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The Negro Southern League Museum, which opened in August 2015, is located at 120 16th Street South, next to Regions Field and near Railroad Park in Birmingham, Ala. (Photo courtesy of Birmingham Mayor's Office)

The owners of Slice Pizza & Brewhouse and the owner of the Surin Restaurant Group have signed a lease with Birmingham's Public Athletic, Council, and Entertainment Board to open a rooftop restaurant and event space in the Negro Southern League Museum, AL.com has learned.

Brothers Chris, Jeff and Jason Bajalieh -- who, in addition to Slice, also operate Sol's Sandwich Shop & Deli and Sky Castle restaurant and bar -- will manage the space with Surin Techarukpong, who operates 10 Thai restaurants in five states, including Surin West in Birmingham's Five Points South.

Birmingham attorney David Donaldson, who owns an interest in St. Roch Market in New Orleans with Techarukpong, is also a partner in the restaurant project at the baseball museum.

The Negro Southern League Museum, which opened in August 2015, is located at 120 16th Street South, next to Regions Field and across from Railroad Park.

"We are excited to a part of the whole Railroad Park resurgence," Chris Bajalieh told AL.com this afternoon. "Birmingham is in a pattern of huge growth right now, and we want to be a part of it."

The 8,000-square-foot space, which will be managed by the Bajalieh brothers and Techarukpong, will include a rooftop restaurant and bar and a year-round event space that will be available for corporate parties, wedding receptions and charity events, Bajalieh said.

"We want to create a unique experience for people to hang out and look out over Railroad Park and look at the beautiful skyline of Birmingham, whether they are there for lunch or dinner or for an event," he said.

The opening date and more details about the as-yet-unnamed restaurant and event space should be ready by early 2017, Bajalieh said.



