Sue lovelace irondale cafe biography

  • In the early forties she went to Florida to work for the war effort, and while there she ran into an old acquaintance, Sue Lovelace.
  • The Irondale Cafe was run for 40 years by the late Bess Sue Lovelace, and their cafe, which has been continuously open since 1928.
  • In the early 1940s, Bess leased the cafe and went to Florida to work for the war effort.

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    Alabama Heritage's Post

    The Irondale Cafe was run for 40 years by the late Bess Fortenberry, whose niece grew up to be writer-actress Fannie Flagg. Her novel, "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" paid tribute to her Aunt Bess, her partner Sue Lovelace, and their cafe, which has been continuously open since 1928. Fried green tomatoes are always on the menu and cooks go through 70 pounds per day. We also hear the fried chicken is good! Share your stories down below if you've visited! #ALCuriosities
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    Michael C Treadwell
    Such a rich heritage for this business, it's connection to Fannie Flag and the City of Irondale. I hope it survives another 100 years. I still remember Mr. Arrington and his store on the corner right down sidewalk from here. He had one of those old fas…
    Tammy Michelle
    Yes, I have visited several times. I was born in Birmingham, Al, and whenever I visit my father, who lives in Tarrant, I try to make a trip to get the fried green tomatoes. I enjoy looking at the posters on the wall. I've got a few pictures. Of co…
    Keith Elliott
    Letting the delicious food “settle” before getting into car...
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    Metcalf Polly Ozley
    I am retired from the City of Irondale Police Department. A
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    Transportation & Restaurants

    Transportation and Restaurants from Tourism of Alabama Traveling Exhibits

    Postcards showcased on the Traveling Exhibits

    The Narrows: Railroad, River and Highway

    Historically, Alabama has relied on a three-part system to transport freight and people over long distances. This postcard of “The Narrows” between Birmingham and Chelsea in Jefferson County shows them all: natural waterways were first, followed by railroads in the 19th century, then “perfected” in the 20th century by state-built highways that “start somewhere and end somewhere,” according to Governor Emmet O'Neal in 1914. Each mode of transportation developed services for travelers, from inns along waterways (and early federal post and military roads), to hotels in cities served by rail lines, to roadside restaurants along the asphalt trails.

     

    Demopolis - Boats on the Tombigbee River

    The transportation of goods and people over the state’s 132,000 plus miles of rivers and streams was critical to the founding of the state. The advent of steamboats in the early 1800s made trade and transportation easier and led to the growth of the state's most important cities, evidenced by all five capitals being river towns. The Mobile bound steamboats stopped at landings to load cot

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    The Year be beaten Alabama Food: Irondale Cafe

    Jim Dolan bought the Irondale Cafe get out of previous owners Billy lecture Mary Jo McMichael remodel 2000. (The Birmingham News/Michelle Campbell)

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    Restaurant: Irondale Cafe.

    Address: 1906 First Sign. North, Irondale.

    On the menu: Home-style South favorites, including country-fried steak, fried chickenhearted, chicken livers, green grass, field peas, mashed potatoes, macaroni become calm cheese, creamed corn, nettled cabbage, boiled squash, turnips, collards, herb pudding, looker cobbler, shaver butter pie, and, come within earshot of course, cooked green tomatoes.

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