OT: The Mayflower- Live Pic

Man…downtown really needed another coffee shop or bubbles place instead.

Wow. That sucks….

Shoulda put in a Barbaritos

Yeah I stopped going to chipotle about 4 years ago. There was a lot of Antifa literature in the parking lot and inside the store at the one in Gainesville on Dawsonville hwy. I called it in to headquarters bc i suspected it was the employees based on how they looked. Chipotle didn’t seem to give a shite about it so I figured hey they’re pro antifa and I’m not supporting that.

In the case of the Mayflower, they were lucky enough to own their own building so rent wasn't a factor, and one of the reasons they had been around so long through multiple recessions and overall change. They were the oldest restaurant in Athens operating out of the same space, only Stricklands is older but they changed locations at one point.

The owners decided to retire from the restaurant business and instead make a shitload of money renting their space out. They deliberately went corporate because the leases are guaranteed by corporate money as opposed to leasing to a small startup who might go belly up in six months.

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What kind of wages are people getting downtown Athens?

I'm in the boonies and the wages are going crazy here.
I would expect a liberal haven to be similar. But 35,000 students all looking for some scratch sure has a way of depressing the starting salary.

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The impression I get is that UGA's student body is a lot more country club than they used to be. There's not nearly as many ramen noodle students working part time food service, it's mostly hipsters, immigrants, work release type people now.

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Waffle House is hiring at $20/hr.

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That requires extra qualifications.

It was.

Dirk, was a dude named Jerry the Manager there?

Tom Smith was the GM for most of my time there. Richard Boyd and Judy ? were the main assistants. Richard was/is a really good guitar player who was good friends with John Keane and local musicians Davis Causey and Randall Bramlett. I met some Athens music royalty because of him. Judy was the girlfriend of Bloodkin guitarist everybody called Crumpy. His real. Arm was Paul something.

Now that my memory is going back 27 years, we did have a guy come in named Jerry my last year there. Younger dude probably in his mid 30s. Pat Dye was his uncle if I recall. He was actually really cool and fun to hang out with after work. Never would have thought of him again had you not said his name and made me clear some on the cobwebs.