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...]
Healing Through Hotworx
Five years ago, chances probably were slim that you would have seen Vestavia Hills resident Leigh Ann Allen at a gym. You were much more likely to have seen her at the tennis courts, where she would have been one of the best players.But when Leigh Ann fell off of a second-story balcony four years ago, she didn’t know whether she would ever fully recover.She had bought, … [Read more...]
Clotheshorse Moving Within Rocky Ridge Community
The Clotheshorse, a family-owned consignment boutique, is moving and expanding in Rocky Ridge.Starting Jan. 15, The Clotheshorse move out of its current location in Rocky Ridge Square Shopping Center. They will relocate to two separate locations: one in Rocky Ridge Plaza, at 2512 Rocky Ridge Road, Suite 104; and one at the barn on 3365 Morgan Drive. Both of these locations … [Read more...]
Efforts Continue to Save Homewood Pink House
Back in June, the Homewood Planning Commission paved the way for the historic Bridges Home, also known as the Homewood Pink House, to be torn down to make way for newer homes. Since then, the Homewood community has pushed for an effort to save the home from demolition. The Homewood Alabama Historical Preservation Society, local investors, national organizations and the … [Read more...]