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Stacey Wallace Articles

Making the Grade: Foodies Gourmet Café & Bodega

BY STACEY WALLACE As I’ve mentioned before in this column, I am incredibly clumsy. In fact, if you still have a good, old 20th Century dictionary, and you look up the word “clumsy,” my picture will be there. I am always tripping, dropping or dripping. Mike says that I...
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Making the Grade: Amsterdam Café North Auburn

BY STACEY WALLACE /PHOTOS BY MIKE WALLACE FOR THE OBSERVER Unbelievably, my husband Mike and I will soon celebrate our 8th year living in Auburn, and it has been such a blessing. As I may have mentioned before in this column, Mike, out of the blue, sprang the idea of...
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Making The Grade: On the Road to Alexander City

BY STACEY WALLACE As I mentioned before in my last column, recently my much older brother Mike (As the youngest Patton child, I love saying that.) and my sister-in-law Sandi visited my husband Mike and me for a few days before they went back home to Texas. One day, we...
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Making the Grade: A Taste of Asia

BY STACEY WALLACE / FOR THE OBSERVER PHOTOS BY MIKE WALLACE / FOR THE OBSERVER Spring rolls from Taste of Asia in Opelika, located at 3750 Pepperell Parkway. As I have mentioned before in this column, I have two much older brothers named Jim and Mike. Now, when Jim...
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Making the Grade: Jefferson’s

Making the Grade: Jefferson’s

Dec 1, 2021

By Stacey Patton Wallace I just can’t seem to get enough of downtown Opelika. I think it should be the prototype for downtowns everywhere. According...

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Making the Grade: Veggies To Go

Making the Grade: Veggies To Go

Nov 24, 2021

By Stacey Patton Wallace Thanksgiving 1963 to Thanksgiving 1984 were the best ones of my life. Why? Because from the ages of almost one to almost...

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Making the Grade: Mrs. Story’s Dairy Bar

Making the Grade: Twice Baked

Nov 17, 2021

By Stacey Patton Wallace As I’ve mentioned several times before in this column, I absolutely LOVE dining in downtown Opelika. I’m so glad that...

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Making the Grade: The Mason Jar

Making the Grade: The Mason Jar

Nov 3, 2021

By Stacey Patton Wallace Recently, Mike and I met our friends Jack, William and Thomas for supper at the Mason Jar at 1036 S. College St. in Auburn....

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