Alabama NewsCenter — At Miss Amber’s Café in Wedowee, Alabama, it’s all about family

By: Jennifer Kornegay / Alabama Living

You’ll find some real sweet stuff at Miss Amber’s Café in downtown Wedowee: rich peanut butter cake, strawberry-lemon cupcakes, cinnamon-laced monkey bites and tart key lime pie. There’s even a saccharine note in the chicken salad.

But the sweetness isn’t confined to the food. It’s also floating in the air as Amber Conger, the restaurant’s namesake and owner, sprinkles “Hi, Suga!” and drizzles “Sure, Honey!” into her interactions with every diner who comes through the door. Plus, as Conger explains, the little eatery’s got a pretty sweet story, too.

“This spot was a coffee shop for 13 years, and then, in December 2016, it kinda landed in my lap,” Conger says. She spent a decade working at another local restaurant and then a few years running a barbecue joint from the town’s Exxon station when the owner said he was going to close. “I got that news just a few days before I got a call from the lady who had the coffee shop. Her husband had died, and she was ready to pursue something different, so she asked if I wanted to take over the space. I believe the Lord did that,” Conger says.

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