Blog Topic: Food Roundup

Grub Notes: Food Events Around Town: Avid, Athens Farmers Market and More

By Hillary Brown | July 27, 2013 12:15am

Kevin West

Avid Bookshop continues to program a robust schedule of food-related events, with several in the near future. Tomorrow (Saturday) at Athens Farmers Market (AFM), Kevin West, author of "Saving the Season: A Cook's Guide to Home Canning, Pickling, and Preserving," will be on hand to do a demo. West's blog should give you a nice overview of his mad skillz with preserving fresh produce.

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Grub Notes: home.made Starts Lunch, Zoe's Kitchen Opens Aug. 1 and More

By Hillary Brown | July 25, 2013 10:26am

Photo Credit: Image via Facebook

home.made

As my nemesis (and buddy) Andre Gallant reported over on the Banner-Herald's site, Mimi Maumus's home.made catering is set to start serving lunch out of its Baxter Street space in mid-August. It's welcome news. Maumus has built a following through her excellent catering, which is southern-influenced but refined and always beautifully presented.

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Grub Notes: Drinks in Normaltown, Bread and Mexican Food in Five Points, Hot Dogs and Hot Wings

By Hillary Brown | July 23, 2013 10:10am

There's quite a bit of news to get through here, so bear with me. You may have noticed that Rustica, occupying the former spot of Las Conchitas Caliente in Normaltown, shuttered a while back, and now some folks are working on the space again. But don't confuse it with The Old Pal, the bar due to open in the former Jewels space next door. The new spot will be called Hi-Lo, and although I don't yet know what kind of food it will have, it should continue serving drinks.

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Grub Notes: Farm 255 to Close July 19

By Hillary Brown | June 24, 2013 10:11am

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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Grub Notes: A Tavola Closed; Hendershot's Has a New Home

By Hillary Brown | May 30, 2013 11:52am

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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Grub Notes: Hunger Doc at Ciné, New Stuff at Stuffed Burger, Lunch at The World Famous

By Hillary Brown | May 2, 2013 11:22am

A Place at the Table

Food events in Athens continue to come thick and fast, as everyone's all enthused about things growing out of the ground and not yet wearied by day after day of 90-degree weather. On Saturday, May 11, at Ciné, Wholesome Wave Georgia/Athens Farmers Market is hosting a screening of the documentary "A Place at the Table," which addresses hunger in the United States (click the link to see a trailer on Ciné's site). Admission is $20, but there's a reception at 6 p.m. before the screening at 7:30 p.m., and a panel discussion following the film, moderated by local journalist Andre Gallant and featuring Hugh Acheson, Paula Farmer (nutrition director for the school district), State Rep. Spencer Frye and Erin Barger (director of Our Daily Bread Kitchen and Action Ministries). Proceeds benefit the SNAP-doubling program at the farmers' market.

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