Blog Topic: Restaurant News

Grub Notes: Fro-Yo, Fro-Cust and More Coming to Oconee County

By Lee Becker | July 10, 2014 10:21am

Photo Credit: Lee Becker

di'lishi will be going in on the left.

The Oconee County Planning Department has approved the final construction planning documents for the proposed Cheddar’s Casual Cafe on Epps Bridge Parkway at the front of Epps Bridge Centre, signaling that the project is moving forward even without the certainty of liquor sales.

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Grub Notes: Four Brothers is Closed, Sweet Peppers is Closing

By Hillary Brown | July 10, 2014 10:37am

So long, sweet pepper. We barely knew ye.

Well, dang. I had really hoped Four Brothers (reviewed here) might be able to make a go of it in the Arbor on Mitchell Bridge Road, but that space has claimed another victim, as of a few weeks ago.

Sweet Peppers Deli, at the corner of Broad and Pulaski downtown, has also announced that it will be closing after lunch on July 20. In that case, the situation is a little different, as owners Alan and Ryan Pope said they were offered a deal to sell the building they couldn't turn down.

Gigi's Cupcakes and Artini's will remain open, and there is a possibility of Sweet Peppers opening in a different location in the future, but that's all very tenuous. The new owners haven't figured out what they want to do with the space yet, so we'll see.

In other news:

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Grub Notes: Iron Factory and La Puerta del Sol Are Open

By Hillary Brown | July 2, 2014 10:40am

After a few days of soft opening, both Iron Factory (the new Korean BBQ spot at 255 W. Washington St. downtown, in the former Farm 255/Echo space) and La Puerta del Sol (Bruno Rubio's new project, on Cedar Shoals) are open for bidness.

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Grub Notes: Mama's Boy to Open New Restaurant in 909 Broad Building

By Hillary Brown | June 24, 2014 2:55pm

After Mama's Boy moved to an all-brunch/breakfast format, appreciators of everything else the restaurant had to offer were left to mope around, sampling the meat-and-three offerings at hipster weddings the business catered.

That catering business has been expanding significantly, which led to the decision to rent the bottom corner space of the 909 Broad building for an as-yet-unnamed second restaurant/catering space/rental facility.

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Grub Notes: Kiki's Bakeshop Replaces The Granary in Watkinsville

By Hillary Brown | June 18, 2014 10:18am

So, the sad news here is that The Granary, a marvelous little bakery in downtown Watkinsville that sold hard-to-find baking ingredients and focused on whole-grain versions of standards that were just as good as those made with refined flour, is closed.

The good news is that local Kirsten Bradford bought the business and has turned it into Kiki's Bakeshop.

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Grub Notes: Trappeze Buys Capital Room, Reopens It as South Kitchen + Bar

By Hillary Brown | June 8, 2014 9:23pm

For a couple of days, all we knew was a name: South Kitchen + Bar. That was who had taken over the Capital Room in the Georgian on Washington Street downtown. Now it seems fairly clear that the folks behind Trappeze are the ones responsible, and Chris Benson, who's been capably running the kitchen at Trappeze, is doing the same at the new place as of yesterday (Saturday).

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Grub Notes: Rashe's Cuisine Sets Opening Date; Automatic Pizza Is Hiring

By Hillary Brown | June 5, 2014 10:44am

Rashe's Cuisine (first covered here), the Jamaican restaurant set to take over the Tallassee Road space still best known as Caliente Cab and most recently home to Kabana, has an actual opening day set: Friday, June 13. Let's hope the ominous date doesn't bode poorly.

Owner Rashe Malcolm has been setting up at the West Broad Farmers Market on Tuesday evenings to retail her food and build an audience, and her business's Facebook page is here.

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Grub Notes: Taziki's, Transmet Open and More Food News

By Hillary Brown | June 3, 2014 10:18am

Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe

Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe starts doing bidness in the Bottleworks officially today (June 3), after a couple of days of "family and friends" previews.

Also, the Oglethorpe Avenue Transmetropolitan, which has no web presence, reopened over the weekend.

If you enjoyed this winter's Noodle Bowl, brought to you by the aptly named People Who Like to Eat, Rachel Bailey says you should mark your calendars for the upcoming ice cream social from the same group, scheduled for noon to 2:30 p.m. June 14, on the porch of Five & Ten. That restaurant will be participating, as well as The Savory Spoon, Viva! Argentine (which says it's contributing ice cream sandwiches), Coterie & Tie supper club and Cinco y Diez.

More news below.

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Grub Notes: New Eastside Bojangles Offering Free Food Saturday

By Hillary Brown | May 23, 2014 5:30pm

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Grub Notes: Freddy's Fast Food Coming to Oconee

By Lee Becker | May 22, 2014 1:15pm

Epps Bridge Centre will get its first fast food restaurant if preliminary site plans filed with the Oconee County Planning Department on Apr. 25 are realized.

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