Church Street Family Recruits Executive Sous Chef from Miami

It is a strategic move resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Huntsville restaurateurs Matthew and Stephanie Mell of the Church Street Family Group worked with New York-based celebrity chef Jimmy Canora to conduct a nationwide search for a new executive chef who can help them navigate through unprecedented times for the food and beverage industries. Officially […]

Alabama Goods: Distinctive Food and Gifts Made in Alabama

When looking for the perfect gift or gift basket, look no further. Homewood-based Alabama Goods has expanded northward to the Valley Bend shopping center, next to Fleet Feet. “We’ve been wanting to open a location in Huntsville for a couple of years,” said owner Sherry Hartley. “We would go to Huntsville and ride around, looking […]

Renaissance on Meridian Street Brings New Businesses, Attitude

Downtown Huntsville continues to grow, not just upward, as all of the cranes creating the skyline would suggest, but outward as well.   One evolving area of growth is north of the city’s center down Meridian Street, where entrenched tenants Brooks & Collier are getting some new business neighbors down the street from its location […]

Alabama Kitchen & Bath Opens Huntsville Showroom

Alabama Kitchen & Bath, which provides granite, marble and quartz countertop products, has opened a fabrication facility and showroom in Huntsville. It is the second location for the Alabaster-based company. The Huntsville store is at 11533 South Memorial Parkway. Brazilian-born Sandro Da Silva, a stone fabricator since 2005, opened the Alabaster store in 2015. Known […]

Church Street Wine Shoppe Moving to the Historic Humphreys–Rogers House

Church Street Wine Shoppe made history by starting the first sitdown wine club in Alabama. But, now with 600 members, the shop is overflowing at its original location on Church Street downtown. Owners Stephanie Kennedy-Mell and her husband Matthew Mell are moving the shop, the wine club and their entire Church Street Family restaurant headquarters […]

33 Huntsville-Area Businesses on Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies

To say that the Huntsville area is a hotbed of successful small businesses is an understatement. Some 30-plus companies have been named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. Visit https://www.inc.com/inc5000/2020 The businesses range from the unsurprising government services and engineering categories to manufacturing, real estate, financial services and food and beverage. […]

Huntsville Restaurant Week 2020: Socially Distant, Still Delicious

As everyone and everything is adjusting to the COVID-19 pandemic, Huntsville’s annual fare fair – aka Restaurant Week – has met the challenge with creative alternatives. So, you better have your appetite ready because Huntsville Restaurant Week 2020, with the slogan “Socially Distant, Still Delicious,” begins Friday and the participating businesses will be serving up […]

Athens-based Pimentos to Open At Stovehouse’s Gaslight Alley

After 25 years as an accountant, Teresa Brodie had to decide what to do next. Keeping her current position would mean moving to St. Louis — something she knew she didn’t want. She is an only child and wanted to stay close to her parents in Athens. That’s when she says God stepped in to […]

Offbeat Coffee Opens at Redstone Gateway

It may look like a couple of cargo containers dropped off at the side of the road near Redstone Gateway. And, in fact, it is. But it’s also the new location for Offbeat to Go, a drive-thru and walk-up coffee shop from the owner of Campus 805’s Offbeat Coffee Studio. Inside the repurposed cargo containers, […]

Cookie Dough Magic: This Isn’t Your Grandma’s Cookie Dough

Downtown Huntsville now has its very own cookie dough parlor. On Jefferson Street, next door to Melt at The Avenue, Cookie Dough Magic is ready to serve up its unique fare. “We’re very similar to an ice cream shop,” said Huntsville franchise owner Jon Heugel. “You can order our cookie dough in a cup, waffle […]