Openings

Consumer Stories

Both Doc’s Porchside locations now open for business

Bryan Hensley misses the wings at Wild Wing Café, but he just discovered Redneck Egg Rolls at Doc’s Porchside. Doc’s replaced Wild Wing’s two CSRA locations in Grovetown and Augusta, which closed July 31. Hensley visited the Grovetown location, which opened Monday, Aug. 16, at 5147 Bluegrass Trail near Kroger. “Doc’s Porchside has the great atmosphere and a variety of awesome foods, including Redneck Egg Rolls,” – a unique combination of pulled pork, pimento cheese, and collard greens, he states. The Augusta location at 3035 Washington Road opened on Wednesday,

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Consumer Stories

Local business makes impossible product… possible with expansion efforts

Imagine a hamburger made from plants that looks and tastes just like one made from meat. While that may sound impossible, Angel Everett and her husband, Danny, have developed a 100% vegan burger. Everett – co-owner and director of Dawg! That’s Vegan – founded the business in February 2021 to offer customers a healthy alternative to the traditional hamburger. “We use beets to make it look red and coconut oil for fat,” says the U.S. Army Reserve veteran. “We cook all of our ingredients in olive oil.” They even add

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Closings

Medical Spa replacing Evans boutique that closed

The new owners of a medical spa are hoping business will be better for them than a trendy boutique in the Market at Riverwood at 3118 William Few Parkway. Crystal Reynolds will be building out the 1200 foot space vacated by the owners of the Shelvie Jean’s boutique (see above photo), which sold women’s clothing and accessories for a couple of years in the center. Her next door neighbor is Oceans Nails & Spas, which serves a similar customer base. Reynolds body contouring spa will offer non-surgical options to get

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Consumer Stories

TODAY — Bridal boutique owner celebrates grand opening in downtown Augusta

Brandy Gibson – owner of Tiffinie Bleu Bridal Boutique – reopened on June 4. Today, she will celebrate with a ribbon cutting and grand opening. (Photo courtesy of Brandy Gibson) Brandy Gibson is excited about contributing to the growth of downtown Augusta by relocating her business. Gibson – owner of Tiffinie Bleu Bridal Boutique – opened her new location at 1251 Broad Street on Friday, June 4. The store sells bridal gowns and bridesmaid dresses. Today, June 24, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., she and her staff will celebrate

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Consumer Stories

Longtime hospital employee starts boutique for colleagues and working women

“Doctor in Me offers a variety of colorful and traditional scrubs in different sizes. (Photo from The Doctor In Me Facebook) Shalimar Anderson is taking what she’s seen and worn in the Operating Room and at home—and offering it up to other hard-working females. Anderson opened “The Doctor In Me” in the high traffic shopping center on 280 South Belair Road next to the Neighborhood Wal-Mart. “I wanted to open the store because I wanted to provide a “one-stop-shop” for the working woman who wears scrubs on a daily basis,”

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Consumer Stories

Grocery store chain opens in Daniel Village and helps to relieve hunger in the CSRA

Food Lion made very few changes inside the store. Here’s the new store’s deli/bakery section, which looks about the same as it did when BI-LO was in business. (Photo by Josh Heath) Editor’s Note: We sent Josh Heath back to the Bi-Lo\Food Lion just a few weeks after he wrote the story of the Bi-Lo closing. Here is what we found. There’s a new Food Lion store open at 2803 Wrightsboro Road in the Daniel Village Shopping Center, but it doesn’t resemble other grocery stores in the chain. Instead, it

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Consumer Stories

Church led restaurateur to open business in Augusta

The restaurant is located at one of the busiest intersections of Washington Road at Stevens Creek Road near I-20 and adjacent to the Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts. (photo by Neil Gordon) Magda Faltaous has commuted back and forth every Sunday for three years from his home in Columbia, S.C. to attend church on Furys Ferry Road in Columbia County. “If business is good, I may move here,” he says. He is in the middle of about a $100,000 investment in the old Denny’s Restaurant building on Washington Road in between

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