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Puckett’s Grocery & Restaurant announces new location in Historic Downtown Columbia

Puckett's Grocery & Restaurant, the award‐winning eatery that has been serving up Southern food and live music for years in Historic Franklin and most recently in Downtown Nashville, has announced the opening of a new location in Columbia in the fall of 2012. Previously home of the Porter‐Walker Company, the building is located at 15 Public Square in the downtown historic area of Columbia. Renovations to the building are expected to start in the next few weeks. The space has a total of 26,372 square feet, with 9,186 square feet of restaurant space on the main level and 9,186 square feet on the second floor, which will be used for future restaurant or [...]

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• FRANKLIN ON FOOT LAUNCHES DOWNTOWN FOOD TOUR Taste Signature Dishes at Six Downtown Franklin Restaurants Starting This Saturday FRANKLIN, Tenn.—Franklin On Foot owner Margie Thessin just can’t keep still. After launching Franklin Bike Tours & Rentals a little more than a month ago, the entrepreneur will lead the company’s inaugural Southern-style Food Tour this Saturday. Franklin on Foot will begin offering the new option on the third Saturday of each month, from 2-5 p.m., for groups of six to 20 people. Participants will explore Southern staples at six downtown restaurants, and learn a bit of background behind each tasting. The five-block walking tour also comes with Franklin history along the way. “You’re going to leave with an extra dose of knowledge and a belly full of good food,” Thessin said. “This will be a great opportunity for both tourists and locals looking to expand their Franklin experience.” Chapman’s Pie Wagon II, Franklin Mercantile Deli, Merridee’s Breadbasket, Puckett’s Grocery & Restaurant, Papa Boudreaux’s Cajun Café and 55 South are slated to offer their respective specialty dishes on the tour. Guests will sample everything from BBQ sliders and fried green tomatoes to oysters and gazpacho soup. Thessin has worked with each eatery on a dish that reflects both the restaurant’s taste and the tour’s bent. She said that it will not be a progressive dinner, and that the menu will not be the same each Saturday. “We may taste spicy gumbo after sampling a slice of sweet chess pie,” Thessin said. “Basically, this is a moveable feast.” Thessin’s decision to add the three-hour walking food tour was inspired by its success in other cities similar to Franklin. This is the town’s first food tour. “With the number of locally owned restaurants we have in downtown, there is an incredible market for this kind of offering,” she said. Franklin On Foot will lead the food tour on additional days, but reservations must be made a week in advance and there must be a minimum of six people on each tour. Reservations are contingent on the restaurants’ availability. The Southern-style food tour is $45. Alcohol is not included, but will be available for purchase at most participating locations. Each Saturday tour is from 2-5 p.m. To schedule reservations for this Saturday or future tours, call 615-400-3808. For more information, visit the Franklin on Foot website at www.franklinonfoot.com.
• Winchester Community Facility 535 Maury Hill Street Spring Hill, TN EVERY ODD TUESDAY 6:30 p.m. til ??? Come and play your favorite songs, any type music - open mike or instrumental. Bring your instrument with small amp if desired. Bass players especially welcome. We need singers-pop-country-blues-soul, all singers. Odd Tuesdays are 1,3,5,7,9, etc. - every Tuesday with odd calendar date, don’t be late. FREE, FREE, FREE. Sponsored by Spring Hill Parks and Recreation Department. Please address inquiries to pickandgrinshtenn@gmail.com. Directions: Maury Hill Street, turn at The Informer office on Main Street, will be downstairs at the Winchester Community Facility.
• The Williamson County Parks and Recreation Department is pleased to offer comprehensive lifeguard training in March, April and May of 2012 at two system facilities. Registration takes place at the center where the class is being held and must be made in person. Participants must be 15 years of age on or before the final day of the course. A pre-course swim test will be given. Upon successful completion of the course, two American Red Cross certifications are awarded: Lifeguard Training with First Aid (good for three years), CPR for the professional rescuer which includes Adult/Child AED Essentials (good for two years). CPR and Lifeguard re-certification are also being offered.
• Are You in need ? The Well Outreach Food Pantry is here for YOU! 1001 Chapman’s Crossing, Spring Hill, TN (Across from Chapman’s Retreat School) Tuesdays & Thursdays 10am - 12 noon & 6:30 - 8pm Saturdays: 10am - 12 noon 615-302-WELL www.springhillwell.org If you are in need, please come! If you would like to donate food, money or time, please contact us!