By Ingrid HowardWhen Terpsithea Christou moved to Alabama from her hometown in Ioannina, Greece, she originally thought she’d move back home once she finished her orthodontics residency. But a few things kept her in the States, one of them being Jon Allen Bernstein. One of Christou’s fellow residents was engaged to one of Bernstein’s good friends. The now-husband and … [Read more...]
Secret’s Out?: Deadline Looms to Buy Edgewood’s ‘Pink House’ Ahead of Its Planned Demolition
By Virginia Martin The Homewood Historical Preservation Society is continuing its push to raise money to buy the “Pink House” in Edgewood, also known as the Bridges Home, to save it from being demolished and recommit it as a public space open to the community. The society is working with local investors, national organizations and the community to raise money to buy the … [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...]