By Emily WilliamsThe Greater Birmingham-area grocery game is changing, and Piggly Wiggly Food Stores of Jefferson County co-owner Andy Virciglio, his father Stanley Virciglio and his partners Basim and Naseem Ajlouny are working to capitalize on those changes with renovations of the River Run store in Mountain Brook.“We’ve been here [River Run] for 12 … [Read more...]
Good – and Good for You – Eats: Nourish Makes It Easy to Keep Those New Year’s Food Resolutions
By Donna Cornelius Deciding to eat well – as in “healthy” – tops a lot of New Year’s resolutions lists every January. “People resolve to eat better, to go to the gym, and by the end of January, the wheels will have fallen off this plan,” Mary Drennen said. Drennen and her business partner, Tiffany Vickers Davis, own Birmingham-based Nourish Foods. The meal delivery service … [Read more...]
New in Town: High-Profile Food Folks Will Open Birmingham Eateries in 2019
By Donna Cornelius Birmingham food has been getting pretty good press in recent years, but 2018 took the city to the top of the culinary charts. Highlands Bar and Grill won the James Beard Foundation Award for best restaurant in America, and Highlands’ Dolester Miles was the foundation’s outstanding pastry chef. The Beard awards also showed some love to Timothy Hontzas of … [Read more...]
Two New Publix Stores to Open as Western Closes Its Doors
Publix Super Markets will be taking over two Western Market locations in the Over the Mountain area, with plans to open a GreenWise Market in the Lane Parke location and a Publix at the Vestavia Hills site on Morgan Drive. “When I became involved in ownership in 1987,” owner Ken Hubbard said in a statement, “our goal was to maintain Western as Birmingham’s leading independent … [Read more...]
Grocery Store Goodies: This Time of Year, Supermarkets Can Be Winter Wonderlands
By Donna Cornelius Even the most industrious cooks can find it hard to meet the culinary demands of the holiday season. One foolish person has in the past made her own food gifts for friends and neighbors, invited her Friday night supper club to a small party, hosted a Christmas Eve dinner and committed to making an app, three side dishes and a dessert for her family’s main … [Read more...]