Brian and Erin Mooney, owners of Tre Luna Bar & Kitchen in Hoover and Tre Luna Catering, have bought the nearly century-old Theodore building in downtown Birmingham, the couple announced Thursday morning to the Hoover Small Business Alliance.
The building at 3211 Second Ave. S. was built in 1929 and had been converted into event space in 2017, Brian Mooney said. He and his wife were approached then about taking on the liquor license for Theodore but had just taken over the liquor license for the Alys Stephens Center and didn’t want to take two new ones on at the same time, he said.
When the building went up for sale again last year, the Mooneys put a bid in for it, but they were second in line, he said. They thought they weren’t going to get it but were approached again in mid-December when the first offer fell through, he said.
They ended up closing on the sale March 31 and are planning to continue to use the building for weddings, rehearsal dinners, corporate gatherings and private celebrations…