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A new QuikTrip convenience store will be built on this vacant lot on Mercer University Drive near the Interstate 475 entrance ramp.

New life for Macon blighted properties, but what about Whataburger?

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
January 25, 2021
A new Sonny's BBQ will be built in front of the Lofts at Zebulon in northwest Macon.

It took 9 months, but new BBQ restaurant approved for northwest Macon

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
October 26, 2020
Mamas Rogue Southern Cooking restaurant will open around fall of 2021 at the corner of Calhoun and Hazel streets in Beall's Hill.

Restaurant, caterer moving into historic Beall’s Hill building

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
October 6, 2020
Barberitos signs go up Wednesday at 652 New St. near Medical Center, Navicent Health. The Tex-Mex restaurant replaces the location that closed on Forsyth Road this summer.

Barberitos opening downtown; Sonny’s BBQ tries again on Zebulon Road

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
September 28, 2020
Once full barstools at Parish on 2nd are now empty, as restaurant owners hope more customers will return to dining rooms amid the pandemic.

Cost of COVID: how the pandemic changed the restaurant industry

Amyre Makupson, WMUB News Director
September 17, 2020
Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commissioners met Monday at Terminal Station.

Pio Nono Kroger could become new food oasis; Sonny’s BBQ and Agape Nursery rejected

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
July 27, 2020
Proposed new plans for a self-storage facility in the 84,000 sq. ft. old Kroger building now reserve 15,000 sq. ft. of the building for a future grocery store at 400 Pio Nono Ave.

Old Pio Nono Kroger storage units, Sonny’s BBQ on Zebulon back at P&Z

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
July 24, 2020
The Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission held its first in-person meeting Monday since the COVID-19 outbreak closed their office to the public.

New eatery on College Street; Pio Nono Kroger likely to be storage units; Sonny’s BBQ on hold

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
June 22, 2020
The Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning Commission is still considering a Sonny's BBQ restaurant at the Lofts at Zebulon.

Sonny’s BBQ hits design roadblock; Hotel, nightclub, convenience store approved

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
February 24, 2020
Miramar Raw Bar & Tapas bar manager Josh Howard stocks liquor at the new restaurant that is opening Feb. 13 on Forsyth Road in North Macon.

New north Macon raw bar; Bowman assisted living plan changes; Church for Bloomfield?

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
February 7, 2020

Sounds of Coffee Shop At Rush Hour

Camryn Jackson, Contributing Writer
September 19, 2019

Sounds of Cathedral Cafe

Mary Shannon, Contributing Writer
September 19, 2019
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