Irish Deli

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The Irish Deli in 2010

The Irish Deli Pub & Grill, formerly Irish Deli & Oyster House, was a restaurant and bar located at 2024 Green Springs Highway in Glen Iris.

The restaurant originally opened in 1977 on the Rainbow Viaduct at 11 21st Street North. It was incorporated the previous June by Paul and Julianne Caruso with Patrick and Lee Lyle. During the grand opening, the business offered all-you-can-eat oysters and all-you-can-drink draft beer for $8.

The business was bought in the late 1970s by Rodger Bressler. He sold a share of the business to former Birmingham Police officer Mike Howell. They moved the restaurant from downtown in 1980. Their liquor license for the new location was approved by the Birmingham City Council, but vetoed by Mayor Richard Arrington, who objected to Howell's ownership on the basis that he had been dismissed for allegations of taking payoffs from operators of illegal shothouses. Howell sold his share back to Bressler, and the license was subsequently approved.

In the early 1980s, Bressler added video arcade games to a side room.

It was later owned and managed by Hal Harris Jr, who died in 2017, and his daughter, Terri Miller, who was murdered in 2018.

The restaurant's menu featured seafood, steaks and oysters.

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