Grub Notes
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The Dudes from the Pine Have Two New Projects
One thing Five Points doesn't have at the moment is a Mexican restaurant. (No, Barberitos doesn't count. That's a burrito place. Those things are in different categories.) So the dudes behind The Pine are in the middle of planning for one to open just down the street from them, at the corner of Milledge and Morton, to be called El Barrio Tacos and Tequila.
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Little Italy's Turning 20, and Other Food Events
Little Italy, in downtown Athens, seems like an ageless wonder, but tomorrow brings its 20th anniversary, with a big ol' celebration from 11 a.m. all the way until 3 a.m. That party includes: prices from 20 years ago ($1 slices, $5 subs, $1 drinks, including beer), a Pepsi sampling (calling attention to the restaurant's only real flaw) and giveaways (T-shirts, Braves tickets, gift certificates, etc.).
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Dreamland BBQ Locations Inside Sanford Stadium Continue the Alabamification of UGA
Photo Credit: Social_Stratification/Flickr
Who doesn't want to be Alabama, amirite?
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Soul-Food Restaurant Peaches Is Back
Photo Credit: Peaches/Facebook
If you arrived in Athens after 2012, you probably don't know what I'm talking about, but once upon a time there was a wonderful Southern restaurant called Peaches, on the spot where Saucehouse built its palace of barbecue.
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UGA Now Has an Au Bon Pain, Mamoun's Falafel Is Coming to Athens and More Food News
Photo Credit: m01229/Flickr
If you feel like the only thing missing to make Athens just like an international airport was an Au Bon Pain, you're totally in luck. The Business Learning Community that UGA's Terry College of Business has been putting up for a few years now just added one, in its Amos Hall, and it started operations yesterday.
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The Brixx Space Has a New Tenant, and More Chains Cometh
Have you been walking past the West Washington parking deck/mixed-use building and thinking about the sad, empty space that used to house Brixx? I have. But if everything works out with the lease, it won't be empty for long. The Office Sports Bar and Grill, which operates one other location, in Columbus, is looking to move in. Co-owner Darren Phillips confirmed that negotiations are ongoing.
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Pop-Ups, Phickles Cocktails, Cooking Camp and More June Food Events
Photo Credit: Craft Public House/Facebook
The Old Pal will host a pop-up by the Plate Sale (Shyretha and Mike Sheats, of Staplehouse, in Atlanta) on Monday, June 12 from 6–8 p.m., with special cocktails and a la carte food at the bar until it runs out.
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1000 Faces to Develop and Move Into Former Good Dirt Building Downtown
After a bit more than 10 years in business, 1000 Faces Coffee seems to be outgrowing its Barber Street space. Rather than move farther from the center of town, seeking more square footage, it's going right into the thick of things, renovating the interior of a historic building at Thomas and Dougherty downtown.
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