Since opening in the fall of 2015, OvenBird, located on 3rd Avenue South in Birmingham, Alabama’s Pepper Place, is surging in popularity with young professionals, sophisticated students and discerning diners all along the age spectrum. The uniqueness of this restaurant…
A hundred years ago, Mossy Grove School (first established in 1856) was progressing from being a one-room schoolhouse to a two-room schoolhouse. The population of Troy, Alabama was slightly under 6000, and this location was considered to be very rural,…
Even though ECHO has only been open since 2013, there are 81 years’ worth of layers in the significance of its location, its décor, its logo, and its name. During World War II, three U.S. Merchant Marine ships were sunk…
After all the tables are filled with the most eager diners, a line begins to form at the receptionist’s podium. It snakes out the long hall of the entrance and then down the sidewalk. Since Gumbo Shop on Saint Peter…
From the drinks to the dressings and from the entrees to the desserts, the words “fresh” and “in-house” permeate the servers’ descriptions and the items on the menu. Beach House Kitchen and Cocktails, formerly West End Grill, located at 1154…
It was on our Bucket List. Not only did my husband and I dream of an extensive trip to Italy, we also wanted to take a cooking class somewhere in the Tuscan region while we were there. It sounded so…
