Robert sends along this note from Feast’s general manager detailing a fundraiser for Feast’s well-known owner, Teri Rogers, who is again battling cancer…

Feast will be closed on Sunday, November 27 for a special benefit.

I wanted to let the community and our customers who know Teri Rogers, the owner of Feast,  that her friends and I are holding a benefit for her to help offset her medical bills as she battles cancer for a second time. Although we are using Feast as the venue, this is not a Feast event, so please understand.
Thanks, Robin

• Sunday, November 27, 2011 from 3pm until 10pm
• $50.00 per person general admission
• All guests receive 3 drink tickets & Chef’s appetizer plate. (special menu will be available… food for purchase).
• Musical Guests: Mike Zimmerman Trio; Tommy Thompson; Nelson Nolan; Dave Franklin; Rob Aldridge; Richard Smith & many more…
• Silent Auction & Raffles will be going on too so bring your dancing & buying shoes!

(Donations for the auction are welcome and will be much appreciated.)

If you cannot attend, but would like to make a cash donation, make checks payable to:

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In case anyone has ANY energy left to follow this, here ya go…

Decatur Diner located at 205 East Ponce De Leon Avenue, Decatur, GA 30030-3405 at Church Street in the heart of Downtown Decatur. This business was just sold in October but new absentee owner has no full service experience and not able to grow or manage business thus reason for sale. This is one of the hottest corners in all of Metro Atlanta with incredible visibility, frontage hi traffic car and foot traffic at the intersection of Church and Ponce.

Just in case I was a bit too vague in my post about the sidewalk smoking ban, I wanted to be crystal clear that along with a bunch of other alcohol ordinance provisions, the Decatur City Commission passed the Sunday alcohol sales ordinance last night.

That means that starting this coming Sunday, November 27th, you may have the option of purchasing alcohol on Sunday at Ale Yeah!, Sherlocks, Oakhurst Market, Kroger and the four convenience stores around the city that sell alcohol.

But don’t go to Publix on North Decatur or the Decatur Package Store (sorta) across the street.  Those are both outside the city limits and DeKalb doesn’t plan to take up any Sunday Sales issues until next year.

• AJC picks up the “Decatur residents want city to kill coyotes” story again [AJC]
• Decatur Thursday/Friday trash pick-up scheduled for Wednesday this week [Decatur Minute]
• Feds refuse to reduce rules for GA HOT lanes [ABC]
• Roundabouts reduce crashes that involve injury by 75% [The Economist]
• For many reasons, e-book devotees still insist on paper for their kids [NYT]
• The haphazard price of a turkey [NYT]

Photo courtesy of The Decatur Minute