Considering that it celebrated its 20th anniversary earlier this month, Lou’s Pub and Package Store already gets their fair share of complements. It can also say that it’s received what many consider one of the greatest compliments possible – imitation, though we’re not quite sure how this story in New York’s Red Hook neighborhood will end.
At first glance you’d think it was what some consider typical New York – small business owner is being forced out by the big bad landlord and the neighborhood is suffering because of it. But this story that ran last week in The New York Times suggests that its not necessarily the case. LeNell Smothers’ latest situation has made her (and others) aware that sometimes the rough streets of the Big Apple may just be willing to welcome someone from The Magic City with open arms (along with a cool liquor store). Now she’s just got to figure out where her business will be next after her lease expires next summer after five years…
BTW, it was Mental Floss’ own Neely Harris (her bio is third from the top) who got to write the piece honoring LeNell’s inspiration as one of Esquire’s Best Bars in America for 2007. Go check out the list of all of the local bars that made it this year (and find out how to keep voting for them) over on Timetable.
Posted in 35205, Alabama, Birmingham
Maintained by two guys in Pennsylvania and focused on creating an open dialogue about beer, The Brew Lounge decided to take a look at Dave’s Pub here in Five Points South while shining a light on the Free The Hops campaign to increase the alcohol levels to allow for more beers to be made available at bars statewide.
The poster goes on to talk about his impressions of one of our busier nightlife hubs and tends to speak quite favorably of it (though most of the focus is on the bar itself. That may be a surprise for those of us that frequent the area.
Posted in 35205, Alabama, Birmingham, Travelogue
If you’ve been out and about in metro Birmingham in recent days you may have run into this motley crew. They are part of Regions Bank’s latest marketing campaign, rolled out in conjunction with the visual merger between themselves and AmSouth Bank last week. Here the group takes a break near the Storyteller Fountain (which is still behind fencing due to recent conservation work).
Photo credit: Daniel Walters
Posted in 35205, Alabama, Birmingham, Citywide, Random Shots
Workers on top of the parking deck at Five Points South on Monday, in the shadow of the newly remodeled The Hotel Highland (the former Pickwick Hotel). The property reopened earlier this week.
Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo
Posted in 35205, Alabama, Birmingham, Random Shots
Posted in 35205, Alabama, Birmingham, Business, Random Shots
A new image campaign was unveiled at this morning’s Five Points South merchants group meeting. Brian Kurlander of Slaughter Group (pictured above) presented the design to those in attendance, the result of nearly a year of focus groups and small committee work.
Posted in 35205, Alabama, Birmingham, Business
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