Pihakis closes 4 Valley Post restaurants in Chelsea

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Valley Post in Chelsea opened on December 1, 2025. (Pat Byington / Bham Now)

All four Valley Post restaurants owned by the Pihakis Restaurant Group (PRG) were closed today, according to multiple sources and confirmed by Bham Now. 

The new Chelsea development had been open for only five months.

The four shuttered restaurants include:

  • Luca
  • Little Donkey
  • Hero Diner 
  • Rodney Scott’s BBQ

Closures keep growing

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Little Donkey at Valley Post. (Pat Byington / Bham Now)

The Shelby County Reporter and Birmingham Business Journal reported this evening that the closures came shortly after Evans Meats, Inc. filed suit on Monday, April 27 in Shelby County Circuit Court against Pihakis and 20 affiliated restaurants. 

Several PRG restaurants have closed this month related to the group’s financial troubles.

In addition to the Valley Post closures, the following Birmingham-area restaurants are no longer operating:

  • Tasty Town
  • Hero Diner at Stadium  Trace in Hoover
  • Hero Diner in Trussville
  • Hero Diner at Railroad Park

The Shelby County Reporter also reported the closure of the Rodney Scott’s BBQ location in Trussville.

This is a developing story. Stay tuned to Bham Now for updates about the status of PRG restaurants in Birmingham and beyond.

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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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