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'''Kool Korner Sandwiches''' is a sandwich shop located at 790 [[Montgomery Highway (Vestavia Hills)|Montgomery Highway]] in the [[Vestavia Hills City Center]] in [[Vestavia Hills]]. The shop specializes in Cuban-style hot-pressed sandwiches. | '''Kool Korner Sandwiches''' is a sandwich shop that was located at 790 [[Montgomery Highway (Vestavia Hills)|Montgomery Highway]] in the [[Vestavia Hills City Center]] in [[Vestavia Hills]] from [[2009]] to [[2015]]. The shop specializes in Cuban-style hot-pressed sandwiches. | ||
Kool Korner was first opened in [[1985]] by Cuban native [[Ildefonso Ramirez]] and his wife Lucia in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia. It started as a grocery store with a sandwich counter, but gradually the sandwich business took over. | Kool Korner was first opened in [[1985]] by Cuban native [[Ildefonso Ramirez]] and his wife Lucia in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia. It started as a grocery store with a sandwich counter, but gradually the sandwich business took over. | ||
When the landlord decided to sell the building in [[2008]], Ramirez closed the shop and moved to the Birmingham area to retire closer to his son [[Bill Ramirez|Bill]]. In June [[2009]], however, father and son re-opened Kool Korner in the former Firehouse Subs location near Publix Supermarket in Vestavia Hills. | When the landlord decided to sell the building in [[2008]], Ramirez closed the shop and moved to the Birmingham area to retire closer to his son [[Bill Ramirez|Bill]]. In June [[2009]], however, father and son re-opened Kool Korner in the former Firehouse Subs location near Publix Supermarket in Vestavia Hills. | ||
In [[2015]] the Ramirezes could not reach an agreement with the [[Blackwater Management Group]] for a new lease. The shop was closed while a new location was sought. | |||
Kool Korner later reopened at the [[Vestridge Commons]] shopping center at 1360 [[Montgomery Highway (Vestavia Hills)|Montgomery Highway]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* | * Carlton, Bob (June 19, 2009) "[http://blog.al.com/bob-carlton/2009/06/cuban_sandwich_shop_comes_to_v.html Cuban sandwich shop comes to Vestavia Hills City Center]". {{BN}} | ||
* L., Scarlet (March 9, 2012) "Now Eat This: Kool Korner Hides Cuban Cornucopia Escondida." ''[[Birmingham Weekly]]'' | |||
* Carlton, Bob (June 22, 2012) "Kool Korner Sandwiches in Vestavia Hills gets ready to celebrate 3rd anniversary." {{BN}} | |||
* Carlton, Bob (June 25, 2015) "Kool Korner sandwich shop in Vestavia Hills closes; owners look for new location." {{BN}} | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://koolkornersandwiches.com Kool Korner Sandwiches] website | * [http://koolkornersandwiches.com Kool Korner Sandwiches] website | ||
[[Category:Sandwich shops]] | [[Category:Sandwich shops]] | ||
[[Category:Caribbean restaurants]] | |||
[[Category:2009 establishments]] | [[Category:2009 establishments]] | ||
[[Category:Vestavia Hills City Center]] | |||
[[Category:Vestridge Commons]] | |||
Latest revision as of 18:27, 27 February 2023
Kool Korner Sandwiches is a sandwich shop that was located at 790 Montgomery Highway in the Vestavia Hills City Center in Vestavia Hills from 2009 to 2015. The shop specializes in Cuban-style hot-pressed sandwiches.
Kool Korner was first opened in 1985 by Cuban native Ildefonso Ramirez and his wife Lucia in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia. It started as a grocery store with a sandwich counter, but gradually the sandwich business took over.
When the landlord decided to sell the building in 2008, Ramirez closed the shop and moved to the Birmingham area to retire closer to his son Bill. In June 2009, however, father and son re-opened Kool Korner in the former Firehouse Subs location near Publix Supermarket in Vestavia Hills.
In 2015 the Ramirezes could not reach an agreement with the Blackwater Management Group for a new lease. The shop was closed while a new location was sought.
Kool Korner later reopened at the Vestridge Commons shopping center at 1360 Montgomery Highway.
References
- Carlton, Bob (June 19, 2009) "Cuban sandwich shop comes to Vestavia Hills City Center". The Birmingham News
- L., Scarlet (March 9, 2012) "Now Eat This: Kool Korner Hides Cuban Cornucopia Escondida." Birmingham Weekly
- Carlton, Bob (June 22, 2012) "Kool Korner Sandwiches in Vestavia Hills gets ready to celebrate 3rd anniversary." The Birmingham News
- Carlton, Bob (June 25, 2015) "Kool Korner sandwich shop in Vestavia Hills closes; owners look for new location." The Birmingham News
External links
- Kool Korner Sandwiches website