Eagle’s Cafe, an iconic Birmingham soul food items cafe and a beloved of celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern, is reopening Sunday, Oct. 11, following currently being closed nearly 7 months due to the fact of the COVID-19 outbreak.
“It’s time to go back to perform,” Eagle’s owner Delores Banks instructed AL.com this afternoon. “Nobody had a clue that it was likely to take this extended.”
The cafe is reopening for decide-up orders only, Financial institutions stated. The dining location will continue to be closed indefinitely.
The restaurant served its final buyers on Sunday, March 15, and closed the upcoming working day, Banking institutions mentioned.
In the interim, Banks has set up two to-go home windows at the front entrance of the cafe for shoppers to decide on up their orders.
Eagle’s will take advance orders only, and customers may well position and spend for their orders in advance as a result of the Eagle’s web page. They will not be allowed area orders at the decide on-up window, Banking institutions mentioned.
All those prospects who do not have online access might contact 205-903-2453 to get through text concept.
“It’s stroll-up, select-up provider only,” Banking institutions stated. “I don’t want folks coming up to the window to consider to put an get. We are trying to make it uncomplicated.”
Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sundays as a result of Fridays. The cafe is shut on Saturdays.
Well-known for its oxtails, neck bones, fried pork chops, turnip greens, candied yams and other soul food favorites, Eagle’s Restaurant is at 2610 16th St. North, about just one block south of the ACIPCO plant in north Birmingham. It opened in 1951.
Zimmern place Eagle’s on the national map when he frequented the cafe in 2013 for his Journey Channel present “Bizarre Food stuff The us.”
To see a menu and to spot an on the internet get, go below.
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