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Good Eating in Alabama: Meat Boss
When Benny Chinnis was 45, he took a leap of faith, fired up his smoker and opened a lunch counter to serve up the kind of barbecue that he liked. His friends and family called him Meat Boss, and that’s what his eatery came to be known as. Meat Boss in the Cottage Hills area…
Alabama Food Truck Favorites: Send Noodz
After time in the military and serving in Afghanistan, Javier Zayas returned to Alabama to keep a promise. That led him to culinary school and that eventually led him to opening the food truck Send Noodz in Oxford. His Asian-inspired dishes with a focus on traditional Japanese ramen have been a hit in and around…
Good Eating in Alabama: Fishin’ Hole
Residents and visitors to Centre and Weiss Lake have enjoyed the delicious food at Fishin’ Hole Restaurant for two decades. Travis Sopish hopes that enjoyment lasts at least another two decades. Sopish, whose mother used to wash dishes at the restaurant, bought the eatery in June 2021 and renovated it earlier this year. Visitors can…
Yo’ Mama’s brings new soul to food in historic Birmingham, Alabama, district
Yo’ Mama’s restaurant is forging its own history in the Fourth Avenue Historic District of downtown Birmingham. This restaurant is the only Black-owned, sit-down eatery in one of the few surviving Black Business Districts in the Southeast still operating with a majority Black-owned business ecosystem. Yo’ Mama’s started with a dream of business ownership, which…
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