Brick & Tin

Brick & Tin (stylized brick & tin.) is a gourmet sandwich shop at 214 20th Street North in downtown Birmingham which opened July 5, 2010.

The restaurant is owned by Mauricio Papapietro, former chef de cuisine at Frank Stitt's Highlands Bar and Grill. Papapietro, a Birmingham native and Altamont School graduate, decided on the restaurant's name after the previous tenant's purple Sheetrock and 1980s-era white drop ceiling tiles were removed to reveal the circa-1905 building's bare brick walls and pressed-tin ceiling.

The redevelopment of the space was led by real estate developer Joseph McClure along with Erik Hendon of Hendon + Huckestein Architects.

Brick and Tin features an L-shaped bar with an open kitchen will run along the south wall of the building, allowing customers to sit and watch the chefs while they work.

Along the north wall, patrons can sit on old pews salvaged from a church in Shelbyville, Tennessee and dine on tables found at flea markets and thrift shops. The restaurant seats about 50 customers.

References

• Carlton, Bob (February 19, 2010) Gourmet sandwich shop to be set in historic downtown Birmingham building." Birmingham News