Atlanta Magazine
60 years of covering Atlanta: The 1990s
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February 1995 This Gen X–heavy “Jobs” issue describes an early iteration of the gig economy.
For our January 2021 issue, in honor of our 60th anniversary year, we dug through our archives to present a snapshot of the magazine during each of our six decades. We discovered groundbreaking work, inspiring stories, and, yes, some errors in judgement. Here’s what we found:
The ’90s in 5 Scenes
A dig through our archives unearthed a cinematic rendering of Georgia just before the turn of the millennium
“The X-Files: Generation Xers aren’t so much breaking the old rules as making their own”
Chef James Doss in front of his Castle St. eatery, Rx Restaurant and Bar. (Port City Daily/Photo by Jonathan Spiers)
SOUTHEASTERN NC At the beginning of 2020, the restaurant industry was looking to surpass its 2019 revenue nationwide, according to the National Restaurant Association. Projections were around $899 billion. As 2020 comes to a close, it’s tracking around $659 billion a $240 billion loss because of Covid-19.
To quantify it locally, James and Sarah Rushing Doss, owners of Rx Restaurant on Castle St., will see around a 65% revenue decrease in 2020. They have had to close and reopen the restaurant on multiple occasions this year because of the coronavirus.
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