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Local artist paints Masters designs on strawberries

Last year, Tori Taylor created treats for Tony Finau, who has never missed a cut at the Masters and will be making his sixth appearance at Augusta National. If more custom strawberry treats are on Finau’s wish list for this year, Taylor will have him and them covered. For the second year, Taylor, a self-taught artist and owner of The Red Berry Co., an edible art business, is painting Masters designs on chocolate-covered strawberries. She operates her business out of Wild Sugar, a dessert shop located on Washington Road in

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Josh Heath April 2, 2023 1 Comment
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Business Lunch Review: Topgolf

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 the 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”.

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Wes Hennings April 2, 2023 No Comments
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Downtown businesses to participate in golf-themed retail crawl

Many people think downtown businesses are really busy during Masters Week, but that’s not the case, according to Jennifer Tinsley. Tinsley owns FIELD Botanicals located on 12th Street, one of 13 downtown businesses participating in a first-ever golf-themed shopping crawl next week called The 19th Hole. Businesses participating in the week-long event include Urban K9, Flowers on Broad, The Book Tavern, and Grantski Records. The crawl was created by Downtown Soul City, an organization that promotes businesses in that part of Augusta. “Our businesses are really slow during Masters week,”

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Josh Heath March 29, 2023 No Comments
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Local farm owners to host opening day event next weekend

Many organizations offer Easter egg hunts, but next weekend, owners of a local farm will host a major event with 2,000 eggs. Laura Russo and her husband, Jarett Acosta own the 70-acre Boondock Farms located at 755 Foreman St. in Jackson. The Easter egg hunt will be part of its Opening Day Vendor Festival on Saturday, April 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will also include live music, local vendors, and food provided by Que at the Shop Bar BQ located on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard

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Josh Heath March 29, 2023 No Comments
Restaurants/Food

Business Lunch Review: Topgolf

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 the 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”.

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Wes Hennings March 29, 2023 No Comments
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Eat a sub and make a difference!

Jersey Mike’s sandwich locations are wrapping up their 13th Annual Month of Giving fundraising campaign with the traditional Day of Giving today. All this month, patrons have been encouraged to make donations through the Jersey Mike’s mobile app or by stopping in a location to buy a sub. It culminates with this year’s Day of Giving today when 100% of sales in Jersey Mike’s nearly 2,500 locations in the United States go to help local charities. Beneficiaries include youth organizations and food banks. Eric Clark owns eight Jersey Mike’s locations

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Dana Lynn McIntyre March 28, 2023 No Comments
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Local restaurant owners to open second CSRA location

People living and working in Augusta will no longer have to drive to Evans to enjoy fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, and other Southern favorites. Today, Goolsby’s will celebrate the grand opening of its second location at 3122 Wrightsboro Road, across the street from Forest Hills Golf Club. The restaurant’s co-owner, Wilkes Goolsby, said, unlike other businesses, they won’t give away free items today. “I anticipate us being pretty busy, so we’re not going to do anything extra,” Goolsby said. He has a couple of reasons to be excited about

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Josh Heath March 28, 2023 No Comments
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Business Lunch Review: I ♥️ Mac and Cheese

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 the 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”.

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Wes Hennings March 22, 2023 No Comments
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Regional barbecue chain plans to build CSRA location

The CSRA may soon be home to a new barbecue restaurant, thanks to a regional chain that wants to build a location on the site of the former Romano’s Macaroni Grill in west Augusta. Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q has submitted site plans to the City of Augusta. ABD contacted the Augusta Planning Commission regarding those plans. “Their site plans are still under review,” an employee for the Commission said. But the restaurant hasn’t applied for a business license for that location yet, according to an employee with the city’s Planning

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Josh Heath March 22, 2023 No Comments
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Business Lunch Review: Bonefish Grill

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 the 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”.

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Wes Hennings March 15, 2023 No Comments
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