Mac’s 1 Stop on Birmingham’s Southside is a do-it-all gas station/convenience store/burger joint where you can get a fill-up, a pack of smokes and a patty melt to go.

Birmingham Magazine’s Julia Sayers sang the praises of Mac’s magical “gas-station food” in a feature story that ran in the magazine a few years ago.

Now, Ava Lowrey, an Alabama native and documentary filmmaker for the Southern Foodways Alliance, has released a short film about Mac’s that she calls “One Stop.”

Lowrey’s film debuted at the Southern Foodways Alliance Winter Symposium in Birmingham on Feb. 9, and the SFA has shared it with AL.com. You may watch it below.

Owners Heather and Allen Ehl started running Mac's 1 Stop after they took over the business from Heather's father about 30 years ago. Patrick McMillan, the cook, has been working the grill for about 20 years.

"Doctors, lawyers, everybody come here," McMillan says in the film. "Everybody know us. Even the health department come in eating with us. That's how you know you're somebody, you're a part of something."

The Mac’s 1 Stop menu features a selection of biscuits, burgers, hot dogs and deli sandwiches, as well as chicken and chili. Hours are 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. The address is 400 19th St. South.

To find out more about the Southern Foodways Alliance and its programs, go here.

Here’s the film from Ava Lowrey: