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'''Kent's Magic City Dining Room''' was a home-style meat-and-three restaurant that opened in late [[1989]] at 2201-2203 [[3rd Avenue North]].

Owner [[Kent Griggs]] decorated the dining room with advertising memorabilia, winning a [[Birmingham Historical Society Preservation Awards|Preservation Award]] from the [[Birmingham Historical Society]] in [[1996]]. The restaurant was popular, counting [[Henry Panion]] and [[A. G. Gaston]] among its regulars. 

Griggs was injured in an auto collision in July [[1996]] and was unable to continue operating the restaurant. It closed down and the signage and memorabilia were auctioned off.

Griggs' ex-wife was awarded ownership of the business in their divorce. She re-opened it under the same name, but it closed again within a year. [[Payne White]] leased the building in [[2000]] and opened the [[Magic City Grille]].

==References==
* Tomberlin, Michael (August 5, 2008) "Former owner of Kent's Magic City Diner returns to Birmingham to fill niche with Gypsy Market." {{BN}}
* Communication from Kent Griggs (March 5, 2019)

[[Category:Former restaurants]]
[[Category:Meat and three restaurants]]
[[Category:3rd Avenue North]]
[[Category:1989 establishments]]
[[Category:1996 disestablishments]]