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'''The Garages''' is a group of 1930s-era tile-roofed garage stalls arrayed around a courtyard on the 2300 block of [[10th Terrace South]] for the convenience of automobile owners residing at the [[Highland Plaza]]. It is now best known as the location of owner [[Fritz Woehle]]'s antiques showroom and the [[Garage Café]]. | |||
Woehle purchased the abandoned complex in the mid 1960s and moved his design office there. Soon he began leasing individual stalls out to other small businesses. Notable tenants [[Charlemagne Records]], book dealer [[Patrick Cather]] and [[Crackerbox Productions]] ([[Grayson Dix]]). | |||
[[Jimmy Watson]] leased a connected | By the early 1970s, most of those businesses either closed or relocated to [[Five Points South]]. Woehle began expanding his own estate and antique sales business in the various stalls, gradually focusing on architectural antiques. | ||
In [[1981]] the Garages was used as a location for a bar scene in "[[Benny's Place]]'', a TV movie starring Louis Gossett, Jr and Cicely Tyson which aired on ABC in [[1982]]. A dozen years later, [[Jimmy Watson|Jimmy]] and [[Kelly Watson]] leased a connected pair of stalls on one corner for Garage Café and were given permission to use the courtyard for outdoor seating. The bar, which opened in [[1994]], later expanded to a total of four adjoining stalls. | |||
In [[2010]] restaurateur [[Chris Hastings]] considered building a new restaurant in the adjacent spaces and covering the courtyard, which would have been shared with the bar. He dropped those plans in the face of a popular backlash and unfavorable cost estimates. | In [[2010]] restaurateur [[Chris Hastings]] considered building a new restaurant in the adjacent spaces and covering the courtyard, which would have been shared with the bar. He dropped those plans in the face of a popular backlash and unfavorable cost estimates. | ||
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* Carlton, Bob (January 28, 2011) "Birmingham chef Chris Hastings drops plans for restaurant in Garage Cafe building." {{BN}} | * Carlton, Bob (January 28, 2011) "Birmingham chef Chris Hastings drops plans for restaurant in Garage Cafe building." {{BN}} | ||
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Revision as of 16:33, 6 June 2014
The Garages is a group of 1930s-era tile-roofed garage stalls arrayed around a courtyard on the 2300 block of 10th Terrace South for the convenience of automobile owners residing at the Highland Plaza. It is now best known as the location of owner Fritz Woehle's antiques showroom and the Garage Café.
Woehle purchased the abandoned complex in the mid 1960s and moved his design office there. Soon he began leasing individual stalls out to other small businesses. Notable tenants Charlemagne Records, book dealer Patrick Cather and Crackerbox Productions (Grayson Dix).
By the early 1970s, most of those businesses either closed or relocated to Five Points South. Woehle began expanding his own estate and antique sales business in the various stalls, gradually focusing on architectural antiques.
In 1981 the Garages was used as a location for a bar scene in "Benny's Place, a TV movie starring Louis Gossett, Jr and Cicely Tyson which aired on ABC in 1982. A dozen years later, Jimmy and Kelly Watson leased a connected pair of stalls on one corner for Garage Café and were given permission to use the courtyard for outdoor seating. The bar, which opened in 1994, later expanded to a total of four adjoining stalls.
In 2010 restaurateur Chris Hastings considered building a new restaurant in the adjacent spaces and covering the courtyard, which would have been shared with the bar. He dropped those plans in the face of a popular backlash and unfavorable cost estimates.
References
- Geiss, Chuck (September 30, 2010) "Naked Birmingham" Black & White
- Carlton, Bob (January 28, 2011) "Birmingham chef Chris Hastings drops plans for restaurant in Garage Cafe building." The Birmingham News