Oyster House Opening In Cahaba Heights

VESTAVIA HILLS, AL - A new oyster restaurant is opening in Cahaba Heights, and could be open as soon as next month. Wintzell's Oyster House announced it will move into the former Fresco Mexican Moderna space in Heights Village.

A report by Alabama Media Group said the Mobile-based restaurant opened a location in Leeds earlier this year, and the Cahaba Heights location - which will feature an oyster bar as well as a patio dining area - will be the eighth restaurant for the company in Alabama.

Reports from Hallmark Hospitality said that there was very little work to do in the space and that the company planned to start hiring immediately in order to open by mid-October. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Patch morning newsletter.)

The original Mobile Wintzell's location has been open for more than eighty years and initially began as a small, six-stool oyster bar, and has since grown to a statewide franchise.

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