Authorities are looking for a man who robbed a Vestavia Hills restaurant Friday evening.

The robbery occurred about 8:30 p.m., at Miss Myra's Pit Bar-B-Q restaurant in the 3200 block of Cahaba Heights Road.

A man entered the restaurant with a semiautomatic pistol. He took wallets and cellphones from some customers, then fled, Vestavia Hills Police Lt. Brian Gilham said.

The suspect was described as a black male wearing all red clothing.

Police were searching the Cahaba Heights and Interstate 459 areas late Friday. The suspect had not been located as of 10 p.m.