By Natalie Anderson Staff Reporter Takoyaki, a restaurant that will feature a full sushi bar and hibachi dining options, is projected to open in March in the former home of Pyro’s Pizza at 2025 Interstate Drive in the Tiger Town Shopping Center. With a location in...

By Sara Wilson For the Opelika Observer Neon lights can be seen through the glass windows of Davis, Mann & Co., a newly opened upscale hair salon in downtown Opelika. Co-owners Claire Davis and Ashley Mann had a clear vision of what they wanted in a new salon, and...

By Sean Dietrich It came in the mail. A small package. A cardboard parcel no bigger than a VHS tape. I weighed it in my hands. Definitely not a VHS tape. For one thing, it’s too heavy. For another, nobody even uses tapes anymore. Not long ago, families had to rent...

By Greg Markley Why must reading books be a chore? Variety and a steady gait can make it fun, not futile. In 2017, one of my Christmas presents was the bestseller “Grant,” about the brilliant Union general and problematic 18th president Ulysses S. Grant. I haven’t...