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[[Image:Lloyd's.jpg|thumb|right|275px|Lloyd's on July 5, 2007]] | |||
'''Lloyd's''' is a casual family restaurant located on [[U. S. Highway 280]]. It was founded in the late 1930s by [[Lloyd Chesser]] in a small building in [[Chelsea]]. When Chesser retired in [[1971]], it was purchased by [[Eli Stevens]], the father-in-law of [[Hamburger Heaven]]'s [[Pete Flach]]. Stevens relocated the restaurant to its present site in [[1978]]. At the time it was one of only a few businesses on the 280 corridor outside of [[Birmingham]]. | '''Lloyd's''' is a casual family restaurant located on [[U. S. Highway 280]]. It was founded in the late 1930s by [[Lloyd Chesser]] in a small building in [[Chelsea]]. When Chesser retired in [[1971]], it was purchased by [[Eli Stevens]], the father-in-law of [[Hamburger Heaven]]'s [[Pete Flach]]. Stevens relocated the restaurant to its present site in [[1978]]. At the time it was one of only a few businesses on the 280 corridor outside of [[Birmingham]]. | ||
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[[Category:Restaurants]] | [[Category:Restaurants]] | ||
[[Category:Barbecue restaurants]] | |||
[[Category:Steakhouses]] | |||
[[Category:U.S. Highway 280]] | [[Category:U.S. Highway 280]] | ||
Revision as of 00:00, 6 July 2007
Lloyd's is a casual family restaurant located on U. S. Highway 280. It was founded in the late 1930s by Lloyd Chesser in a small building in Chelsea. When Chesser retired in 1971, it was purchased by Eli Stevens, the father-in-law of Hamburger Heaven's Pete Flach. Stevens relocated the restaurant to its present site in 1978. At the time it was one of only a few businesses on the 280 corridor outside of Birmingham.
The restaurant is well known for its hamburger steaks, onion rings and sweet iced tea.
References
- Taylor, Kelli Hewett (July 1, 2007) "Steaking claim to tradition: Lloyd's at 70 still home to old-style Southern cooking." Birmingham News.