An Atlanta restaurant group is doubling down on Mountain Brook, adding a seafood-centered sibling to Little Betty Steak Bar at Lane Parke. The new Little Betty Sea Bar will sit directly alongside and physically connect to the existing steakhouse, bringing a raw bar and sushi-driven program to the neighborhood, with executive chef Kyle Biddy overseeing the kitchen, according to restaurant listings and local reporting.
As detailed by the Birmingham Business Journal, the Sea Bar is the Atlanta restaurateur’s fourth Birmingham concept and will be attached to Little Betty Steak Bar at Lane Parke. The Business Journal reports that the menu is expected to mix Japanese and Italian influences, featuring crudos, composed sushi, Kaluga caviar, and live shellfish.
Menu and chef
The steakhouse’s own site describes Sea Bar as a Japanese and Italian-influenced seafood concept built around oysters and other live shellfish, crudos, composed sushi, and Kaluga caviar, according to the Little Betty site. An accompanying Indeed posting names Kyle Biddy as the culinary lead and notes that Sea Bar will share some back-of-house operations and crossover menu items with the steakhouse.
Revival’s Birmingham footprint
Sea Bar will join a growing local roster from Atlanta-based Revival Restaurant Group, which already counts Little Betty Steak Bar, Southern Kitchen + Bar and Uptown Cantina among its Birmingham operations. Revival describes itself as a family-owned hospitality company that develops restaurant concepts across the Southeast.
Lane Parke context
Lane Parke’s redevelopment has steadily pulled in higher-end dining, and Sea Bar is set to become another anchor along the center’s Rele Street corridor. The Lane Parke tenant pages show Little Betty and other newer storefronts clustered on Rele Street, forming a concentrated restaurant row. The seafood extension has been in the cards for a while, according to Revival CEO Jamey Shirah, who told Village Living that “this concept was always part of the plan” and that the additional space will open up more room for private dining and events.
Hiring and timing
Revival and Little Betty have started building out the team for Sea Bar, with job postings advertising line cook and management roles as the opening approaches. The Indeed listings and the restaurant’s hiring materials tie these positions directly to the Lane Parke seafood concept…