Blog Topic: Business, Man
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Grub Notes: Dollar Slices Today for Automatic Pizza's Birthday
In some ways it's hard to believe Automatic Pizza hasn't been around any longer than a year, so quickly did it attract an audience and become a regular stop for many in its neighborhood. But it's one year old today, so it's offering dollar slices and dollar PBRs all day. It closes at 11 p.m. Go get some.
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In the Loop: Breweries Can Sell You Beer to Take Home Again
Craft beer brewers have reached a deal with alcohol wholesalers that will allow breweries to essentially sell beer straight to consumers, according to the AJC.
The Georgia legislature passed a law last year allowing breweries to include beer to go with tours, rather than merely letting them drink free samples on-site. Craft breweries hailed the law as making Georgia more competitive for this growing industry; most other states already allowed breweries to operate pubs and/or sell beer to go.
However, after meeting secretly with the middlemen in our state’s three-tiered distribution system (producers, wholesalers and retailers), the Georgia Department of Revenueadministratively gutted the law, barring breweries from charging different rates for different tours depending on how much beer was included in the package.
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Grub Notes: Diablo's, Bone Island Opening at Epps Bridge Centre
Oconee County has issued building permits for two new restaurants in Epps Bridge Centre, one for Bone Island Grillhouse and the other for Diablo’s Southwest Grille.
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In the Loop: Pay Whatever at the Habitat ReStore This Week
Photo Credit: courtesy of Athens Area Habitat for Humanity
The Athens Area Habitat for Humanity ReStore on Barber Street is letting customers take any building supplies in the store in exchange for a donation of their choice.
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In the Loop: Oconee Commission Approves $4 Million Road for Potential Costco
Photo Credit: Lee Becker
Left to right, Commissioner Bubber Wilkes, Public Works Director Emil Beshara, consultant Bill Ross and Planning Director B.R. White.
The Oconee County Board of Commissioners approved a $3.35 million contract on Friday with Simpson Trucking and Grading Company of Gainesville for construction of Parkway Boulevard Extension.
The three-lane road will run from the current terminus of Parkway Boulevard just west of Kohl’s department store to opposite an existing entrance to Epps Bridge Centre and is to be open by September of 2016.
Total cost for the roadway, including right-of-way acquisition, is expected to run to $3.9 million, and Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin Davis said the county does not know at present how it is going to pay for the road project.
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In the Loop: Developer to Patterson Hood: No Extension Unless You Pay Back My $800,000
Landmark Properties President and CEO Wes Rogers hit reply-all on that open letter Patterson Hood sent this morning pleading to extend a deadline to move the East Broad Street house the Hoods sold to Landmark out to Orange Twin.
It’s a pretty cheeky response, and you should read the whole thing, but here are the highlights for the TL;DR crowd:
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In the Loop: The Commission Will Vote Tonight on Banning Discrimination in Downtown Bars
The Athens-Clarke County Commission will vote tonight on taking the first step toward banning discrimination at downtown bars.
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In the Loop: Patterson Hood's Plea to Save His Old House from Developers
Photo Credit: Blake Aued
Drive-By Truckers frontman Patterson Hood made a public plea this morning for student housing developers Landmark Properties to extend the deadline for his old house to be saved.
The Hoods, who moved to Portland, OR last year, sold their East Broad Street property to Landmark with the understanding that the house could be moved to the Elephant 6 collective’s Orange Twin compound in northeastern Clarke County. The deadline to move the house passed at midnight.
As expected, the house could not be moved because rainy weather the past few weeks made the ground too went for heavy equipment. E6’s Laura Carter said Monday that she asked Landmark for an extension to Jan. 22, but the company did not agree to it.
“It is sad for us, but we hope the house gets a good move later by someone who will value its history and love it, when the Pottery Street block goes commercial,” Carter said.
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In the Loop: Jackson Street Books Owner: Closure Was a Long Time Coming
The downtown used bookstore Jackson Street Books has closed after 31 years in business.
The bookstore shared the image below on its Facebook page Sunday night.
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Homedrone: David Lowery Is Suing Spotify for $150 Million
Photo Credit: Jason Thrasher
As you might’ve heard by now, Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven frontman David Lowery is the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit against music streaming service Spotify seeking $150 million.
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