Editor’s Note: Story updated on Feb. 6 to include opening date.
Tapas and tequila restaurant Sol Y Luna is gearing up to open its new location in Mountain Brook’s Lane Parke, across the street from the Grand Bohemian Hotel, on Feb. 10.
It’s a continuation of the restaurant that operated in Birmingham’s Lakeview district from 1997 until 2013. The original owner, chef Guillermo Castro, died of a heart attack in 2013; the new location will be overseen by his brother, Jorge. The new location will maintain the original Sol Y Luna menu.
“The reopening of Sol Y Luna makes me so proud,” Castro said, in a statement announcing the new location. “It was the first restaurant my brother, Guillermo, opened in Birmingham and it was such a beautiful and unique culinary experience. When we closed Sol Y Luna, it left a void for so many people – me included. We are happy to say that we are giving our customers what they have asked for. … Sol y Luna is coming back.”
The new location held a soft opening in January.
“We’re coming for you Birmingham,” read a Jan. 31 post on the restaurant’s Facebook page. “Only a week or so left before we open!”
Updates will be posted on the restaurant’s website, solylunabham.com; Instagram, @solylunabham; and Facebook page, facebook.com/solylunabham.