Stacey Wallace Articles

Making the Grade: On the Road to Mount Airy, North Carolina

By STACEY PATTON WALLACE As a child, from kindergarten through the sixth grade, after school I stayed with my Grandma and Granddaddy Patton until Mama and Daddy got off work. From fall of 1968 until late spring of 1975, my grandparents and I enjoyed each other’s...

Making the Grade: Zoe’s Delite

By STACEY PATTON WALLACE Don’t you love going to eateries in your community, which have been family-owned and operated for years? About a year ago, I wrote about Buck’s Dairy Quick, just such a place in my hometown of Alexander City (“Eleck” City to the locals). I...

Making the Grade: The Sound Kitchen

By STACEY PATTON WALLACE As I’ve mentioned before in this column, my nephew Luke smokes the best pork ribs that Mike and I have ever tasted. Because as I’ve also stated, ribs should come from a pig and not a cow, as all Alabamians know. In addition, I reported that...

Making the Grade: Mikata Japanese Steak House & Sushi Bar

Mikata Japanese Steak House & Sushi Bar The old cliché is true: The older you get, the faster time passes. For example, back when I was a kid growing up in Alexander City, summer vacation seemed to last forever, one terrible sunburn after another (the use of...
Making the Grade: Dough Pizzeria

Making the Grade: Dough Pizzeria

By Stacey Patton Wallace I have had a close, loving relationship with pizza since childhood. When I was in single digits, I enjoyed the hamburger,...

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Making the Grade – Buck’s

Making the Grade – Buck’s

By Stacey Patton Wallace Do you have a favorite restaurant in your hometown where you grew up, eating there with your family? For me, that...

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