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...

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...

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...

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...
Making the Grade: Lucy’s

Making the Grade: Lucy’s

By Stacey Patton Wallace My friend Leigh Ann, like me, was born in the Old Russell Hospital in Alexander City, Alabama (“Eleck” City to the locals)....

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Making the Grade: Foosackly’s

Making the Grade: Foosackly’s

By Stacey Patton Wallace This week, I’m reviewing my favorite chicken finger restaurant in Lee County. Now, I know that I’ve said several times that...

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Making the Grade: Brick & Spoon

Making the Grade: Brick & Spoon

Stacey Patton Wallace  I’ve always heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. In fact, there’s an old saying: “Breakfast like...

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