Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Tuesday updates

 
 Three-Dot Buzz/Tuesday . . . :

-Cartersville Fuddruckers on the market for $500,000: The restaurant off Tennessee Street near the Carmike 12 in Cartersville is listed on the commercial real estate site LoopNet. The specs: 5,500-square-foot building with 225 seats and large gated patio, built in 2006 and opened by Charles Curlee, owner of the Rome Fuddrucker's off Riverside and the Bypass. The ad lists the "building and property also available through the developer." The restaurant remains open. Bottom line: It has been a tough year for restaurants in Bartow with several key closings>Fudds . . .

-Sufficiently ambiguous hint of the day: The local pizza market is about to get a whole lot more interesting, perhaps sooner than planned. If this one pans out, it could reignite a business district (not Pizza Inn/Etowah Crossing) . . .

-Ole Tymer's/Armuchee due in January: Renovations are continuing at the former Owen's Barbecue site and should be completed by January, says Julie Stansell, who also owns the Five Points location . . .

-Make that Yummy Thai Cuisine: The new owners of the former Crystal Thai have a new name for the business as well: Yummy Thai Cuisine. So far, we're hearing about some menu changes already in place. Also new: A "Floyd" green awning in front of the restaurant. Which brings us to . . . :

-The color of Broad Street: A follow-up to Monday's "Drama Drive" report: Several e-mailers reminded us about the color of Lad 'n' Lassie over the years--very bright pink. Another reference was made to the green panel building at Fourth Avenue and Broad as well. Good points all as the color battle escalates . . .

-Day of change for Atlanta's niche media: First came word that Southern Voice, Atlanta's award-winning publication covering the region's gay community, was gone. ( Details). It was followed by the naming of a new CEO for the Creative Loafing family of publications, a group also rocked by recent times (Click) . . .

Also today:

-Report: Company facing federal counts tried to get Rome shop to assist:

(MR) Public Warehousing Co., a logistics company organized under the laws of the Nation of Kuwait, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States committing major fraud against the United States and other counts, one of which stems from allegedly asking a Rome company " to reduce the pack sizes of products that it sold to PWC, thus enabling PWC to bill the United States for twice as many packs of products and thus collect twice as much in Distribution Fees for the same amount of product," according to reports. The company has not been identified> Click

 

Latest forecast updates:

-Tuesday: High of 60, 40% rain chance. Low of 43; 40% chance of rain.
-Wednesday: High of 59, 20% rain chance. Low of 40.

-Extended forecast> Click    Local radar  / regional radar

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable>Arey

-Surely Notre Dame isn't contemplating hiring another Georgia Tech coach

John McClellan's picks for Friday's playoffs> Football Report

-Calhoun should continue to round three; Darlington could come up 7 points short.

Georgia High School Football Daily: Coaching change at Model> Click

Upcoming events at Rome Braves/State Mutual Stadium> Sports

-First annual Wing Ding due Nov. 21.

-Links to winter baseball leagues.

NAIA playoffs set with final two winners due in Rome for national football championship game on Dec. 19> NAIA

 

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