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'''Tracy's Cafeteria''' | '''Tracy's Cafeteria''' was a meat-and-three restaurant located at 75 [[Church Street]] in [[Crestline Village]]. The restaurant closed in January of 2017. | ||
The restaurant | The restaurant was the third location of a business which [[Bill Tracy|Bill]] and [[Jimmy Tracy]] first opened in [[1983]] as a hot-dog stand on [[Southside]] near [[UAB]]'s campus. | ||
The cafeteria occupied a small green granite-faced space on the ground floor of the [[UAB Town House|Town House Apartments]] at the northeast corner of [[20th Street South|20th Street]] and [[University Boulevard]]. | The cafeteria occupied a small green granite-faced space on the ground floor of the [[UAB Town House|Town House Apartments]] at the northeast corner of [[20th Street South|20th Street]] and [[University Boulevard]]. | ||
Tracy's | Tracy's Southside location served fresh-made lunch specials as well as cook-to-order breakfasts. For a short period of time in the late '90s they had a second location on the 5th floor of the [[UAB Center For Psychiatric Medicine]]. A third Crestline location, opened in June [[2007]], served three meals. It closed in January of 2017. | ||
The company also | The company also operated a catering business and offered pre-made meals, sides and casseroles through its Crestline restaurant and at [[Piggly Wiggly]] stores in [[Homewood]], Crestline and [[Clairmont Avenue]] and [[Western Supermarket]] in [[Mountain Brook]]. | ||
Tracy closed the Southside restaurant without explanation in September [[2008]]. [[Charlotte Hatcher]] started as a cook and waitress and rose to manage the Southside restaurant and greet customers for most of its existence before transferring to Crestline when it closed. | Tracy closed the Southside restaurant without explanation in September [[2008]]. [[Charlotte Hatcher]] started as a cook and waitress and rose to manage the Southside restaurant and greet customers for most of its existence before transferring to Crestline when it closed. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
* Williams, Roy L. (September 24, 2008) "Tracy's Cafeteria near UAB closing after 25 years in Southside." {{BN}} | * Williams, Roy L. (September 24, 2008) "Tracy's Cafeteria near UAB closing after 25 years in Southside." {{BN}} | ||
[[Category:Meat and three restaurants]] | [[Category:Meat and three restaurants]] | ||
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[[Category:1983 establishments]] | [[Category:1983 establishments]] | ||
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Revision as of 18:10, 18 April 2017
Tracy's Cafeteria was a meat-and-three restaurant located at 75 Church Street in Crestline Village. The restaurant closed in January of 2017.
The restaurant was the third location of a business which Bill and Jimmy Tracy first opened in 1983 as a hot-dog stand on Southside near UAB's campus.
The cafeteria occupied a small green granite-faced space on the ground floor of the Town House Apartments at the northeast corner of 20th Street and University Boulevard.
Tracy's Southside location served fresh-made lunch specials as well as cook-to-order breakfasts. For a short period of time in the late '90s they had a second location on the 5th floor of the UAB Center For Psychiatric Medicine. A third Crestline location, opened in June 2007, served three meals. It closed in January of 2017.
The company also operated a catering business and offered pre-made meals, sides and casseroles through its Crestline restaurant and at Piggly Wiggly stores in Homewood, Crestline and Clairmont Avenue and Western Supermarket in Mountain Brook.
Tracy closed the Southside restaurant without explanation in September 2008. Charlotte Hatcher started as a cook and waitress and rose to manage the Southside restaurant and greet customers for most of its existence before transferring to Crestline when it closed.
References
- Williams, Roy L. (September 24, 2008) "Tracy's Cafeteria near UAB closing after 25 years in Southside." The Birmingham News