The Birmingham City Council will vote next week on an ordinance to allow restaurants to begin selling alcohol at 10 a.m. on Sundays.

The public safety committee of the city council gave its recommendation to the ordinance on Tuesday afternoon after hearing support from local restaurants and tourism officials.

Marco Morosini, owner of Silvertron Cafe, said Birmingham restaurants will see an immediate increase in sales when customers can start buying their mimosas at Sunday brunch at 10 a.m.

Last week, the Alabama State Legislature passed a bill that gave the Birmingham City Council the authority to pass an ordinance to start Sunday alcohol sales at 10 a.m. rather than noon.

A previous version of the law allowed Birmingham to hold a referendum to allow earlier Sunday alcohol sales, but the measure failed to make it to a ballot.

Councilor Hunter Williams, who serves as chair of the public safety committee, said he drafted the ordinance in preparation of Gov. Kay Ivey's signing the bill into law, which she did on March 26.

"This bill will eliminate outdated 'blue laws' that impose unnecessary restrictions on Birmingham businesses that both business owners and taxpayers do not want," he said previously to AL.com. "I expect this bill to be an economic stimulus for the city of Birmingham as well as our restaurants."

The Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Alabama Restaurant and Hospitality Association also supported the ordinance.

Dino Sarris, whose father owns The Fish Market in Southside, told city councilors that eight years ago the oyster bar didn't serve alcohol. He said his father was concerned about the type of crowd that would alcohol would attract.

"I said give me 60 days," he said. "Almost immediately we saw an uptick in sales."

Sarris said it was the restaurant's regular customers that were buying alcohol.

"I don't feel like there is a tremendous amount of risk here," he said. "The city is on a progressive path and I just want to express my support for this ordinance."