen
10. Redlands Grill by J. Alexander’s

Best Places to Drink

According to Yelp, here are the top 10 rated breweries in or around Hoover:

1. Oak Mountain Brewing
2. Brock’s Gap Brewing
3. Oversoul Brewing
4. Good People Brewing
5. Back Forty Beer Company Birmingham
6. Siluria Brewing Company
7. Avondale Brewing
8. Trim Tab Brewing
9. Cahaba Brewing Company
10. Birmingham District Brewing

Per usual, I’m sure many Kentucky fans will make their way to Hoover (as they do everywhere else) to support their ‘Cats. While it might not be as nice as Catlanta or BBNashville, I have no doubt in my mind Wildcat fans will make their voices heard in enemy territory.