FOOD & DRINK
A hip and homey café in the heart of the Black Belt
With its exposed brick walls, rough-hewn beams overhead and sleek, bare-bulb light fixtures, The Stable, A Southern Coffee Pub, has all the visual hallmarks of a trendy café. A sandwich board out front lists its tasty offerings and industrial-looking awnings throw shade over bright red metal café tables on the sidewalk. It often hosts live music shows, some advertised on funky, artsy band posters. This restaurant would be right at home in a metro area like Birmingham or Mobile. But instead, it’s deep in the heart of Alabama’s rural Black Belt region, downtown in tiny Greensboro, population approximately 2,150.
Black Belt bakery aims to nourish community through food
A block behind the heart of Greensboro, Alabama’s tiny downtown, a small cottage painted pine-tree green is flying a flag that whips in the wind before unfurling to proclaim: “Love each other.” The house was once a home, but today, a small hand-lettered sign near the sidewalk says it’s Abadir’s Cottage, homebase for the food business Abadir’s that Sarah Cole has been building since 2020.
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