Grub Notes
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Athens Is Getting a Flying Biscuit, and More Food News
Photo Credit: Flying Biscuit
Sometime this year, Athens will open a branch of Atlanta-based franchise the Flying Biscuit Café, on Prince Avenue, in the development under construction by the now-Walgreen's across the street from Piedmont Athens Regional. The building will include office and retail space. Founded in 1993 in Atlanta's Candler Park neighborhood, the restaurant began franchising some years ago and has a slew of locations. Its menu, as you might expect, is biscuit-based, with lots of gluten-free options.
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Independent Baking Co. Has Been Sold (But Don't Panic)
Photo Credit: Independent Baking Co./Facebook
When it opened six-plus years ago, it was clear from the start that Independent Baking Co., in Five Points, was something pretty special: a bakery that milled its own wheat, that didn't give a damn about cupcakes, that cared deeply about the proper way to do things.
So, finding out that it had been sold to someone new produced some palpitations. Calm yourself. Things aren't changing much.
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Earth Fare Is Closing All Its Stores
Earth Fare, the Asheville, NC-based natural and organic supermarket chain with dozens of locations across the southeastern and midwestern U.S.—including one in Athens' Five Points neighborhood—has begun the process of closing all its stores, the company announced Monday.
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Rashe's Cuisine Is Opening on Vine Street
Rashe Malcolm.
Hey, it's the first good news of 2020! Rashe Malcolm of Rashe's Cuisine is about to have a physical location once again. Malcolm has leased the space on Vine Street next to Broderick Flanigan's studio that was most recently Bajan Delight, and hopes to be open by February.
Malcolm owned a brick-and-mortar restaurant off Tallassee Road once upon a time, then went to catering only, then started building toward a shared commercial kitchen for small businesses (still in progress) and started a downtown market to let those vendors sell their wares.
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Gigi's Cupcakes, Bone Island Grill Are Closing, and More Food News
Photo Credit: Gigi's Cupcakes/Facebook
Both locations of the franchise Gigi's Cupcakes (downtown at Pulaski and Broad, by what is now a Chase bank, and in the Epps Bridge giant shopping area of insanity) will close effective end of day Dec. 21. Both stores are selling cupcakes for $3 each until they run out.
The Oconee County location of Bone Island Grillhouse, also out in the Epps Bridge area, also closed, on Dec. 16. The original Eatonton location remains open and will honor any gift cards.
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The Downtown Taco Stand Is Closing Sunday
Photo Credit: Taco Stand/Facebook
Late Friday afternoon, Team Clermont, the music promotion firm, sent out a press release announcing that the downtown location of Athens' Taco Stand would have its last day in business Sunday, Dec. 15.
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Eden's Cafe Is Closing, and More Food News
The curse of 1660 W. Broad St., which has claimed a large number of restaurants over the past 20 years, continues, as Eden's Cafe announced that it will close Dec. 22, meaning another small, local business is shuttering right before the holidays.
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