Here’s where you can visit Alabama’s Retailer of the Year in Huntsville and Athens (al.com, Sept. 6, 2024) Featuring Church Street Family Restaurant & Hospitality Group, Member since 2014 Epiphany Boutiques in Athens, Madison named Alabama Retailer of the Year…
MEAT BOSS, ROOSTERS, SOUTHWOOD KITCHEN AND NOBLE SOUTH FEATURED ON FOOD NETWORK SHOW In June of 2023, Guy Fieri, host of the Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” (DDD) show, came to Alabama to attend the grand opening of Chef…
As it celebrates its 50th year in business, Unclaimed Baggage has been named to the Alabama Tourism Hall of Fame. “For 50 years, they have been the anchor for tourism in north Alabama,” said Alabama Tourism Director Lee Sentell. (Go…
Fourteen Alabama Retail Association member restaurants are featured in a cookbook released just in time for the 2018 holiday season. “Alabama Cravings: The Most Requested Recipes from Alabama Restaurants Past & Present,” by Season 8 Food Network Star runner-up Martie…
The wedding industry has undergone a great deal of change over the past 50 years. Few couples have witnessed that evolution more closely than Max and Mary Andrews, husband and wife owners of Andrews Bridal Shoppe in Dothan. The couple…
TUSCUMBIA / BIRMINGHAM – What started as two young girls’ dream is now the retail flagship store in downtown Tuscumbia. When they were children, first cousins Courtney Thompson and Meagan Richardson operated a pretend store. “We always wanted a store,”…
BIRMINGHAM – “From day one, we were blown away by how many people came in the door and the reviews we were getting,” said David Snyder, who with his wife, Andrea, founded Urban Cookhouse, a farm-to-fire-to-table, fast-casual restaurant. Since Urban…
RAINBOW CITY / BIRMINGHAM – Jodie Stanfield has been in the restaurant business for 32 years. While he has been associated with TGI Fridays, LongHorn Steakhouse and Applebee’s, mostly in the Birmingham market, he returned to his native Etowah County…
ALBERTVILLE / BIRMINGHAM – “We try to build our business on doing what is right and taking care of customers,” said Randy Hall, president of Hall’s RV in Albertville. When the business began, it was Hall and his son-in-law, Carl…
MOUNTAIN BROOK / BIRMINGHAM – For Katie Smith, business is “a family affair.” Her family has been in the paper business for generations. Her great-grandfather, Hugh Buchanan, started the Alabama Paper & Metalware Co. Inc. in 1926. That business stayed…