World of Beer Five Points is gone, and its successor will soon be gone too.

Late last month, Magic City Brew was born as owner Amir Shah left the Tampa-based franchise. The changeover officially happened Nov. 30, and it had scheduled a grand opening this Thursday.

"We left the franchise because the franchise wasn't providing any value benefit for us locally," Shah said. "We don't really look at Birmingham as a market that is embracing the World of Beer brand. Craft beer is our passion, and doing it as a local concept where it was locally run, locally owned, locally managed was really our hope."

Instead, the bar at 1005 20th St. S. will hold a grand closing. It will have clock-oriented drink specials, which will get cheaper as the inventory decreases. There's no set closing date, but Shah said he's aiming for Dec. 31. The kitchen is closed, and the restaurant donated all unused food to local charities.

"Business fell off a cliff for Five Points," Shah said. "We were not alone in our struggle."

World of Beer, the Tampa-based chain of bars and retail beer outlets, opened its Five Points South location in 2012. The bar specialized in craft beer, promising at least 500 beer offerings from around the world.

Magic City Brew had hoped to offer at least 250, but with a much larger offering of local, Alabama and regional beers and a new food menu.

"We were open for four years," Shah said. "There were a lot of great times. People met in that place, got married, celebrated their anniversaries in that place."