Grub Notes
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Farm 255 to Close July 19
Despite recent assurances to the contrary, Farm 255 will indeed close and reopen as a new business. Juan and Vanessa Molina, of Broad Street Coffee, have bought the space and will be moving their vegan restaurant to 255 W. Washington St. Chef Whitney Otawka, as already reported, is moving on to other ventures, and Farm Cart (sniff) will be no more.
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Whitney Otawka Is Leaving Farm 255
I probably hear a rumor about Farm 255 closing at least once a year. The restaurant industry is full of gossip, and much of it doesn't turn out to be true.
Those rumors have been swirling again, perhaps due to the fact that Chef Whitney Otawka is leaving, perhaps for Atlanta. Otawka confirmed that this is her last weekend at the restaurant and said that she has "two serious considerations on the table" as far as her next venture.
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Five Star Day Cafe Has Closed
Photo via Athens Food Tours
Word was spreading around Athens yesterday that Five Star Day Cafe, longtime peddler of biscuits and meatloaf downtown and at times elsewhere, was no more, but confirmation came today from onetime owner and franchise manager Diana Fairbairn.
An Eastside location closed a few years ago, and a potential outpost on Milledge never materialized. Fairbairn posted a gracious statement on the restaurant's website thanking its many patrons and employees over the past 15 years and expanded further to Flagpole in an email:
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Old Pal Bringing Craft Cocktails to Normaltown
Matt McFerron, formerly of Farm 255, has tended bar in New Orleans, Atlanta and Philadelphia since getting his start at the 40 Watt. Now he and fellow Farm-er Daniel Ray are settling down in Normaltown.
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J's/Sam's on Prince Adding a Growler Shop
After hearing rumors that there was a brand new set of beer taps going into Sam's Food Mart, next door to J's Bottle Shop at 1452 Prince Ave., we had to investigate. It turns out the convenience store (which is owned by the same folks as J's, so no worries about a blood feud) is about one step away from starting to fill up growlers.
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Terrapin Debuts First Canned Beer
RecreationALE, a "hopped up session ale" that clocks in at a quaffable 4.7%, is local beer giant Terrapin's first-ever canned concoction, which means the company is joining Oskar Blues, 21st Amendment and all those other craft breweries in the "Canned Beer Revolution." (Yes, that's a thing.)
The new brew is officially set to drop tomorrow, Saturday, June 8 at a release party taking place at the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, NC. (Sporty!) This is the second new year-round beer Terrapin has unveiled in 2013; the Treehugger Altbier was debuted back in March.
There's the design to your right. If you can't make it to Charlotte or are, I dunno, afraid of rapids, don't worry—Terrapin says that the brew will hit Athens shelves by the end of next week.
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Tlaloc in Watkinsville, Al's Beef Downtown Close
In addition to A Tavola's closing (and promised relocation, according to the sign in its former window, which doesn't say where), the second location of Tlaloc, on Hog Mountain Road, in Watkinsville, is no longer. Al's #1 Italian Beef downtown, which served big, wet sandwiches, has also been unable to make a go of it, and although its managers are still answering the phone, the restaurant is shuttered.
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A Tavola Closed; Hendershot's Has a New Home
After hearing a rumor was flying around town that Hendershot's Coffee Bar had found a new home, we got Seth Hendershot himself on the horn to confirm, which he did. After being pushed from its current tenancy on Oglethorpe after some contentious negotiations, the beloved venue for local music is taking the place of A Tavola in the Bottleworks, which recently closed and is moving to an undisclosed new location in September, according to a sign posted on the door.
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