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: The Front Porch
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Stacey Wallace Articles
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...
MAKING THE GRADE: ANOTHER BROKEN EGG CAFÉ
By Stacey Patton Wallace We’ve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and that it should be the largest one. There’s even an...
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,...
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...
Making the Grade –– Susie K’s Country Cooking
By StaceyPatton Wallace As I have mentioned before in this column, I am an Alabama girl who LOVES chicken on the bone. There. Is. No. Substitute....
Making the Grade: Zazu Gastropub
By Stacey Patton Wallace I absolutely LOVE downtown Opelika. It has so many interesting shops and great restaurants at which to dine. Also,...