Abner White Opens Fairhope Restaurant

Troy Messenger:

When Abner White was 23 years old, he walked into bank after bank, with his hat in his hand, asking for a loan to “create something new.”
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“I even applied with the Small Business Association but they all wanted to see my balance sheet,” White said.

“I didn’t have any restaurant experience and had nothing to show, and I was asking for enough money to start a business.

Their reaction was ‘You’ve got to be kidding!”

Finally, White came to Troy and banker Larry Hancock made it possible for him to get the money he needed to create Abner’s Famous Chicken Tenders restaurant. Today, 16 years later, White will host a weekend grand opening for an Abner’s restaurant in Fairhope, the ninth, and those who thought he was kidding now have their answer. Read more.

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