A Birmingham restaurant is closing Saturday in response to an event featuring a Fox News host.

The Shu Shop is located on 3rd Avenue North in the theater district near the Lyric Theater which is hosting Brian Kilmeade’s live show, “America: Great from the Start,” this weekend. Kilmeade is the co-host of “Fox & Friends,” Fox News Radio’s “The Brian Kilmeade Show,” and Fox Nation’s “What Made America Great.”

In a Facebook post, restaurant owner Adeeba Khan said it will be closing Saturday in response to Kilmeade’s event.

“Why?” You ask. It is because our neighbors at the Lyric have chosen to host an event that is anti-immigrant, hostile towards brown people, pro-wall, and that goes against what we believe in at Shu Shop,” Khan wrote.

“As a decent human, first and foremost, a person of color, a woman, a second generation immigrant of Pakistani decent, and a Birmingham native, I refuse to contribute to anyone’s hateful b*******.

I love my city. This is my city. This is OUR city.”

Khan said hosting the Kilmeade show “flies in the face of everything that my Birmingham is about – love, acceptance, knowledge and respect.”

We will be closed on Saturday, August 10. “Why?” You ask. It is because our neighbors at the Lyric have chosen to host... Posted by Shu Shop on Friday, August 9, 2019

The restaurant is typically open 5 p.m. -2 a.m. on Saturdays.

In an interview with AL.com, Kilmeade said the Birmingham show, part of a series of national speaking events, will focus on lesser-known historical stories about people such as Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. The event will also include a question-and-answer session in which Kilmeade will address current topics.

In a statement to AL.com, Tom Carruthers, chairman of the Lyric Board, said through the years, the facility has been used for a wide variety of “civic discourse, entertainment and even worship.”

“We have had liberal, progressive, and conservative viewpoints presented from our stages, as well as the beliefs of several different faith traditions. We have hosted artists, writers, comedians, clergy members, musicians, playwrights, politicians, elected officials, chefs, actors, activists — nearly every type of performer you can imagine,” Carruthers said, adding that the Lyric and the Alabama Theatres, both owned by the same nonprofit organization, are rental facilities.

“With the exception of movies shown at the Alabama, the acts that appear here are brought in by private promoters who rent the facility. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed by a performer on stage at either theatre do not necessarily reflect those of the Board of Directors, the Junior Board, donors, the administrative staff, the technical staff, theatre volunteers or even the promoter.

“Our own commitment to inclusivity has often obliged us to stay neutral with regard to the political and moral controversies that surround individual acts and artists. Since the public is required to purchase a ticket to attend an event at the Lyric, attendance is up to each individual,” Carruthers said.