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The bar's second location was divided into two spaces: The "Chainsaw Repair" side had a country-western theme while the "Beauty Shop" side was more urban. | The bar's second location was divided into two spaces: The "Chainsaw Repair" side had a country-western theme while the "Beauty Shop" side was more urban. | ||
The bar closed soon after an unsolved January [[1989]] [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1989|robbery-murder]] in which bartender [[David Painter]] died from a bullet to the head and money was taken from the cash drawer. | The bar closed soon after an unsolved January [[1989]] [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1989|robbery-murder]] in which bartender [[David Painter]] died from a bullet to the head and money was taken from the cash drawer. It operated briefly as '''Eunice Crabtree's Cut Rate Delicatessen and Bait Shop''' before closing for good. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 11:50, 10 February 2011
Mabel's Beauty Shop & Chainsaw Repair was a gay-friendly nightclub in Birmingham. It first opened in the early 1970s at 318 14th Street South, then, after a few years, moved to 3rd Avenue South at 36th Street.
The bar's second location was divided into two spaces: The "Chainsaw Repair" side had a country-western theme while the "Beauty Shop" side was more urban.
The bar closed soon after an unsolved January 1989 robbery-murder in which bartender David Painter died from a bullet to the head and money was taken from the cash drawer. It operated briefly as Eunice Crabtree's Cut Rate Delicatessen and Bait Shop before closing for good.
References
- Robinson, Carol & John Archibald (December 17, 1995) "David Painter: Victim of the perfect murder." Birmingham News