local restaurants
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Critical Writing
home.made’s Brunch Returns with Fusion of Southern, Contemporary Influences
I expected home.made’s revival of its Sunday brunch to be the reflection of yet another minimalist, all-lowercase-name, lifeless restaurant. I was met with a delightful surprise that the chef and owner, Mimi Maumus, offers a pleasant hodgepodge of menu items that contain elements of Southern culinary style blended with their…
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Athens-Clarke County
Some Local Athens Restaurants Face Extinction During Pandemic
COVID-19 has forced Mimi Maumus, the owner of Home.made in Athens, to commit what her friend refers to as a “mercy killing.” Maumus has had to lay off 21 employees in order to keep her restaurant alive during the pandemic, or at least what is left of it being that…