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Column: Another look at some oldie but goodie cafes


Column: Another look at some oldie but goodie cafes
Johnny Vardeman
Long gone restaurants cook up a heaping helping of nostalgia for longtime Hall Countians.
Judi Turner, who now lives in Nashville, remembers her grandmother, Birdie McKinstry, taking her to lunch when she was a child on Wednesdays at the Wheeler Hotel on Main Street, just off the downtown square. Still, in her mind’s eye are little green metal pots holding hot water for tea.
Local radio listeners might remember Birdie as she was a frequent caller to morning shows, especially when the late Jim Hartley was on the microphone. ....

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Column: Deciding where to eat was a pleasant problem to have in Hall County


Column: Deciding where to eat was a pleasant problem to have in Hall County
Johnny Vardeman
Local Facebook users have been reminiscing about their favorite restaurants in days gone by.
The topic has generated a proliferation of posts of past popular eating places around Hall County.
Often mentioned are such businesses as L&K Cafeteria on Broad Street/Jesse Jewell Parkway, Clore’s on North Bradford Street in downtown Gainesville, Ronnie and Carol Lance’s Beef Corral on Atlanta Highway and Sycamore Street, now E.E. Butler Parkway.
Who could forget those hoecake-sized biscuits at Frazier’s on Gainesville’s west side? Carisa Gillespie Burch wrote that she used to make 800 to 1,000 biscuits on Friday and Saturday mornings when she worked there. ....

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