![]() A large, cast iron plate was discovered still intact on the building during demolition bearing the name “Automatic.”Įvans says the vibe at Automatic will be “comfortable, elegant, and classic. They instantly fell in love with its potential and industrial past as the largest sprinkler manufacturing company in the Southeast. The couple found the ramshackle warehouse after a year of searching for properties in Birmingham. ![]() Renovations are already underway, including the installation of windows along the front and sides of the building. You can find Chef Adam on Instagram AutomticSeafood or at Music by Suaze - You. Evans told Eater Atlanta at the time of his departure from Brezza Cucina, he intended to open his own restaurant. Chef Adam Evans from Automatic Seafood and Oysters. In addition to being a co-owner, she is also handling Automatic’s design. ![]() The restaurant is located close to two popular dining neighborhoods in Birmingham - Five Points, home to Hot & Hot Fish Club, owned by James Beard Award winner chef Chris Hastings, and the Lakeview entertainment district.Įvans, who grew up in Muscle Shoals, left Brezza Cucina at Ponce City Market in 2016 after only ten months to move back to Alabama to open the restaurant with wife Suzanne, an interior designer whose past work includes Ralph Lauren in New York City and Smith Hanes Studio in Atlanta. There should be a healthy amount of turf to balance out the surf on Automatic’s menu. “People may not realize, for instance, you can get octopus or spiny lobsters out of the Gulf and don’t have to buy from California or elsewhere.”īut, the chef hasn’t forgotten steak and vegetable lovers. I want to showcase the Gulf’s variety,” Evans says of his menu. Our menu offers a variety of seafood dishes, featuring fish primarily sourced from the Gulf of Mexico, oysters from waters along the Southern and Eastern. “You can go to a lot of restaurants in the South and get grouper or snapper, but there’s way more out there in the Gulf than overfishing those two fish. His idea is to present diners with a fresh, clean, and fun approach to the Southern seafood restaurant. The restaurant should open in late January.Īutomatic, named for the Automatic Sprinkler Company that once occupied the windowless, 1940s warehouse, will showcase fish sourced primarily from the Gulf of Mexico, as well as oysters from the waters along the Southern and Eastern coastlines.Įvans also plans to include fresh caught sardines and seasonal bycatch - fish caught unintentionally in nets while fishing for other species - on the menu. ![]() The atmosphere is upscale coastal fish house, with one side dominated by a bar that curves from a raw-fish station (open for dinner service) through the cocktail area. Chef Adam Evans, formerly of Ford Fry’s The Optimist and Jonathan Waxman’s Brezza Cucina, is opening Automatic Seafood and Oysters on Fifth Avenue South in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. Automatic Seafood and Oysters « Back To Birmingham, AL 0. Alabama natives Adam and Suzanne Humphries Evans opened Automatic Seafood and Oysters on Fifth Avenue South in April 2019. ![]()
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