Blog Topic: Food Roundup

Grub Notes: 'TrueSouth' Watch Party Tuesday, Autumn Harvest, LatinxFest and More Food Events

By Hillary Brown | September 24, 2018 11:16am

Photo Credit: SEC Network/Bluefoot Entertainment

A still from the Athens episode of "True South."

Fall events are starting to pop up on the calendar, and you can expect a busy October and end of September. Here are some of the food-related ones.

If you've been watching the SEC Network, it's likely you've caught the trailer for "TrueSouth," a new show from professional Southerner and food writer and one-time/sometime Athenian John T. Edge. The Athens episode premieres this Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m., and there's a watch party that starts half an hour earlier at Normal Bar.

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Grub Notes: The Old Pal Hosts Book Launch, Transmet Is Now Starland and More Food News

By Hillary Brown | September 6, 2018 4:50pm

Photo Credit: Andre Gallant

Local food writer/Crop Stories editor/bartender/teacher/et al. André Gallant's first book, A High Low Tide: The Revival of a Southern Oyster, comes out via UGA Press on Sept. 15, and you can come celebrate its release, check out The Old Pal's new cocktail menu—the Normaltown bar is also hosting the event—and enjoy oysters from Seabear on Monday, Sept. 17 from 5–9 p.m. Can't make it? Want to learn more? You can get a copy directly from the press or at Avid Bookshop.

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Grub Notes: Maepole and Koa Bowls Are Open, and More Food News

By Hillary Brown | July 19, 2018 9:50am

Photo Credit: Maepole via Facebook

Peter Dale

Peter Dale's Maepole, a veggie-focused fast-casual place on Chase Street, between Boulevard and the Loop, is softly open, from 11 a.m.–9 p.m. Monday through Saturday (closed Sunday). You can see the menu here.

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Grub Notes: Kelly Codling Has a Cookbook, Who's Open on the Fourth and More Food News

By Hillary Brown | July 3, 2018 4:05pm

Photo Credit: Savannah Cole

Kelly Codling

For four years, Bowen Craig has worked with Kelly Codling, of Kelly's Jamaican restaurant, on a book, and it's finally out, this July 4. True Believer: The Journey of Kelly Codling includes Codling's life story but also (and this is the part where your ears will prick up) recipes.

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Grub Notes: Pub on Main Is Open, Korean Coming to Baxter Street, and More Food News

By Hillary Brown | June 12, 2018 11:11am

Photo Credit: Pub on Main/Facebook

Downtown Watkinsville's Pub on Main, which replaced Pour, is softly open, with lawn games, giant Jenga, a frosé machine and more. The hours will eventually include lunch Monday through Friday, brunch Saturday and Sunday and dinner Monday through Saturday, with the bar open a little later, but for now you can find updates on the restaurant's Facebook page. Its official website, complete with menu, is here.

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Grub Notes: The Expat and Taqueria Mundos Are Open, and More Food News

By Hillary Brown | May 31, 2018 2:34pm

Photo Credit: The Expat via Facebook

The Expat, the fancy French-ish restaurant in the former Two Story Coffee space in Five Points, has been open for a few weeks now, with lunch Tuesday through Saturday, dinner Tuesday through Sunday and Sunday brunch. The Sunday supper menu changes weekly. The other one is here. Also: very serious cocktails.

Las Monarcas, at 645 Danielsville Road, has closed but was quickly replaced by Taqueria Mundos, which just opened and is cash only for the moment.

Sonny's BBQ on Atlanta Highway is closing as of tonight after 37 years in business, as its franchise license is not being renewed by its parent company. It will reopen as Malinda's Country Kitchen and Catering, which does not appear to be a franchise. The sign on the door describes it as, "an a la carte buffet featuring home cooking with a wide selection of proteins and vegetables that will change throughout the week... It will also feature a menu of sandwiches and side items for those who prefer a lighter meal." The management team and staff will remain.

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Grub Notes: Buvez is Open on Barber, The Falls on Macon Highway and WNB on Williams Street

By Hillary Brown | April 18, 2018 11:03am

Buvez, Bain Mattox and Amanda Kapousouz's Euro-style cafe on Barber Street, in the former 1000 Faces space, had a soft opening this past weekend and is now open regular hours (approximately 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fancy sodas and pastries from The Comerian are available in the a.m., and sandwiches on baguettes take over a bit later. You can also get soft pretzels, bulk snacks, hard-boiled eggs, beer, wine, aperitivos (and cocktails based on such), sno-balls (boozy and nonalcoholic).

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Grub Notes: Chef Dan Barber Is Speaking at UGA, and Way More April Food Events

By Hillary Brown | April 5, 2018 1:15pm

Dan Barber

Dear Athens, please stop scheduling more events in April. Love, me and everyone else.

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Grub Notes: Rashe's Fundraiser, Athens Farmers Market and More Food News

By Hillary Brown | March 22, 2018 3:06pm

Photo Credit: Marilyn Estes

Athens Farmers Market

If you still miss Rashe's Cuisine, and its delivery option isn't enough for you, you might want to know that Rashe Malcom is launching an Indiegogo to purchase a food trailer. It kicks off tomorrow, Friday, Mar. 23, from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. at the Jittery Joe's Roaster on Barber Street. The AthensMade-sponsored event will offer free samples of Rashe's food and lunch plates for $10, with profits going toward the food trailer.

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Grub Notes: Four Fat Cows Ice Cream Is Opening on Baxter; Franklin House and Lindsey's Are Open Downtown

By Hillary Brown | February 1, 2018 4:22pm

Photo Credit: Four Fat Cows via Facebook

Four Fat Cows, an ice cream place out of Alpharetta, is officially open at 723 Baxter St., near the intersection with Harris Street, in the space that previously housed Always Baked. The Athens location (which is only the second to open) has its own Facebook page and will start regular hours Friday of 7 a.m.–10 p.m.

Owner Robyn Rowles says she picked Athens because "one of our employees that has been with us for years goes to school here and is going to run this location for us.... We also love Athens and the UGA football team." She plans to open a couple more locations in Atlanta this year.

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