The Directory
Alabama businesses with hours, phone numbers, and directions, added one at a time. If something’s wrong, tell the Lantern and it gets fixed.
FeaturedShopping · Piedmont
A tanning salon and a women's boutique in one, on North Center Avenue. Beds are open 24 hours a day, every day. The boutique side turns over most weeks with clothing, jewelry, hair accessories, and hand-poured candles.
FeaturedEat & Drink · Piedmont
Homemade fudge and hot coffee up front, a full gun counter in the back. One roof, one family, and it works.
FeaturedPhotography · Piedmont
A portrait studio in downtown Piedmont run by photographer Jennifer Payne. Seniors, families, children, maternity and newborn, couples, and seasonal mini sessions, shot in-studio or on location around Northeast Alabama. Licensed and insured, by appointment.
FeaturedShopping · Piedmont
A 10,000 square foot vendor mall at 105 Main Street South, a block off the Chief Ladiga Trail. Local businesses and makers rent booths selling furniture, antiques, local honey, handmade goods, and boutique clothing. Macy Reedy took over the longtime Main Street South mall and reopened it as Macy's on Main in 2026.
FeaturedHealth & Wellness · Centre
A provider-led wellness clinic in Centre run by nurse practitioner Cassidy Harrell. Medical weight loss, peptide therapy, and hormone optimization, built on Labcorp lab work with cash pricing and medications shipped to your door. Seen in person in Centre or by telehealth in 39 states.
FeaturedServices · Gadsden
A digital marketing studio in Gadsden. Strategy, content, and execution under one roof: video production, social media, paid ads, websites, SEO, email, photography, and branding. Owned by Nick and Adela Johnson.
FeaturedEat & Drink · Piedmont
Brick oven pizza right on the Chief Ladiga Trail in downtown Piedmont. House-made dough and sauce, fired in a six-foot Woodstone oven. The first restaurant on the trail and a basecamp for the outdoor trifecta: bike the Chief Ladiga, hike the Pinhoti, paddle Terrapin Creek.
FeaturedServices · Gadsden
Forestry mulching, land clearing, grading, excavating, and utility trenching across Etowah and Cherokee Counties. Licensed and insured, with free on-site estimates.
Eat & Drink · Piedmont
Grass-fed, pasture-raised American Bison on the old Cherokee boundary line since 1998, possibly the longest continual bison operation in Alabama. Meat, bones, hides, starter herds, and ranch tours.
Community · Piedmont
Piedmont's seasonal farmers market, Thursday evenings behind Pinhoti Pizza on South Main. Woodwork, local honey, homemade fudge and pound cake, pepper seasonings, culinary vinegars, and homegrown vegetables. Runs Thursdays from 5 to 8 p.m. through the summer.
Services · Centre
Auto, home, and life insurance for Centre and the surrounding areas, from local COUNTRY Financial agent Clint Bradley LUTCF on the Chesnut Bypass.
Eat & Drink · Alexandria
A Christian family farm in Alexandria selling handcrafted culinary vinegars, jams and jellies, pickles and relishes, salsas, granola, and baked goods. Found at farmers markets around Calhoun County.
Eat & Drink · Piedmont
A family-run Piedmont operation making small-batch seasonings and dips from their own rare peppers, sold at farmers markets around Calhoun County, plus an online catalog of rare and exotic pepper, tomato, and vegetable seeds. Run by Keith, est. 2024.
Eat & Drink · Piedmont
A homemade-dessert maker selling at farmers markets around Calhoun County, known for buttery pound cakes, glazed loaf cakes, and cupcakes. Small-batch and made from scratch.
Non-Profit · Piedmont
Care bags and gas cards for cancer patients across Northeast Alabama and Georgia, packed by hand in Piedmont since 2013.
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