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'''Mabel's Beauty Shop & Chainsaw Repair''' was | '''Mabel's Beauty Shop & Chainsaw Repair''' was an all-night gay bar at 318 [[14th Street South]] near [[UAB]]. The bar was opened by [[John Elder]] in [[1986]]. | ||
On [[January 3]], [[1989]], the bar was the scene of an unsolved [[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. Elder reopened the next day, offering a special on Bloody Marys, but the club closed soon thereafter. | |||
Elder then opened a different bar, [[Eunice Crabtree's Cut Rate Deli & Bait Shop]], in the former [[Fantasies]] location on [[3rd Avenue South]] near [[36th Street South|36th Street]]. | |||
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Revision as of 12:51, 10 February 2011
Mabel's Beauty Shop & Chainsaw Repair was an all-night gay bar at 318 14th Street South near UAB. The bar was opened by John Elder in 1986.
On January 3, 1989, the bar was the scene of an unsolved robbery-murder in which bartender David Painter died from a bullet to the head and money was taken from the cash drawer. Elder reopened the next day, offering a special on Bloody Marys, but the club closed soon thereafter.
Elder then opened a different bar, Eunice Crabtree's Cut Rate Deli & Bait Shop, in the former Fantasies location on 3rd Avenue South near 36th Street.
References
- Robinson, Carol & John Archibald (December 17, 1995) "David Painter: Victim of the perfect murder." Birmingham News