Just for Fun

As with any community, change is always in the air.   I’ve noticed changes occur most frequently in the restaurant business… so this post should bear no surprises when you see that it mostly has to do with places to eat…

Noticed the other day that the two empty store fronts next to Target was being combined into one space.  They had formerly been home to a mattress store and a discount shoe store.  I did a general Twitter call out to see if anyone knew what was going in and a friend said she thought it was a buffalo wing place.  Seems my friend might be right.    I just did a search of the Buffalo Wild Wings site and while Brunswick didn’t show up on their ‘Coming Soon’ section, I did find two job openings for a Buffalo Wild Wings ‘opening soon in Brunswick’ on Indeed.com, a job search site.  We’re always excited when there’s a new place to eat around here!

More on the food front, Pranzos has taken up the spot in the small retail center along Frederica by the Shops at Sea Island, behind Oglethorpe Bank at 44 Midway. It had been home to Frankie G’s, which started out with some promise for me but ended up being fairly inconsistent in their quality.  Some other restaurant went in and I can’t even recall the name – all I know is that it didn’t last very long.  So now, Pranzos has taken over that location.   I’m assuming they are expanding and haven’t closed their downtown Brunswick location which I really like.  But the one on the Island is much closer to home!

They’ve torn down the facade of the old Gisco Seafood building which was most recently the home of Southern Soul Barbecue which burned down at the end of March (See post).  Not sure what they’re doing with the place but I find it sad that the bit of character that old building brought to the ‘new’ traffic circle is gone.  I’m sure whatever the owners build on that spot will never have the campy charm that the old seafood shack turned into a bbq joint did.

Down in the Village, I’ve noticed the empty space where Subway used to be now has a sign saying that ‘John’s Pizza’ was coming.  Don’t know when… and don’t know who this John is.  Subway, by the way, moved into their new digs on Mallery sometime earlier this year or at the end of last year… under Rafter’s.  The space had been empty ever since.  I’m particularly intrigued as it’s in the building next to the one my office is in… so any decent lunch place in walking distance is always welcome!

So aside from my on-going gripes about the new entrance to the Island with the psuedo-traffic circle – which I’ve decided is more of a jug-handle turn (anyone from New Jersey out there?) than a circle… and the fact that no one seems to pay any attention to the yield sign as they merge from King’s Way… that’s all for now!

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