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The Eton Street change came
trange as it may seem, when
about
when Norm closed the restau-
Norman LePage opened the
in
January 1997 ... and after
rant
former Norm's Eton Street
almost
seven
months of extensive
restaurant in May 1984,
remodeling,
reopened
in August
many of those who knew him were
1997
with
a
new
look
and concept.
already looking ahead to what would
Gone
were
the
polished
brass, art
come next for Norm in the
deco
wall
ornaments,
turn-
restaurant game.
of-the-century
carpeting,
Even though his Eton
wallpaper and mirrors.
Street restaurant was molded
Instead was an interior
by Norm into a classically
that
completely reversed its
restored train station-turned-
look
into one with a rustic
restaurant, his restlessness
mountain
lodge feel.
would prompt him on to
After
the
Birmingham
bigger and better things.
train
station,
built in 1931,
Norm enjoys opening new
closed
down
during
the '50s
DAN NY
restaurants ... with new con-
...
it
became
just
a
very
neg-
cepts ... while helping carry
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lected
and
heavily
vandalized
out the design and decor to
Local Columnist
national and local historical
the fullest.
building.
Few can equal his experi-
Norm
loved his Eton Street restau-
ence and successful pattern ... which
rant
and
the changes he had made ...
is why Big Rock Chop House on
Very
little
doubt about that ... But
Eton Street in Birmingham has vault-
he
didn't
want
the crowd to "age"
ed into one of the Midwest's finest
with
the
restaurant
the way it tends
dining operations.
to
with
eateries
that
have been
Through the years since 1973,
around
a
while
...
Norm
spent a year
Norm has owned or operated over 30
traveling
around
the
country
... to
restaurants ... Mac & Ray's is now
San
Francisco,
Dallas,
Denver,
New
mainly a banquet center ... and the
York
...
gaining
ideas
from
other
fine
East Side Mario's owned by Norm
dining
restaurants.
and wife Bonnie are now operated by
He knew he wanted to create a
their son, Scott LePage.

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lower-fat buffalo at Birmingham's new-look bistro.

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