November15th
Saturday, November 15, 2008 | Bob Carlton
Lou’s Pub & Package Store in Birmingham’s Lakeview District was sold Friday to family friend Michael Carpri
Lou’s Pub & Package Store, popular gathering spot in Birmingham’s Lakeview District for 21 years, was sold Friday.
November14th
November 14, 2008
Lou’s Pub & Package Store, a popular gathering spot in Birmingham’s Lakeview District for 21 years, has been sold, a family member said today.
August15th
No, there’s no food, unless you count trail mix or bags of Zapp’s potato chips, or takeout from O.T.’s next door, but Lou’s Pub & Package Store in the Lakeview area was for years a big part of our evenings out — and now it will never be the same, with the death of owner and founder Lou Zaden this week.
August15th
August 15, 2008 | Chris Pollone
An awful lot of people have an empty feeling inside today. Lou is dead. If you’re wondering “Lou, who?”, then you didn’t know him. But for countless people in Birmingham and across the country, Lou was a one-name legend like Madonna or Bono.
August15th
Friday, August 15, 2008 | Bob Carlton
Louis Joseph Zaden, the cantankerous but beloved owner of Lou’s Pub & Package Store, died early Thursday in his Vestavia Hills home.
Mr. Zaden, whose booming voice, colorful language and outgoing personality made his Lakeview bar a Birmingham institution, was 59.
