Winston writes in…
Smallish brown and black – brindle – female dog, possibly a pit mix, bowed legs, looks very sweet but is very timid, found roaming on Garland Ave – looks lost, will not let anyone near her. She does not have a collar and has been in the area at least since Sunday, 12/30, in the afternoon. She is now in our backyard, safe, fed and awaiting Animal Rescue which probably won’t arrive until tomorrow or even the next day. If you know this dog please call 678.429.5985.
Photo courtesy of Joe Snack via Flickr
Asst. Director of Decatur Active Living Cheryl Burnette sent out a note on Friday announcing that Active Living staff were moving back in the newly renovated Decatur Recreation Center and the front desk at the facility would be open for registrations and payments on January 7th. Programming will commence at the Rec on February 4th, according to the note. There’s also a bit more info on the move over on Active Living’s blog.
What’s new at the Rec? The email showed off a few new features…
The Thursday release party for Blue Tarp Brewing at the Brick Store Pub got my digging for a bit more info on Decatur’s two up and coming craft breweries, the aforementioned Blue Tarp, and Three Taverns Brewery. Well it just so happens that Atlanta Cuisine posted a Q&A with founders of both breweries earlier this month, in an article titled “Georgia’s New Beer Mecca”.
Lots of good info in there for those watching and waiting for Decatur’s local brew scene to get up and running. Among the highlights, Three Taverns plans to distribute in both kegs and bottles and plans to begin brewing by the end of March 2013 with a to-market date of May. Blue Tarp is already brewing – obviously based on the BSP release party – and initially will distribute in kegs with plans to add a canning line. Blue Tarp first options will be “a more sessionable lower hop lower alcohol red ale called BantamWeight and a hoppy double IPA called Mother Hoppin’.”
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Mike wrote in a couple days back that he had been told by the bartender at Carpe Diem restaurant that they would be closing their doors permanently on December 23rd. A blog post on Patch echoed the news.
Carpe Diem has long sat beneath the Ice House Lofts at the southeastern edge of the Old Decatur neighborhood. I’m not sure how long it’s been there (I’m sure someone can tell us), but it was already in place back when Fellini’s was still a Greyhound bus station towards the Y2K end of the last decade.
It sat in a unique location, a bit removed from the rest of retail downtown Decatur, with the exception of Fellini’s. That may change in the coming years, if the new “Brick Station” (my made up shorthand for the Brick Store venture in the Decatur Depot) and MAR completely reinvigorate that old rail line strip of commercial along East Howard Ave, but for now the space sits slightly off the beaten path.
Farewell Carpe Diem. You will be missed by many!
Photo courtesy of Next Stop…Decatur
East Ponce de Leon Ave, Decatur GA (pic submitted by Jan)
