Frog Hollow Tavern, Augusta, Georgia

 

“A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member’s talent and takes advantage of every split-second opportunity to speed up service.”

David Ogilvy

Are you are looking for a special place to have a celebratory dinner with friends or just a romantic dinner with the love of your life? Frog Hollow Tavern is the perfect place to go in downtown Augusta for such an occasion. When you pull up outside the restaurant, it has an old world charm and is very welcoming with beautiful wood accents and mood lighting.

The day we went, we arrived before our company so we sat down at the large bar and ordered a drink. They have over 100 wine choices and the bartender was great and guided me to the perfect glass of white wine for the evening. As we sat there on the comfortable bar stools, we realized we knew the newlywed couple sitting at the bar near us. How wonderful getting to spend some quality time with our friends, the Murillo's. We congratulated them on their recent wedding and got caught up on all of life’s events. The bar was set up lovely with a brick background and the bartender was a joy.

After our family and friends joined us, the hostess lead to our table. We had made reservations which is a good idea since this restaurant stays busy. This stylish, modern restaurant had a great ambiance which draws a very diverse crowd. It is a nice restaurant with white linen tablecloths but you can either dress casual or get dressed up. The staff was all very polite, professional, and friendly. Our waitress was fabulous and helped us decide what entree to order. The entrees range in price but mostly around $30. After a very difficult decision, we chose our meals. The braised Berkshire Pork Shoulder, smoked Gouda mac ‘n cheese, and baby iceberg lettuce wedge were incredible. All the food had a big flavor and was beyond delicious. We all were very happy with our meals.

Frog Hollow Tavern was founded in 2010 and is owned by Sean and Krista Wight. Sean is the chef and is an exceptional one at that, and Krista is the co owner. This is a farm to table restaurant using local farms for the ingredients for all his recipes. You can tell as all the food is super fresh. This restaurant is open for dinner Wednesday and Thursday from 5 pm to 10 pm and Friday and Saturday from 5 pm to 10:30.

Frog Hollow Tavern is located at 1282 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia. I would highly recommend this superb restaurant and know you will be as happy as we were that we were with the food and service. We will be back. Check them out at: www.froghollowtavern.com.

Since opening up Frog Hollow Tavern and having such a great success, the Wight's have opened up a couple other restaurants downtown including Farmhaus Burgers, Craft and Vine, and Frog and the Hen Restaurant.

Till next time. Bye for now.

The Grave of Charles Dummett, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

 

“A grave is such a quiet place.”

Edna St. Vincent Milay

There is the middle of Canova Drive in New Smyrna Beach, Florida is what first appears to be a small lovely garden in the middle of the road accented by four palm trees. A turtle crossing sign is posted on one of the trees leading me to believe that this must be a quiet little neighborhood. As we get closer, I see there is an old memorial of some sort in the middle of the garden. That is when I see it. It is a grave right in the middle of this road.

Engraved on top of the grave is Charles Dummett’s name and that he was born August 18, 1844 and died on April 23, 1860. He was only 16 when his life came to a sad end. A cement dog that is curled up sleeping sits on top of young Charles grave. The dog statue was added later by an anonymous donor. The story of this grave and the boys death remains somewhat of a mystery to this day.

Charles was the son of Douglas D. Dummett, a landowner and Leandra “Anna” Fernandez, who was an enslaved woman. It is said this poor lad may have been killed in a hunting accident but no one knows for sure. His father was so distraught by his sons death that he built a grave where the young man's body was found.

It wasn’t until the 1950’s when developers came in and built a road around the grave. It is just one of many interesting sites to see in New Smyrna Beach to check out while you are visiting the area.

Till next time. Bye for now.