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'''Sweet Tea Restaurant''' | '''Sweet Tea Restaurant''' was a cafeteria-style meat-and-three restaurant located at 2205 [[3rd Avenue South]]. The 7,125 square-foot, 160-seat restaurant was owned by [[Chris Tomaras]] and managed by [[Mike Skaran]]. It opened for business on [[August 1]], [[2011]]. Tomaras passed away in 2015. | ||
Sweet Tea Restaurant | Sweet Tea Restaurant served breakfast, lunch and dinner, with homestyle Southern and Greek-influenced specials daily. A separate cafeteria line and parking spaces for take-out patrons helped speed service during the lunch rush. | ||
take-out patrons | |||
Sweet Tea announced a [[List of businesses that closed during the COVID-19 pandemic|temporary closure]] in the early part of the [[COVID pandemic]] in March [[2020]] and never reopened. Kristi Weir of Daphne, Baldwin County sold the building to an affiliate of [[Porter Capital]] in [[2022]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* "Sweet Tea Restaurant to open in downtown." (March 11, 2011) | * "Sweet Tea Restaurant to open in downtown." (March 11, 2011) {{BBJ}} | ||
* Carlton, Bob (July 22, 2011) "Tomaras back in his beloved Birmingham to open Sweet Tea Restaurant." | * Carlton, Bob (July 22, 2011) "Tomaras back in his beloved Birmingham to open Sweet Tea Restaurant." {{BN}} | ||
* Horn, Jason (July 29, 2011) " | * Horn, Jason (July 29, 2011) "Sweet Tea Restaurant brings restaurateur Chris Tomaras back to Birmingham." ''Magic City Post'' | ||
* Crider, Deeana (September 23, 2011) "Sweet Tea Restaurant, new Greek and Southern spot at UAB, serves tea and more." | * Crider, Deeana (September 23, 2011) "Sweet Tea Restaurant, new Greek and Southern spot at UAB, serves tea and more." {{BN}} | ||
* Parker, Illyshia (December 19, 2022) "Sweet Tea Restaurant property acquired, up for lease." {{BBJ}} | |||
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[[Category:Former restaurants]] | |||
[[Category:Meat and three restaurants]] | [[Category:Meat and three restaurants]] | ||
[[Category:Greek-owned restaurants]] | [[Category:Greek-owned restaurants]] | ||
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[[Category:22nd Street South]] | [[Category:22nd Street South]] | ||
[[Category:2011 establishments]] | [[Category:2011 establishments]] | ||
[[Category:2020 disestablishments]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:21, 19 December 2022
Sweet Tea Restaurant was a cafeteria-style meat-and-three restaurant located at 2205 3rd Avenue South. The 7,125 square-foot, 160-seat restaurant was owned by Chris Tomaras and managed by Mike Skaran. It opened for business on August 1, 2011. Tomaras passed away in 2015.
Sweet Tea Restaurant served breakfast, lunch and dinner, with homestyle Southern and Greek-influenced specials daily. A separate cafeteria line and parking spaces for take-out patrons helped speed service during the lunch rush.
Sweet Tea announced a temporary closure in the early part of the COVID pandemic in March 2020 and never reopened. Kristi Weir of Daphne, Baldwin County sold the building to an affiliate of Porter Capital in 2022.
References
- "Sweet Tea Restaurant to open in downtown." (March 11, 2011) Birmingham Business Journal
- Carlton, Bob (July 22, 2011) "Tomaras back in his beloved Birmingham to open Sweet Tea Restaurant." The Birmingham News
- Horn, Jason (July 29, 2011) "Sweet Tea Restaurant brings restaurateur Chris Tomaras back to Birmingham." Magic City Post
- Crider, Deeana (September 23, 2011) "Sweet Tea Restaurant, new Greek and Southern spot at UAB, serves tea and more." The Birmingham News
- Parker, Illyshia (December 19, 2022) "Sweet Tea Restaurant property acquired, up for lease." Birmingham Business Journal