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The '''Social Grill''' was a landmark [[downtown]] meat and three restaurant which opened in [[1945]] at 231 [[23rd Street North]] on the corner of [[3rd Avenue North]].
The '''Social Grill''' was a landmark [[downtown]] meat and three restaurant which operated from [[1945]] to [[2004]] at 231 [[23rd Street North]] on the corner of [[3rd Avenue North]]. It was opened by [[World War II]] veteran [[Louis Lavas|Louis George Lavas]]. He kept the restaurant open 6 days a week from 5:30 AM to 10:30 PM until his retirement in [[1977]].


Through the 1970s the cafeteria-style restaurnat remained open 6 days a week from 5:30 AM to 10:30 PM.
Later owners [[Fred Milloit]] and his mother, [[Ruth Milloit|Ruth]] closed the downtown location in July [[2004]] and re-opened in the [[Southlake Village Shopping Center]] near [[Valleydale Road]].


It closed in July [[2004]] with plans to re-open in the [[Southlake Village Shopping Center]] near [[Valleydale Road]].
A plan was approved by the [[Birmingham Design Review Committee]] to convert the vacant building into a billiard hall, but was never realized. In [[2013]] the building was demolished to make way for a [[Cadence Bank]] drive-up window.
 
==References==
* Diel, Stan (April 3, 2013) "Longtime home of iconic Social Grill restaurant gives way to high-tech Cadence Bank branch." {{BN}}


[[Category:Meat and three restaurants]]
[[Category:Meat and three restaurants]]
[[Category:1945 buildings]]
[[Category:1945 buildings]]
[[Category:1945 establishments]]
[[Category:2004 disestablishments]]
[[Category:3rd Avenue North]]
[[Category:3rd Avenue North]]
[[Category:23rd Street North]]
[[Category:23rd Street North]]
[[Category:Demolished buildings]]
[[Category:Southlake Village Shopping Center]]

Revision as of 15:38, 3 April 2013

Social grill logo.jpg

The Social Grill was a landmark downtown meat and three restaurant which operated from 1945 to 2004 at 231 23rd Street North on the corner of 3rd Avenue North. It was opened by World War II veteran Louis George Lavas. He kept the restaurant open 6 days a week from 5:30 AM to 10:30 PM until his retirement in 1977.

Later owners Fred Milloit and his mother, Ruth closed the downtown location in July 2004 and re-opened in the Southlake Village Shopping Center near Valleydale Road.

A plan was approved by the Birmingham Design Review Committee to convert the vacant building into a billiard hall, but was never realized. In 2013 the building was demolished to make way for a Cadence Bank drive-up window.

References

  • Diel, Stan (April 3, 2013) "Longtime home of iconic Social Grill restaurant gives way to high-tech Cadence Bank branch." The Birmingham News