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www.starnewsgaonline.com StarNews October 15, 2023 Page 5
Shown left is Carlos
Dyson, co-owner of
Dyson Bar and Grill
in Carrollton, as he
proudly shows off two
of the restaurant’s
most popular entrees:
Crab Cakes and
Lamb Chops.
Shown at top is
Carlos’ wife Kimi,
founding member of
Total, an American
R&B girl group and
one of the signature
acts of the Bad Boy
Records imprint
during the mid 1990s.
Free shows monthly, some celebrity, and a lot of good food at
Dyson Bar and Grill on Bankhead Highway in Carrollton
Previously located just outside of Fairfield Plantation and now located in the old (vacant) Burger King building in Carrollton
story by Wayne J. Reynolds
Meeting Carlos Tyson you will notice his passion for food, his passion for the people, and his passion to share his stories.
“It all started out me selling jerk chicken back in Maryland. Then a buddy of mine showed me his crabcake recipe. I worked on perfecting it and
started selling it out of the back of my car and at a local restaurant! It just grew from there,” said Carlos Dyson, co-owner of Dyson Bar and Grill in
Carrollton. His partner is Tyson Blakely who is Carlos’ wife Kima’s cousin.
“And then covid happened,” said Carlos. “Kima, and I moved to Georgia in 2021 and
bought Irma’s Tex Mex outside of Fairfield Plantation in Villa Rica. We opened it as Dyson
Chicken and Seafood. But, I began researching the Carrollton area for restaurants, and saw
there were some voids. So, I started looking for a new location. Where I am now is the first
location I looked at [the vacant Burger King location on Bankhead Highway across from Scott
Evans Chrysler Dodge Jeep]. I looked at several other locations, but came back here, and came
to an agreement in November 2022, then signed the lease on January 1, 2023 and opened in
April.”
“In opening up here in Carrollton, I never met so many people willing to help. The people,
the county, and city offices were just so helpful. They would literally take me by the hand to
walk me through the process step by step. This is so different from my experience living in
Maryland and Washington, D.C. where the process was so much more difficult. Carrollton
and the people have done so much for me! I wish I had done this twenty years ago - it would
have probably added fifteen years to my life!”
“At the Fairfield location, I didn’t have sit-down seating and I knew if I wanted to grow I
needed to have seating and be able to serve alcohol. When you serve fried food, it needs to be
eaten immediately so it doesn’t lose its crisp and avoid getting soggy, so for me, seating was a
must. At Dyson, your food is prepared to order -not prepared ahead of time. Yes, you will
have to be a little patient because preparing it to order takes longer, but you will taste the
difference. Here you will never be rushed; we want you to have a dining experience and to
socialize with each other. I also think you will find the food is seasoned to perfection!”
Part of the attraction of Dyson Bar and Grill goes beyond the food: it’s Carlos spending
time with each customer, asking about the food, making suggestions, and sharing stories. At
Dyson, you could say you get the whole ‘Dyson experience’!
Uniquely, Carlos doesn’t charge for the space to host your private event, just charging for
the food. He recently hosted the Fairfield Garden Club and the Carrollton High School 40th
anniversary graduates.
Once a month, Dyson hosts a free show and dinner (paying only for your meal). On
September 30th they hosted two free shows - Elvis and an Eighties show. On October 28th,
they will host Apollo-O-Ween Halloween party featuring 90s rapper Freak Nasty and
Southern Players. See CARLOS DYSON page 6
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Re-Elect
JIM WATTERS
Carrollton City Council
12 YEARS OF
Proven Conservative
Leadership
• Carrollton Resident Since 1976
• Carrollton High School Graduate 1987
• B.S. Electrical Engineering Technology
- Kennesaw State University
• MBA - University of West Georgia
• Ward 3 Councilmember Since 2012
.VOTE.
NOVEMBER 7
KEEP CARROLLTON
SAFE. VIBRANT. PROSPEROUS.