Apollo Cafe

Thanks. I haven't heard of it until now. I remember going to Huntsville just to eat. Back when we didn't have anything here. That don't seem possible now.

I love going to Huntsville to try new places, they just have so much more than we do here.

Ate in Huntsville Thursday olast week at Piccadilly in Parkway Mall. WOW!!!! I wish we had one here!

I've found that Piccadilly varies greatly depending on which one you eat at. Several in Atlanta weren't very good at all. I haven't tried the one at Huntsville but have tried the ones in Chattanooga, TN and they are very good.

As for one here, there aren't many cafeterias left today. Among the best remaining are S&S out of Macon, GA. Morrison's used to be in the mall, here in Florence, but left when the mall wanted to raise their lease amount by a large amount. Word was that the mall had another person in mind to occupy the space Morrison's was in and in order to get Morrisons to vacate the space that the mall wanted to lease to the other tenant raised their lease payments to a point that Morrison's decided to leave. Once Morrisons vacated the property the deal fell through leaving the space vacant.

I don't know that is exactly true or how it happened but that's how I heard it happened. Morrison's Cafeterias was purchased and absorbed by Piccadilly who apparently have pretty much done away with most of Morrison's signature offerings.

I doubt very seriously that we will ever see a Piccadilly here in Florence as, from what I've heard and read, cafeteria's are on the decline nationally and appeal more to a senior crowd than the younger patron. The other nail in Cafeterias coffin is said to be Cracker Barrel and restaurants offering a meat and three vegetables such as Boston Market.

Don't know if that's right but that's what I've heard.