Blog Topic: Restaurant News

Grub Notes: Changes at Preserve and More Food News

By Hillary Brown | March 13, 2015 2:15pm

Photo Credit: Photo via Instagram

Preserve's tofu and kimchi sandwich.

Pi Day (Mar. 14 = 3.14) is coming up this weekend, and Your Pie will offer a special of $3.14 off your pizza (a slightly different deal than in previous years) and $3.14 pints at all its Athens-area locations. It's especially nice that the yearly promo tends to coincide with spring break, which means the lines are short, too.

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Grub Notes: Georgia Organics Dinner and More Food News

By Hillary Brown | February 18, 2015 10:53am

Photo Credit: Porter McLeod

Whitney Otawka

As part of this weekend's Georgia Organics conference, you can still buy tickets to the benefit dinner Whitney Otawka (late of Cinco y Diez) is hosting to highlight local farms.

For $65, you get four courses…

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Grub Notes: The Table is Open on Baxter; Cheddar's is Open in Oconee

By Hillary Brown | February 13, 2015 3:10pm

Photo Credit: Photo via Facebook

The Table

The space in the Baxter Street lofts building that previously housed Silver Lining Cupcakes now has a new restaurant in it: The Table. The name is a little generic, but the food looks not uninteresting, and the folks who own it have done this before (not in Athens).

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Grub Notes: Foundry Bar and Mill, The Place Now Open

By Hillary Brown | February 9, 2015 2:00pm

Photo Credit: Photo via The Foundry

Graduate Athens has been rolling out its changes slowly, and the latest is a revamp of its food and drink options. The space formerly known as the Melting Point is now The Foundry Bar and Mill and opened last week. The "mill" in the title is no typo: The restaurant mills its own grits on-site (usually in the kitchen, but the mill is on rollers, so demos in the dining room happen from time to time).

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Grub Notes: Porkhouse BBQ Is Open on Baxter and More Food News

By Hillary Brown | January 30, 2015 2:42pm

After some months vacant, the little space next to Jimbo's convenience store on Baxter that once was Ronnie B's and since then has been a succession of barbecue joints is once again serving up pig. Porkhouse BBQ opened there this week and has its Facebook and Twitter accounts up, but not its website or phone (yet).

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Grub Notes: Swen Froemke Revises Speakeasy, Herschel's Is Closed, Automatic Pizza is Open and More

By Hillary Brown | January 28, 2015 12:35pm

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones

Speakeasy

If you don't know Swen Froemke's name, you might at least remember his desserts, if you ever went to Cinco y Diez while it was open. Like many aspects of the dearly missed restaurant, they were forward-thinking and intelligent, combining boundary-pushing with pleasure in a rare way. Froemke is now the new general manager at Speakeasy, and he's changing its direction, judging by the new menus.

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Grub Notes: Local Table is Closed and More Food News

By Hillary Brown | January 23, 2015 12:31pm

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones

Well, dang it. Local Table (reviewed here), which was doing such a nice job in downtown Watkinsville, is closed, due to issues with its flooring that were not covered by insurance and were too expensive for the restaurant to fix. Kiki's Bakeshop next door, also owned by Kirsten Bradford, remains open.

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Grub Notes: January Events and More Food News

By Hillary Brown | January 12, 2015 2:15pm

Seabear Oyster Bar is hosting an Athens Chefs Dinner this MLK Day, at 7 p.m., with eight courses plus beer pairings by Creature Comforts for $60. Call the restaurant at 706-850-4367 for reservations (only 40 seats available).

On Jan. 28, at 7 p.m., the State Botanical Garden of Georgia will host the latest in UGA's series of science cafés, "Everyday Fermentation," with Hugh Acheson leading a live kimchi demonstration.

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Grub Notes: Freddy's and Condor Chocolates Open and More Food News

By Hillary Brown | December 19, 2014 1:05pm

Photo Credit: Photo via Facebook

Condor Chocolates

Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers, kind of a Steak 'n Shake-type franchise, opened this past Sunday in the Epps Bridge Center off the Oconee Connector, giving the weary and hungry another option besides froyo and tacos.

More news below.

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Grub Notes: Pouch Savory World of Pies to Open Downtown Soon

By Hillary Brown | December 18, 2014 2:27pm

Flagpole has been hearing dribs and drabs of information for some time now about the savory pie shop that is taking over the former Picante's space on Broad downtown, but we finally made contact with owner Charmaine Enslin, and she gave us the scoop.

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