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Food and Restaurants October 7, 2025

Gimme That Sugar brings cotton candy to downtown Acworth

By Mark Woolsey First came a pushcart in 2020. That turned into a food truck. Now a brick-and-mortar business of the same name has opened in downtown Acworth. In all…

Food and Restaurants September 19, 2025

Cranes Coffee in Acworth serves up bold Cuban fusion

By Mark Woolsey A self-described “coffee fiend” has brought his passion for bold, Cuban coffee tastes and aromas to downtown Acworth. Cranes Coffee held its grand opening at 3960 Southside…

Food and Restaurants September 18, 2025

Would you eat a grasshopper? In Oaxaca, it’s been a tasty tradition for thousands of years

by Jeffrey H. Cohen, The Ohio State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Billions of people regularly eat insects. In the southern Mexican state of…

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Food and Restaurants September 4, 2025

Sully’s Steamers offers unique and cleverly-name sandwiches on Marietta Square

By Mark Woolsey It was a visit to a college-town eatery that changed the lives of Lauren Balas, her husband Tommy and the couple’s three daughters. Balas was in Clemson,…

Food and Restaurants July 28, 2025

Keegan’s Irish Pub now open in downtown Acworth

Downton Acworth’s dining scene has gained a new player. Friday marked a ribbon-cutting for Keegan’s Irish Pub, 4815A South Main, which opened earlier this month. Mayor Tommy Allegood and a…

Food and Restaurants July 22, 2025

Beyond the usual Tex-Mex at Luna y Sol Cantina in Austell

By Mark Woolsey Jesus Lagunas grew up in metro Atlanta but sometimes his culinary preferences were thousands of miles away. The 30-year-old relished the home cooking that his mother would…

Food and Restaurants July 15, 2025

Husband-and-wife team open Tin Drum Asian Kitchen in Kennesaw

By Mark Woolsey One full decade and a couple of accidents of timing later, the husband-and-wife team of Tarandeep and Ramneek Singh have realized a long-held goal. They’re co-owners of…

Food and Restaurants July 9, 2025

3 basic ingredients, a million possibilities: How small pizzerias succeed with uniqueness in an age of chain restaurants

by Paula de la Cruz-Fernández, University of Florida and Avi Ackerman, University of Florida, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] At its heart, pizza is deceptively…

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