Since this Sunday is Father’s Day, I want to dedicate this review to the memory of my Daddy, James Thomas (Tom) Patton, Sr., whom we lost to...
Making the Grade: The General’s Café
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Stacey Wallace Articles
Making the Grade: Mo’Bay Beignet Company
By Stacey Patton Wallace According to Google, a beignet is “a fritter or a square of fried dough eaten hot and sprinkled with confectioners’ sugar.”...
Making the Grade: Elmer’s Restaurant
By Stacey Patton Wallace My husband Mike was born in Georgia (I don’t hold that against him; we have family and friends who live in Georgia), and...
Making the Grade: On the Road to Orange Beach, Alabama
By Stacey Patton Wallace As I have stated many times, I absolutely LOVE living in Lee County. I believe if you can’t be in Heaven yet, Lee...
Making the Grade: Jim Bob’s in Tigertown
As I’ve said before, I’m an Alabama girl, born and raised in Alexander City (“Eleck” City to the natives). Therefore, I dearly love fried foods....
Making the Grade: The Front Porch
By Stacey Patton Wallace I enjoy going to a fancy restaurant now and then; linen napkins, quiet music and that special ambience make for an...
MAKING THE GRADE – OSKAR’S CAFÉ
By Stacey Patton Wallace My Mama Barbara Patton (By the way, she is not the former mayor of Opelika, but I think it’s cool that they share the same...
Making the Grade: Big Mike’s Steakhouse
By Stacey Patton Wallace Back in the early 1970s, my family had a new experience at a steakhouse. Daddy, Mama, my two much older brothers and I were...
Making the Grade – ChickChickPorkPork
By Stacey Patton Wallace We are blessed in Lee County to have a variety of great restaurants at which to dine. There’s pretty much something for...