NEW: Popular Atlanta-based upscale Chinese restaurant coming to Homewood

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Urban Hai
Site of the former Michael’s Steakhouse in Homewood next to aloft Hotel. Urban Hai will be moving into this location by end of the year. (Pat Byington / Bham Now)

Urban Hai, a popular upscale Atlanta-based Chinese restaurant plans to open in Homewood by the end of the year.

The new restaurant will move into space formerly occupied by Michael’s Steakhouse in the lower level of the Aloft Hotel located at 1903 29th Avenue South, according to SRS Birmingham.

Second Urban Hai coming to Birmingham Metro

Owned by renowned chef Hai Wang and restaurateur Gary Lin, last month the duo announced their intention to open up their first Urban Hai at the Denham Building in Birmingham’s Parkside neighborhood near Railroad Park.

Founded in 2022 the restaurant specializes in traditional dishes and Szechuan-style cuisine, such as:

  • Peking Roast Duck
  • Crispy Pork Belly
  • Home Style Bok Choy
  • Szechuan Kung Pao Chicken
  • Mapo Tofu

The restaurant expects to open in Homewood at the end of the year.

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Pat Byington
Pat Byington

Longtime conservationist. Former Executive Director at the Alabama Environmental Council and Wild South. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. Career highlights include playing an active role in the creation of Alabama's Forever Wild program, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dugger Mountain Wilderness, preservation of special places throughout the East through the Wilderness Society and the strengthening (making more stringent) the state of Alabama's cancer risk and mercury standards.

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