Five Bar to close after service Saturday, March 31

Five Bar, 430 S. Gay St., will close at the end of the month.

The restaurant has been at the corner of Gay Street and Union Avenue since 2014. It's known for its popular weekend brunch and five-entree menu.

It's also known for its philanthropic programs.

Each Thanksgiving, Five Bar would open its doors and offer a free meal to the community. Donations were accepted but not required. Proceeds from donations received were given to a designated charity.

The restaurant also donates 1 percent of all sales to American Lunch – a nonprofit organization that provides hot meals to people in need.

The Five Bar American Lunch food truck routinely offered free meals to residents of government subsidized housing.

Five Bar has five other locations, in Chattanooga; Athens, Georgia; and Tuscaloosa, Mobile and Birmingham, Alabama.