Blog Topic: Restaurant News

Grub Notes: D.P. Dough to Give Away Free Calzones

By Hillary Brown | January 28, 2016 10:14am

D.P. Dough, downtown's second late-night-oriented quick-service calzone eatery that also delivers is now open, in the Georgia Heights building, on the Broad Street side. To celebrate, it will be giving away free calzones next Thursday (Feb. 4) from 5–8 p.m. It will not operate regular hours that day and will not accept orders over the phone or in store. As long as you are in line by 8 p.m. and you check in via social media (on-site) in one of the following ways, you will receive a free calzone:

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Grub Notes: Diablo's, Bone Island Opening at Epps Bridge Centre

By Lee Becker | January 21, 2016 2:12pm

Photo Credit: Lee Becker

The future site of Diablo's.

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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Grub Notes: Goodie Two Shoes to Stop Serving Lunch, Stay Open for Events

By Hillary Brown | January 19, 2016 12:02pm

Photo Credit: Photo via Facebook

Goodie Two Shoes, the offshoot of Mama's Boy that opened in the 909 Broad building in December 2014, will stop serving lunch after next Friday, Jan. 29. It will remain in business as a space for event rental and in which Mama's Boy can do catering prep.

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Grub Notes: The New Prince Avenue Wendy's Is Open

By Blake Aued | January 18, 2016 2:12pm

Photo Credit: Blake Aued

May Wendy's blessings shine ever down upon you.

Almost a year after the Prince Avenue Wendy's caught fire, lo, it has risen.

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Grub Notes: Speakeasy to Close at End of Year

By Hillary Brown | December 23, 2015 2:00pm

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file

And so it continues... Speakeasy, which found new life early in 2015 with a beautifully revised menu and a new sense of refinement in the kitchen, will close December 31. Owner/chef Patrick Anderson wrote, on its Facebook page:

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Grub Notes: Lumpkin Cafe Is Closed

By Hillary Brown | December 19, 2015 10:03am

After 21 years in business, Lumpkin Cafe had its last one Saturday. Owner Lisa Tangren said:

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Grub Notes: home.made is Expanding; East West, Porkhouse and Others are Closed

By Hillary Brown | December 3, 2015 11:11am

home.made

If you've driven down Baxter lately, you may have noticed the paper in the windows of the space next door to home.made, Mimi Maumus's catering business that currently does weekday lunch and a monthly supper club. The florist that was in the adjoining space has moved out, and home.made is moving in.

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Grub Notes: Jason Zygmont to Leave Five & Ten

By Hillary Brown | November 11, 2015 2:28pm

Photo Credit: Five & Ten/Facebook

Jason Zygmont, who has been the chef at Five & Ten, Hugh Acheson's flagship restaurant, for almost two years, will have his last day there Dec. 31. Zygmont is moving on to The Treehouse, in Nashville.

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Grub Notes: Cafe Istanbul to Open Downtown

By Hillary Brown | October 28, 2015 9:06am

Photo Credit: Photo via Facebook

Hot on the heels of Mediterranean Grill expanding to Athens, another small Atlanta-area chain is opening a location here. Cafe Istanbul has hung out a banner for the space between Utage and Jerzees, on Clayton Street downtown.

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Grub Notes: Square One Is Closing; 180°F Cafe Is Open; More Food News

By Hillary Brown | October 20, 2015 2:33pm

Photo Credit: Blake Aued

Open since 2009, Square One Fish Co. will do its last day of business in its current location on Sunday. Owners Erica and Joe Cascio have sold the building to a hotel that will open next to the Classic Center, something meeting planners have desired for a long time.

Also closed are the Hawthorne Avenue location of Dickey's Barbecue Pit (the Oconee location remains open) and Always Baked on Baxter Street.

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