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SUMMER WRAP-UP
Hi, kids, and welcome (or welcome back) to
Athens. If you're one of our three-quarter-time
residents, you probably missed everything
i that happened in Athens food news over the
I summer, so consider this here your guide.
: Remember to check Flagpole s website for
| regular updates on the same in addition to the
i biweekly print "Grub Notes" column.
Summers here are usually a time when res-
| taurants already struggling shut their doors,
i due to the decrease in business, or when new
ventures seek to get off the ground, in order
to have time to work out the kinks before
crowds arrive in the fall. We had fewer of
the former this year and a ton of the latter,
which maybe bodes well for the local economy
or maybe just demonstrates the willingness
of dreamers to keep pursuing their visions
against the odds. We said goodbye to the Iron
Grill on Mitchell Bridge Road, the Marble
Slab in Five Points, Falafel King on Baxter, El
Patron and Whiplash Cafe on Broad Street,
downtown's Landsdowne Road Irish Pub and,
saddest of all, Uncle Jerry's Biscuits and
Burgers on Chase Street, a contributor to the
J food truck movement no more. On the bright
side, the trailer that housed Uncle Jerry's and
was for sale is no longer on the lot, so maybe
we'll have a new mobile eatery at some point.
Lots of restaurants
devoted to localism opened.
| Heirloom Cafe and Fresh
Market, which aims to have
a market soon and is doing
breakfast, lunch, dinner and brunch out of a
renovated gas station at the corner of Chase
and Boulevard, is into it. So is The Local Jam,
which moved into the space formerly known
as Five Points Deli on Lumpkin. It does deli
l hours (breakfast, lunch, brunch), sandwiches,
macaroni and cheese skillets and a marvelous
breakfast burrito. Little Cuckoo Chocolates
got a retail location, in the Chase Street ware
houses, near the entrance to Mercury A.I.R.,
out of which it also sells cute little sand
wiches and a delicious, refreshing basil lemon
ade. Warning: it's cash and check only.
Some signature Athens restaurants
branched out. Ted's Most Best, a pizza place
on Washington Street downtown, across from
Clocked!, comes to you from the folks behind
The Grit. The Blind Pig opened its second
location, in hopes of franchising, on Atlanta
Highway, where McAlister's Deli once was. The
minds behind La Dolce Vita opened Etienne
Brasserie, non-intimidating French food, right
below their original restaurant, in the former
Cotton Club at the corner of Jackson and
Broad streets downtown. Ike and Jane opened
a cart in the lobby of the Georgia Museum
of Art that sells sandwiches, salads, coffee,
doughnuts and more from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday. And Ken Manring of
White Tiger Gourmet opened a second eatery
in the Georgia Theatre Restaurant that just
got going. Its menu is tiny (BBQ, grilled tofu
"chicken salad," pimento cheese and chicken
salad sandwiches, basically, plus a few sides),
but it aims to serve food all day long, includ
ing when there aren't shows going on and late
at night.
The yogurt bubble continued to expand,
with Menchie's in Beechwood and a location
on the Eastside, and Polarberry on Timothy
Road opening. Plus, Peachwave (at Thomas
and Ciayton) and something called Athens
Best Yogurt (at FIX on Baxter) are yet to
I come. Dari Delite, a Mexican restaurant that
I also does shakes and burgers, near Country
Rock on Commerce Road, opened as well, and,
along the same lines. Steak 'n Shake is finally
slated for the Athens area, somewhere on
Atlanta Highway (I'm guessing in the former
Thai of Athens spot).
Both Kabana (Jamaican and Indian food
on Tallassee by Sr. Sol) and Viva Argentine
Cuisine (Barnett Shoals and College Station in
the Taco Stand strip) charmed me thoroughly.
The former has added "kuntry breakfast" from
6 a.m., with biscuits, omelets and breakfast
plates starting at $4.99, and a big stage in its
uncovered area; it continues to serve an amaz
ingly delicious lamb saag, too, but seems to
be struggling nonetheless. You owe it to your
self to be adventurous and investigate. Viva
is less weird but incredibly sweet, cooking
meat beautifully, being nice to everyone who
comes in the door and selling mini cupcakes
for dessert.
Honey B's Deli opened on Prince at Satula,
doing breakfast and a meat-and-three lunch
set-up. Bubba's BBQ, a combination BBQ
shack and auction operation, began serv
ing and selling out in Nicholson, just past
Winterville. Acapulco's Mexican Grill opened
in Watkinsville. Some of these places were
reviewed over the summer, but some needed
time to get their feet under them, and you
can expect to find out more
details over the coming
weeks.
The National decided
to stop serving brunch but
expand its "dinner and a movie" deal with
Cine to Sunday nights as well as Monday
and Tuesday. Doc Chey's downtown closed,
but not realty, and is about ready to reopen .
under the same ownership as Chango's Asian
Kitchen, with only slight differences. Butt
Hutt Bar-B-Q added a location in Elberton
and aims to move down Baxter into the former
Sudz Laundry, giving it more space. White
Tiger Gourmet is now open until 9 p.m. for
dinner on Friday and Saturday nights, and
Porterhouse Grill on Broad now offers lunch.
Here's what's on the horizon. The Volstead,
a bar and restauiant, has been renovating on
Clayton Street all summer and seems to be
hiring at the moment, suggesting it'll open
sorn, as will Al's Beef. The Broad Street bar
formerly known as 283 was sold to some of
the fine folks at Normal Bar, and will be called
The Downtowner. Kumquat Mae, a bakery
and cafe, is shooting to be open near down
town Watkinsville soon. Athens Bagel Co. is
redoing the tanning salon on Jackson Street
downtown, while Ideal Bagel will soon occupy
the old Ideal Amusement space on Broad. Five
Points Bottle is opening a second growler
store by its original location. La Puerta del
Sol, the "new" project of Bruno Rubio of Cali
'N Tito's, seems to be getting going again
on Cedar Shoals Drive. The downtown deck is
close to opening, too, and will have several
restaurant tenants, all franchises: Fuzzy's Taco
Shop, Yoforia, Waffle House and Momma
Goldberg's Deli. Sr. Sol is renovating El
Patron to open a second location but won't be
done for a few months yet. The Big Easy Cafe,
from Watkinsville, is doing the same thing at
the former Jimmy John's between Domino's
and Wingster on Baxter. KEBA Spitfire Grill
will have two new locations, one at Epps
Bridge Road near Trader Joe's and one in
Watkinsville. So, venture beyond the dining
halls and out of your comfort zone. Eat well.
Hillary Brown lood<^flagpole com
amazingly delicious
lamb saag...
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