Blog Topic: Restaurant News

Grub Notes: OMG, You Guys: Saucehouse Has an Opening Date

By Hillary Brown | August 6, 2015 10:40am

Photo Credit: Photo via Facebook

It's true. The barbecue restaurant we first heard about in November 2013 and that we've been watching go up in fits and starts on West Broad, across from Treehouse and Ideal Bagel, will open its doors Tuesday, Aug. 25.

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Grub Notes: Sweetie Pie by Savie Opens Monday; More Restaurant News

By Hillary Brown | July 2, 2015 10:47am

Sweetie Pie by Savie (previously covered here in Flagpole) will open on Whitehall Road on Monday. Regular hours will be Tuesday through Saturday, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (after hours by appointment).

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Grub Notes: Journey Juice Rises from the Dead

By Hillary Brown | June 11, 2015 12:30pm

If you were at the last Saturday Athens Farmers Market, you might have noticed a familiar stand there. Journey Juice, operating at AFM and out of a retail location at Prince and Satula, shut its doors earlier this year, but it's about to open them back up.

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Grub Notes: Sweetie Pie Bakery to Replace Rooter's and More Restaurant News

By Hillary Brown | May 27, 2015 3:25pm

Photo Credit: Photo via Facebook

Sweetie Pie by Savie

The itty-bitty building on Whitehall Road that was most recently Rooter's has turned over a number of times in recent years, but it never sits vacant for long, despite the fact that zoning doesn't allow for sit-down service. Next up is Sweetie Pie by Savie, a custom and walk-up bakery that hasn't had its own space in Athens yet but has built a reputation for impressive work with fondant.

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Grub Notes: Eddie's, Joey's and Bill's Are Open

By Hillary Brown | May 19, 2015 12:46pm

Photo Credit: Hillary Brown

Eddie's Calzones, which took the place of Al's Beef downtown (265 E. Clayton), is now open, very quietly, but plans to get louder by giving away free calzones on Thursday from 4–7 p.m. Regular hours are 11 a.m.–4 a.m., and it offers delivery. Eddie's has what seems to be a personal page on Facebook rather than the more standard business page, which does allow it to let you know that it "Studied Awsomeness [sic] at University of Georgia." Here's the menu for the Columbia, South Carolina, location.

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Grub Notes: Heirloom Gets New Chef, Hugh Acheson's New Book is Out and More Food News

By Hillary Brown | May 15, 2015 2:40pm

With Sal Speights taking off to hike the Appalachian Trail, Heirloom Cafe is announcing Joel Penn as its new head honcho in the kitchen. Owner Jessica Rothacker says Penn, who has worked at both The National and East West Bistro, "will make his debut at the Tailored Events Ecuadorian pop up dinner here at Heirloom on Sunday evening, and will roll out his new dinner menu on Tuesday evening. His style of cooking will bring an update to Southern classics and native Georgia dishes, reflecting the international influences found in Georgia foodways, while still paying homage to the original classic techniques. We are very excited to have him with us." Tickets for the pop-up are $50 and can be purchased online here.

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Grub Notes: Rooter's Is Closing, Hugh Acheson's New Cookbook and More Food News

By Hillary Brown | April 23, 2015 11:20am

BBQ giveth and BBQ taketh away. Rooter's, on Whitehall Road, which took over the building and the sauce recipes of Jot 'Em Down, will close Saturday. Sorry, folks. On the other hand, Bill's Bar-B-Que in Hull (reviewed forever and a day ago in Flagpole, before the website crashed and was rebuilt, making the old story unlinkable) seems to be returning next month, in the same location, on Fortson Store Road.

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Grub Notes: Mannaweenta Is Going Brick and Mortar; Georgia Bar Is Coming Back to Life

By Hillary Brown | April 7, 2015 1:18pm

Are you super into the delicious Ethiopian food that Mannaweenta serves up at the West Broad Farmers Market on Saturdays (reviewed here last year) but you wish you could get it at other times and on other days? Well, it looks like a regular physical location will be an option soon.

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Grub Notes: Seafood Restaurant Coming to Epps Bridge Centre

By Lee Becker | March 23, 2015 1:19pm

Photo Credit: Lee Becker

Bone Island Grillhouse will be built here.

Bone Island Grillhouse Restaurants has submitted a preliminary site development plan to the Oconee County Planning Department for construction of a restaurant at the Epps Bridge Parkway entrance to the Epps Bridge Centre.

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Grub Notes: Journey Juice is Closing, School Lunch Challenge Next Week and More Food News

By Hillary Brown | March 17, 2015 2:43pm

Well, darn. Journey Juice is closing at the end of March, meaning you're down to Juice Up and Arden's Garden should you believe the hype and choose to take your nutrition in liquid form. Its product was always lovely and its Prince storefront a nice change from the succession of unhealthy eateries that occupied the same space.

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