By Erik Harris
CLAY – A new restaurant in Clay is believed to be opening its doors soon. After working through a long process of preparing the Cahaba Oaks Bar & Grill, owner Angel Harrison anticipates her local eatery will welcome its first customers as soon as next week.
“We start training the new staff tonight (Tuesday), so I’ll know by Friday and announce an opening date,” said Harrison, who plans on making her announcement via social media.
The locally-owned restaurant can be found on Facebook by searching “Cahaba Oaks Bar & Grill” or on Twitter @cahabaoaks1. Information can also be found at cahabaoaks.com.
Harrison’s country cuisine will be served up at a newly-renovated building on Old Springville Rd., near Clay Elementary School. Its location is 6844 Old Springille Rd., Pinson, Ala.
“It’s going to be good ole’ home cooking,” said Harrison. “It’s a lot of my grandparents and great grandparents recipes.”
According to Harrison, the restaurant will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturdays and Sundays. The bar area, which will still accept appetizer orders, will stay open later than the dinning area.
From Monday to Friday, Cahaba Oaks Bar & Grill will be open for breakfast and dinner only. Breakfast customers will have a drive-thru option that will not be available to the dinner crowd; at least not for now.
Harrison has hired two experienced chefs to run her kitchen.
The tables and chairs in the restaurant are all made out of trees that went down in the April 2012 tornados.
“Everything in there has history,” said Harrison.
Customers will find a bar with ten different beers on tap, including local brews such as Good People and Avondale. The restaurant also offers an abundance of television sets throughout the bar and dinning area, including a 120-inch projector screen.
Along with the many viewing options, guests will also enjoy live music on select nights.
Erik Harris is the Sports Editor for the Trussville Tribune. Follow him on Twitter @jeharris2 or email him at jmseharris2@gmail.com.