Birmingham, Hoover Entertainment District — One of the new building permits this week is for a Big Whiskey’s (like this one at Hoover’s Stadium Trace Village) in Alabster. (Pat Byington/Bham Now)

Of the four new building permits issued this past week in Alabama for construction projects exceeding $1 million, two are for projects in the Birmingham metro.

One of those is for a new restaurant in Alabaster. Here’s what we know:

Big Whiskey’s in Alabaster

Hoover — Big Whiskey’s opened in early July 2020 at Stadium Trace Village. (Pat Byington/ Bham Now)

The new Big Whiskey’s restaurant is located in the building that once was O’Charley’s at 285 South Colonial Drive in Alabaster.

Founded in Downtown Springfield, Missouri in 2006, Big Whiskey’s features a wide variety of menu items including several signature items like the famous Chicken Ranch Alfredo, The Honey Stung Burger, Boom Boom Shrimp Tacos and The Brunch Melt.

The popular restaurant also has an extensive drink menu with 120+ whiskeys available, including rare and allocated bottles.

The building permits is for $1.5 million, with Stanley Graham Construction LLC of Huntsville listed as the lead contractor.

More on these new building permits

Thanks to our friends at Report Construction LLC, we have the list of all of the new million-dollar-plus construction projects approved in Alabama last week. Each week, they pull together information from building permits issued to get all the details on these projects. You can get access to all of their construction permits right here.

Here’s more on these new permits in Alabama this week:

Date	City	Builder	Ownerof Project	ProjectAddress	Amount
08/15/2024	Alabaster	Stanley Graham Construction LLC	Owner Information Not Provided	285 South Colonial Drive	$1,505,827
08/15/2024	Jefferson County	P&M Mechanical INC	Wideman & Wideman Properties	425 N Carson Road	$1,509,000
08/15/2024	Tuscaloosa	DBS Corporation	CarMax Auto Superstores	3505 Skyland Blvd E	$2,250,000
08/15/2024	Tuscaloosa	DBS Corporation	CarMax Auto Superstores	3427 Skyland Blvd E	$3,400,000