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The '''Garage Café''' is a bar and sandwich shop located at 2304 [[10th Terrace South]] off [[Highland Avenue]] in [[Southside]]. The bar occupies part of a former complex of 1930s-era covered garage stalls arrayed around a courtyard. The rest of the stalls are filled with antiques for sale by landlord [[Fritz Woehle]]. The bar's seating extends into the courtyard where wisteria vines shade casually-arranged piles of old lawn statues, architectural fragments and plumbing fixtures. | The '''Garage Café''' is a bar and sandwich shop located at 2304 [[10th Terrace South]] off [[Highland Avenue]] in [[Southside]]. The bar, opened in [[1994]] by [[Jimmy Watson]], occupies part of a former complex of 1930s-era covered garage stalls arrayed around a courtyard. | ||
The rest of the stalls are filled with antiques for sale by landlord [[Fritz Woehle]]. The bar's seating extends into the courtyard where wisteria vines shade casually-arranged piles of old lawn statues, architectural fragments and plumbing fixtures. | |||
The Garage serves a limited menu of thick sandwiches served on [[Big Sky Bread Company]] bread. | The Garage serves a limited menu of thick sandwiches served on [[Big Sky Bread Company]] bread. | ||
The bar's resident [[Garage Kitty]] was struck by a car and killed in [[2007]]. | In [[2003]] ''GQ'' magazine named The Garage Café one of its "10 Bars Worth Flying To". It has since been written up in ''Esquire'' and other publications as well. The bar's resident [[Garage Kitty]] was struck by a car and killed in [[2007]]. In [[2010]] rumors swirled about the possibility of [[Hot and Hot Fish Club]] owner [[Chris Hastings]] taking over the space for a new restaurant. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* Harris, Neely ( ) "[http://www.esquire.com/bestbars/bb-garagecafe Garage Café]". ''Esquire'' magazine. | * Harris, Neely ( ) "[http://www.esquire.com/bestbars/bb-garagecafe Garage Café]". ''Esquire'' magazine. | ||
* McAlister, Laura, Joe O'Donnell, Mary Ellen Stancill and Carla Jean Whitley (2009) "[http://www.bhammag.com/bhammag/places_bars.aspx The Drinker's Dozen]" ''Birmingham'' magazine | * McAlister, Laura, Joe O'Donnell, Mary Ellen Stancill and Carla Jean Whitley (2009) "[http://www.bhammag.com/bhammag/places_bars.aspx The Drinker's Dozen]" ''Birmingham'' magazine | ||
* Geiss, Chuck (September 30, 2010) "[http://www.bwcitypaper.com/Articles-i-2010-09-30-237966.113121_Naked_Birmingham.html Naked Birmingham]" ''Black & White'' | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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Revision as of 15:29, 1 October 2010
The Garage Café is a bar and sandwich shop located at 2304 10th Terrace South off Highland Avenue in Southside. The bar, opened in 1994 by Jimmy Watson, occupies part of a former complex of 1930s-era covered garage stalls arrayed around a courtyard.
The rest of the stalls are filled with antiques for sale by landlord Fritz Woehle. The bar's seating extends into the courtyard where wisteria vines shade casually-arranged piles of old lawn statues, architectural fragments and plumbing fixtures.
The Garage serves a limited menu of thick sandwiches served on Big Sky Bread Company bread.
In 2003 GQ magazine named The Garage Café one of its "10 Bars Worth Flying To". It has since been written up in Esquire and other publications as well. The bar's resident Garage Kitty was struck by a car and killed in 2007. In 2010 rumors swirled about the possibility of Hot and Hot Fish Club owner Chris Hastings taking over the space for a new restaurant.
References
- Harris, Neely ( ) "Garage Café". Esquire magazine.
- McAlister, Laura, Joe O'Donnell, Mary Ellen Stancill and Carla Jean Whitley (2009) "The Drinker's Dozen" Birmingham magazine
- Geiss, Chuck (September 30, 2010) "Naked Birmingham" Black & White
External links
- Garage Café website