Lexington, Kentucky may be considered Ground Zero for University of Kentucky Wildcat diehards or fans of the Transylvania University Pioneers. But, for visitors introduced to Lexington for the very first time, aspects that set it apart from most cities in…
As a faithful subscriber to Birmingham-based Southern Living Magazine for my entire adult life, I started reading about Highlands Bar and Grill soon after it opened in 1982. The reviews were good from the very first day, and my desire…
In the 1940’s, John Proferis opened John’s Restaurant in downtown Birmingham featuring fresh seafood, something of a novelty at that time. He developed a couple of signature dishes that became wildly popular — trout almandine and a special slaw, consisting…
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,…
Connie Pearson is the newest MilesGeek columnist to join our cadre of well-traveled Featured writers. She will share with us her unique perspective on restaurants and food in the southern United States, in addition to travel stories from around the…
