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[[Image:Social grill logo.jpg|right| | [[Image:Social Grill 1980.jpg|right|thumb|475px|The Social Grill c. 1980]] | ||
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[[Image:Social Grill 2007.jpg|right|thumb|475px|The Social Grill building in 2007]] | |||
The '''Social Grill''' was a landmark [[downtown]] meat and three restaurant which operated from [[1945]] to [[2004]] at 231 [[23rd Street North]] on the corner of [[3rd Avenue North]]. It was opened by [[World War II]] veteran [[Louis Lavas|Louis George Lavas]]. He kept the restaurant open 6 days a week from 5:30 AM to 10:30 PM until his retirement in [[1977]]. | The '''Social Grill''' was a landmark [[downtown]] meat and three restaurant which operated from [[1945]] to [[2004]] at 231 [[23rd Street North]] on the corner of [[3rd Avenue North]]. It was opened by [[World War II]] veteran [[Louis Lavas|Louis George Lavas]]. He kept the restaurant open 6 days a week from 5:30 AM to 10:30 PM until his retirement in [[1977]]. | ||
Later owners [[Fred Milloit]] and his mother, [[Ruth Milloit|Ruth]] closed the downtown location in July [[2004]] and re-opened in the [[Southlake Village]] shopping center near [[Valleydale Road]]. | |||
Later owners [[Fred Milloit]] and his mother, [[Ruth Milloit|Ruth]] closed the downtown location in July [[2004]] and re-opened in the [[Southlake Village | |||
A plan was approved by the [[Birmingham Design Review Committee]] to convert the vacant building into a billiard hall, but was never realized. In [[2013]] the building was demolished to make way for a [[Cadence Bank]] drive-up window. | A plan was approved by the [[Birmingham Design Review Committee]] to convert the vacant building into a billiard hall, but was never realized. In [[2013]] the building was demolished to make way for a [[Cadence Bank]] drive-up window. | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:10, 24 May 2023
The Social Grill was a landmark downtown meat and three restaurant which operated from 1945 to 2004 at 231 23rd Street North on the corner of 3rd Avenue North. It was opened by World War II veteran Louis George Lavas. He kept the restaurant open 6 days a week from 5:30 AM to 10:30 PM until his retirement in 1977.
Later owners Fred Milloit and his mother, Ruth closed the downtown location in July 2004 and re-opened in the Southlake Village shopping center near Valleydale Road.
A plan was approved by the Birmingham Design Review Committee to convert the vacant building into a billiard hall, but was never realized. In 2013 the building was demolished to make way for a Cadence Bank drive-up window.
References
- Diel, Stan (April 3, 2013) "Longtime home of iconic Social Grill restaurant gives way to high-tech Cadence Bank branch." The Birmingham News