The restaurant has been an institution in Tuscaloosa since 1996.

Sitting right there just a few paces from Bryant-Denney Stadium, the home of the beloved Alabama Crimson Tide, it has served as a pre-game for many Alabama fans over the years.

Perhaps now, former Alabama coach Nick Saban – recently retired – may actually stop in. Maybe.

In the latest ESPN piece chronicling Saban’s transition to national championship-winning coach to the recently retired, Chris Low, once again, does a remarkable job of illustrating the coach’s laser-sharp focus for the past 17 years in Tuscaloosa.

Saban’s new office at the on-campus stadium is on the opposite side of where his statue is located, but it has a view of Rama Jama’s, which has become as much of the game-day experience as the song it was named for.

Per the story, and on the day Saban moved into his new office, Alabama head athletic trainer Jeff Allen pointed out the restaurant and said, “Coach, now you can walk across the street and get you a hamburger for lunch.”

“Yeah, what is that place?” Saban asked. “Has it been there for a long time?”

“Yeah, Coach, for decades,” Allen said with a laugh.

According to Low, Saban just nodded and said that he might try it sometime.

Alabama fans are no strangers to Rama Jama’s, which announced last month that a second location is coming to Tuscaloosa.

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Gary Lewis opened Rama Jama’s in Tuscaloosa in 1996. Located along Bryant Drive, the breakfast and lunch spot’s walls and exterior are covered in Alabama sports memorabilia, featuring newspaper and magazine cutouts of Bama legends and famous visitors. ESPN has broadcast from the restaurant several times, including Todd Blackledge’s “Taste of the Town” segment.

The eatery garnered headlines for the Rama Jama’s National Championship BLT.

It has a strip of bacon for every Crimson Tide national title, all 18 claimed by Bama. The sandwich adds tomatoes, lettuce and several slices of toasted white bread topped off with a giant onion ring.

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.