Tracy's Cafeteria
Tracy's Cafeteria is a meat-and-three restaurant located at 75 Church Street in Crestline Village.
The restaurant is the second and the only surviving location of a business which Bill and Jimmy Tracy first opened in 1983 as a hot-dog stand on Southside near UAB's campus.
The cafeteria occupied a small green granite-faced space on the ground floor of the Town House Apartments at the northeast corner of 20th Street and University Boulevard.
Tracy's southside location served fresh-made lunch specials as well as cook-to-order breakfasts. A second Crestline location, opened in June 2007, serves three meals.
The company also operates a catering business and offers pre-made meals, sides and casseroles through its Crestline restaurant and at Piggly-Wiggly stores in Homewood, Crestline and Clairmont Avenue and Western Supermarket in Mountain Brook.
Tracy closed the Southside restaurant without explanation in September 2008. Charlotte Hatcher started as a cook and waitress and rose to manage the Southside restaurant and greet customers for most of its existence before transferring to Crestline when it closed.
References
External links
- Tracy's Casseroles and Cafés website