by Layla Khoury-Hanold | Food, Palate
The New York Butcher Shoppe 465 Highland Ave. • Surrey Center The New York Butcher Shoppe, which offers quality meats, gourmet prepared foods and specialty grocery items, was started 30 years ago in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., by a third-generation family of butchers from...
by Layla Khoury-Hanold | Food, Palate
Füse 1002 Broad St. • fuse-augusta.com • (706) 305-1029 • Closed Tuesdays A GLANCE at Fuse’s menu and its varied global culinary influences might make it difficult to pinpoint what kind of restaurant it is. Just don’t call it fusion. Instead, think of it as a...
by Layla Khoury-Hanold | Food
Bodega Ultima FOR HIS LATEST VENTURE, restaurateur Kevin Goldsmith (of TakoSushi) teamed up with his son Cary Goldsmith to dream up a concept with a more European feel. As their vision for Bodega Ultima developed, the father-son team reflected on their passion for and...
by Layla Khoury-Hanold | Food, Palate
Abel Brown Southern Kitchen & Oyster Bar 491 Highland Ave. • Surrey Center • abelbrownaugusta.com “I’m a minimalist by nature, so I wanted to do something clean and fresh. Something more modern but still casual enough that you can come anytime,” chef–owner Todd...
by Layla Khoury-Hanold | Features
Where should we go out to eat tonight?” With the area’s bounty of restaurant openings, this question is starting to elicit a palpable excitement rather than a feeling of “the same old.” From a downtown hotspot to barbecue on the Hill to fine dining in North Augusta,...