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Family-owned Woodruff’s Pie Shop serves record-number of desserts in first holiday season after losing ‘Mama’
Read full article: Family-owned Woodruff’s Pie Shop serves record-number of desserts in first holiday season after losing ‘Mama’A family-owned pie shop in Amherst County is busy selling a record-number of desserts this thanksgiving.
Summer’s out and school’s back in session for our local kids
Read full article: Summer’s out and school’s back in session for our local kidsJoin Bridget and Lindsey as they chat about some of the best back to school movies you can watch with your family, tips on how to have your kids wind down during their bedtime, a couple of fun facts about school, and a back to school shout out to two Cloverdale Elementary students.
‘Mama’ of Woodruff’s Cafe & Pie Shop dies at 104
Read full article: ‘Mama’ of Woodruff’s Cafe & Pie Shop dies at 104Mary Fannie Woodruff, known to many as mama, died of natural causes Tuesday at the age of 104. She helped her three daughters run Woodruff’s Café & Pie Shop in Amherst County.
Salem staple Mac and Bob’s to be featured on the Today Show
Read full article: Salem staple Mac and Bob’s to be featured on the Today ShowSALEM, Va. – Mac and Bob’s in Salem is no stranger to media attention, but co-owner Bob Rotanz said the attention on Monday was surreal. A crew from the Today Show spent almost seven hours in the restaurant talking to Rotanz, his business partner and customers. With bankruptcy in the rear view mirror, Rotanz and customers are looking forward to the restaurant’s national television debut. A waiter prepares to serve customers their food at Mac and Bob’s on Monday, Feb. 17. “We can put it on our social media, on our website, ‘As seen on NBC’s Today Show,'" Rotanz said, laughing.