Over the years as Lee County continued to bloom with new restaurants, Mrs. Story’s Dairy Bar in Opelika continued to be run by a single family, serving the same menu. After being open for nearly 69 years, family member Rhonda Booth announced in August of 2021 the business would close due to not being able to find workers and the COVID-19 …
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Remembering bed and breakfast inns on Geneva Street
Situated amid aged oaks with a storied past, the stately Trawick-Tatum house has stood as a landmark on Geneva Street in Opelika since 1917. Once a grand residence in its early days, the house was converted into a bed-and-breakfast inn in the 1980s. The first inn was named “Under the Oaks,†followed by “The Trawick …
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