Purple Onion

The Purple Onion Deli & Grill is a Mediterranean and American fast-food chain founded in Birmingham by Adnan Sharif and Khaled Khalidi in 1993. The partners later split, with Sharif holding the Birmingham and Hoover locations and Khalidi the ones in Homewood and Pelham.

Locations

• Green Valley Village shopping center, 1551 Montgomery Highway, Hoover (closed 2016)
• Webb Building, 124 20th Street North (closed 1990s)
• 479 Green Springs Highway
• Pickwick Plaza. 1017 20th Street South, Five Points South (opened 2013)
• 4505 Riverview Parkway, Inverness
• Chalkville Road, Trussville (opened 2000)
• 1717 10th Avenue South, Southside/UAB (closed 2017)

References

• Vora, Shweta (April 22, 1997) "Purple Onion serves unique food, decor, low prices for all." Kaleidoscope Vol. 68, No. 5, p. 9
• Murphree, Jennifer (March 26, 2000) "Purple Onion going round the clock in Trussville." Birmingham Business Journal
• Poe, Ryan (January 3, 2013) "Purple Onion rolls into former Camp Taco space." Birmingham Business Journal

External links

• Purple Onion Deli & Grill website