Chef’s Story

116 Noble is not only a boutique restaurant nestled in Northwest Huntsville, Alabama, but it is an ode to Chef Allen Noble’s origin story.

116 Noble is Chef Noble’s love letter to his beloved grandparents: Lucille (Dea) Noble and George (Dad) Noble, and the roots of his culinary journey that began at their Madison home 116 Elaine Drive.

While Chef Noble was the age of needing a chair to reach the stovetop, he was introduced to gardening and cooking with fresh ingredients from Dea and Dad. From Dea’s snap peas, cast iron skillet sweet potato pie, homemade biscuits, and salmon croquettes to Dad’s deerstew and muscadine wine.

For years, many weekends and summers were spent at the home his family lovingly called 116 Elaine.

Dea’s and Dad’s kitchen became Chef Noble’s first test kitchen. Their kitchen table became the first gathering place where family was encouraged to come and offer positive critiques as Dea would not have his developing skills discouraged. Encouragingly, his family suffered through burnt bologna or enjoyed cornmeal fried okra. This is where Chef Noble’s culinary dreams would take root.

From the root much would be produced: A silver, gold, City, and State medalist, graduating from culinary school, placing in international food championships, and receiving multiple business award nominations.

In 2013, Chef Noble had the distinct privilege of meeting five-time James Beard Award winning chef, Chef Tom Colicchio, who inspired Chef Noble to come home and curate unique food experiences to help grow the food culture in Huntsville.

The goal of 116 Noble, along with Chef Allen Noble, is to be intentional about curating memorable experiences to his hometown, Northwest Huntsville, so we welcome you to our table. Not just to offer positive critiques but to enjoy experiences, make memories, and to become family at 116 Noble.

 More than Food, 

Chef Allen Noble & Team

FAQ

  • Our boutique restaurant is an intimate, specialty restaurant that offers unique food experiences such as Supper Clubs and other dining series. We do not open for traditional daily hours. Instead, we host a monthly Supper Club and other food experiences with Chef Allen Noble.

  • We are not open for traditional daily hours. Instead, we open for supper clubs and other dining experiences. Please see our Events page for the latest information.

  • We are not a traditional restaurant with daily operating hours. We welcome you to check out our Events page to purchase tickets to any upcoming Supper Clubs or other food experiences. Every event is exclusive to 30-40 seats.

    We do offer private supper clubs for 10 or more guests.

  • If you want to hire Chef Allen Noble for your intimate event but don’t have a location to host, we do have options to host at 116 Noble. Our space is designed to host intimate events of 32 guests or less. We cannot accommodate events over 32 guests.