HistoryThat's how it started...
Built by the Louisville & Nashville (L&N) Railroad Company, the historic building that houses 301 Bistro, Bar, and Beer Garden was L&N’s passenger station in
Tuscaloosa from 1912 through the 1940’s, was a Trailways bus station between
1950 and 1967, and then fell victim to neglect for more than a decade.
From the late 1960’s through the late 1970’s, the beautiful marble that adorned
the walls, as well as the decorative plaster scrollwork, were sold as scrap – that is, the pieces that weren’t stolen or vandalized. The original domed ceilings fell into
disrepair, and we have even heard stories of birds nesting in the rafters.