Taziki’s: How to Cook Up a $28 Million Franchise
Keith Richards, founder and chief development officer of Birmingham-based Taziki’s Mediterranean Café, first fell in love with feeding the public at 18 years old...
State Traditions Company Selling Self Images in the South
Awaiting a connecting flight in New York City’s LaGuardia Airport, Maury Lyon is satisfied with today’s meetings — meetings on behalf of State Traditions...
John Hall’s Restaurants: Why I Cook at the P.O.
John Hall’s restaurant resume is filled with fine-dining experience. He worked in his hometown with renowned Birmingham chef Frank Stitt. He traveled to Luxembourg...
Restaurants to Dine at
Be an impressionist, at Oscar’s at the Museum
When Jim Cobb and his wife, Krystal, took over operations at the Birmingham Museum of Art’s restaurant...
Alabama’s Showcase Rooms
Tony Davis is the CEO of the leading hospitality company in Alabama, PCH Hotels & Resorts, the chain of resort hotels associated with the...
Coast of Alabama Basks in a Rebound
It seems like an easy sell. Take a trip to sugar-white-sand beaches, crystal-clear water and the promise of shopping, eating and relaxing. But so...
Gulf Coast Cuisine: Lucy Buffet and Lulu’s
If you had a chance to dine on a Gulf of Mexico triggerfish brought off the boat just hours before, you’d be wise to...
The Biggest Splash in Sports
For Randy Howell and other professional anglers, nothing would help their careers more than winning what’s known as the Super Bowl of bass fishing...
How Management Weighs Success
There was never a question whether Don Logan would return to Alabama when his time as chairman of TimeWarner in New York ended. There...
Location, Location, Location
Of all of Alabama’s business-luring incentive programs, one of its newest, the film incentive, is perhaps the most successful in terms of providing an...