Consumer Stories

The closing of one Columbia County sandwich shop made room for a similar shop to take its place. Which Wich Superior Sandwiches, which was located at 4239 Washington Road, Suite 7 next to FedEx Office in Mullins Crossing, has been replaced by Jersey Mike’s Subs. ABD spoke to an employee at the other CSRA Which Wich located on Wheeler Road in Augusta to find out why the Evans shop closed. “There wasn’t enough business, and the rent was high,” the employee said. Founded in Dallas in 2003, Which Wich has

In Dec. 1992, Lauren Beth Rudolph, a six-year-old girl from California, died of E. coli poisoning after eating a hamburger from a Jack in the Box fast-food restaurant. That incident was part of a larger outbreak on the West Coast. That’s just one of many examples Cathy Watson shares with restaurant employees and owners as a certified ServSafe training instructor and proctor. Watson, the owner of a business called Helping Restaurants, teaches a one-day ServSafe certification course that covers a variety of topics, including proper food handling practices, food storage,

Editor’s Note: Wes Hennings never met a meal he walked away from and is an opinionated eater! Each Thursday he shares the results of a business lunch he’s had with a colleague as a way to advise our business community on the good, bad, and tasty across the CSRA. He doesn’t let ABD or the restaurant know where he is going and his opinions are his own. He grades the restaurants he visits on a 1-5 scale with “5” being outstanding. We call this our “Real Business Lunch Review”. Food

In 2007, Renee Meyer Dean and her family took on the daunting task of turning a then more than 120-year-old single-family home in Harlem into a bed and breakfast, restaurant, and event space. It took Meyer Dean, her sister, Lee Ann Meyer, and parents, Ken and Murl Meyer, months to renovate the house and get it ready for guests. They named their business Red Oak Manor, which is located at 410 North Louisville St. It also includes The Acorn Restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It was built in