Red Bowl Asian Bistro has opened in the old Ruby Tuesday location on McFarland Boulevard, north of the river at 311 Merchant s Walk in Tuscaloosa.
Red Bowl is open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, serving to-go and dine-in, with masks required inside. The number to call in an order is 205-618-8896, or orders can be made online by following links at www.redbowltuscaloosa.com.
Red Bowl opened in 2004 in Charlotte, North Carolina, offering a variety of dishes from Chinese, Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese cuisines. Franchise locations have since opened throughout the South.
One disaster 2020 hasn t dumped on the Tuscaloosa area is severe weather, but as the calendar year closes, residents should be alert for possible high winds, heavy rainfall and a chance of tornadoes Thursday evening, rolling into Friday.
After a freezing yule in which neighboring counties saw White Christmas flurries, temperatures may shoot as high as 70 for New Year s Eve, said Jason Holmes, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Birmingham. Combine that with a strong cold front moving in from the west, currently threatening to bring snow and heavy rain to much of Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, and threats grow.
Rebecca Luker, three-times Tony-nominated Broadway star from Helena, died Wednesday following complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
The 59-year-old soprano, who d taken on leading roles since stepping up as Christine in the original Broadway run of The Phantom of the Opera, stayed connected to her Alabama roots.
Paul K. Looney, artistic director emeritus of Theatre Tuscaloosa, was instrumental in Luker s induction into the Alabama Stage and Screen Hall of Fame, honored with a 2001 ceremony in Tuscaloosa. She was a dear friend, and I am heartbroken, Looney said. I had spoken to her (a few months ago), and you would never know, she was so very upbeat: We re gonna kill this..
Who s the Griswold family in your neighborhood, donating power bill money for the dazzle and razzle effects of a festive home for the holidays in lights, inflatables and snowy figurines?
Whether you ve seen one, or are the decorator yourself, please share your favorite local holiday displays to mark.cobb@tuscaloosanews.com, for inclusion in a roundup in The Tuscaloosa News, by 5 p.m. Friday Dec. 18.
The annual Christmas Afloat lighted boat parade is among the holiday events in the Tuscaloosa area that are taking the year off because of the pandemic.
Christmas Afloat joins Dickens Downtown, the West Alabama Christmas Parade, the Holiday Singalong, and performances of The Nutcracker in deciding to press pause, and leaving the 2020 holidays a little less bright.
The Pirates of the Warrior non-profit group brought Christmas Afloat back in 2015, following four years off, after devastation from the 2011 tornadoes took out roughly 100 boats at adjacent marinas Eagle Cove and Hideway Harbor. The first parade rolled out in 1990, and ran every year until 2011. Since its return, Christmas Afloat has usually featured two dozen or so decorated boats.