From CSD’s Bruce Roaden…

Due to inclement weather the City Schools of Decatur Board of Education meeting scheduled for tonight, January 11 will be postponed until Tuesday, January 18, 2011. The board will meet at its regular time – 6:30 PM and the meeting will be in the cafeteria at Renfroe Middle School.

The AJC’s Food and More blog reports that the Empire Diner in Sandy Springs has closed.

This normally wouldn’t be all that pertinent news to Decaturites, except that Empire was owned by the same folks who own the Decatur Diner, according to the AJC.  Here’s the blurb…

A reader has informed me that the Empire Diner in Sandy Springs has closed. According to them, “..went right after Christmas and found a “Temporarily closed” sign on the door, but all fixtures still in place. Went today and the exterior sign was removed and fixtures removed. This was operated by the same group that was to operate the long-delayed Decatur Diner.”

A call to the diner’s phone number reveals the number has been disconnected.

I’m certainly not encouraging people to drive on all this ice, but for those who can’t avoid it, I thought it might be helpful if we put together a post on street conditions.  This way folks could make for the best streets and steer clear of the worst.

So, which Decatur streets are in the best shape at the moment and which are currently moonlighting as ice-skating rinks?

East College Ave photo courtesy of Greg

You may have heard about the mobs of people at Piedmont Park yesterday, but you haven’t seen photos like this yet.  From one of our favorite metro photogs, Josh D. Weiss! Check it.

photo used with permission

I hope I won’t be creating these all week, but this seems a good use of our time during Atlanta’s 2011 snow siege.  I know we went through this exercise yesterday, but circumstances change and I’m sure that some businesses open yesterday might not be open today and vice versa.

So, what businesses do you know of in the Decatur-area that are open today, Tuesday, January 11th?