FLOYD Coosa Country Club: Kitchen, 92. Snack bar, 91. Truett’s Chick-fil-A, 100. Ana’s by the River, 87. BARTOW No reports.. GORDON No reports. POLK No reports. CHATTOOGA No reports. Read more
River Remedy Brewing Co. is close to being ready. You can take a quick video tour of what’s been done to enhance the 320 Glenn Milner Blvd. with Justin Shepard. The video is about 3:30 minutes long and gives you a good look at what’s ahead. Much of the interior is ready, says Shepard… Read more
FLOYD Hot Dog Hut base, 100. Sweet Like Me, base, 100. BARTOW Caribbean Food of Cartersville, 100 (initial inspection). GORDON No reports. POLK No reports. CHATTOOGA No reports. Read more
The Rome Board of Education will hold a Board Retreat on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at the Sheraton Suites Galleria-Atlanta located at 2844 Cobb Parkway SE, Atlanta. The retreat begins at 8:30 a.m. Read more
Megan Ware had us at fried apple pie when Blossom Hill BBQ & Burgers opened in June and the season switch to Georgia pecan is just as tempting. But Monday, a national TV audience got to know more about the Darlington grad as she and Kate White, work partners at Honeymoon Bakery on Broad… Read more
FLOYD Ole Tymer barbecue, Broad Street, 96. Eggs Up, 85. Jack’s, Martha Berry, 100. BARTOW Waffle House, U.S. 411, 98. Moe’s, 95. Johnboy’s Home Cooking, 95. Midway Munchies, base and mobile, 100. Ferley’s barbecue, base and mobile, 100. GORDON No reports. POLK No reports. CHATTOOGA No reports. Read more
Thee’s something new, or perhaps restored, that combines two recent fads: Craft beer and food trucks. Only maybe it is easier to call it by the secondary branding: A. Dam Food Truck Park and Beer Garden. The A is for Allatoona Dam and what’s now available is described as “a daily rotation of the area’s… Read more
Rockmart’s Pizza Farm continues comeback bid: The new year was barely a week old when a fire took out the storied Pizza Farm restaurant in Rockmart. A regional favorite open Thursdays through Sundays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. (especially the fried chicken), fire crews battled for hours but were unable to save the business.… Read more
FLOYD Zaxby’s, Martha Berry, 90. Wings & Seafood, Shorter Avenue, 82. BARTOW McDonald’s, Adairsville, 100. Tacos N Subs, Adairsville, 89. GORDON No reports. POLK No reports. CHATTOOGA No reports. Read more
Newby Farm & Vineyard ‘metals’ at state wine competition: This update from Shannon Newby (pictured with Billy at the awards): “We are thrilled to announce our Blanc du Bois was recognized by the Georgia Wine Trustees as the Best of Georgia. Four of our wines received medals, but this additional honor was a big surprise.What… Read more
FLOYD Bojangles, Redmond Circle, 90. BARTOW Taco Bell/Pizza Hut Express, Cass White Road, 96. Popeye’s, Cass White Road, 92. Captain D’s, 88. McDonald’s, Grassdale, 97. Bartow Nutrition, 92. GORDON Advent Health Gordon, 100. POLK Tallatoona Polk Childhood Development, 100. CHATTOOGA No reports. Read more
A “naked dog” could be about to change Northwest Georgia’s dining habits. The Varsity, a mainstay in Atlanta that has spread to Kennesaw, Dawsonville, Athens and almost Rome more than a decade ago, could be coming to Cartersville. The rumored site is in front of Tractor Supply at Tennessee Street just beyond the… Read more
FLOYD Bojangles, Martha Berry Highway, 95. Pelican’s Snoballs, 99. Rome Crisis Stabilization Unit, 63. Previous: 86 on April 8, 1-2A Violation of Code: [511-6-1.03(1)(a)-(c)1,4,5,6-14,15, 16] Observed PIC unable to demonstrate knowledge of rules and regulations as it relates to food safety. PIC did not have knowledge of requirement to have sanitizer test strips (no strips were found… Read more
Martha Benton’s final week in Coosa began this morning at 6 a.m. By 7 p.m. Friday, Martha’s Skillet will call it a career after decades of service to the Coosa community. Perhaps appropriately, the menu for the week was posted — as always — on Sunday evening. It looks like Martha and crew are serving… Read more
This has not been a good month for meat-and-three fans. First came word of Martha’s Skillet closing as of this Friday, Oct. 29. Well, there’s another surprise. The original Pick O’ Deli on Dean Avenue has closed, at least for now. Customers arriving Saturday afternoon were greeted by be digital sign telling them the location… Read more
FLOYD McDonald’s, Shorter Avenue, 96. Seven Hills Nutrition, Shorter, 93. BARTOW Econolodge, breakfast, 100. Fire It Up, dining, base and mobile, all 87. El Dorado, 93. Taco Bell, West Avenue. 100. GORDON Hardee’s, Calhoun, 84. POLK No reports. CHATTOOGA No reports. Read more
Here’s a genre we don’t see a lot in Northwest Georgia: Puerto Rica cuisine. We have friends, natives of Puerto Rico, who frequent several such restaurants in Atlanta and maybe one or two a bit closer to Rome but none this close. It appears Borkien Restaurant off South Wall Street in Calhoun has… Read more