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Moonie’s Texas Barbecue, a Flowery Branch favorite, opens location in Gainesville
Flowery Branch favorite opens another restaurant on John Morrow Parkway
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Christoph Gneiding, general manager of Moonies Texas Barbecue, pulls a rack of pork from the smoker at the restaurant's new location in on John Morrow Parkway in Gainesville on Wednesday. - photo by Nick Bowman
Cows and pigs of North Georgia beware: Jason and Brooke Martin are packing some serious heat — about 225 degrees of it for 12 to 18 hours. The owners of Moonie’s Texas Barbecue, a Flowery Branch favorite for more than six years, have opened a new location at 250 John Morrow Parkway in Gainesville. Since August 2011, they’ve sold a style a barbecue coming from central Texas, just one among many from Texas and the nation as a whole, at their Atlanta Highway location in South Hall. “Even Texas has its own its own nuances,” said Brooke, sitting at one of the Gainesville shop’s long, checkered tables. “We’re meat-focused, not sauce-focused.”
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College rowing teams from around the country can be seen on Lake Lanier this week. Here’s why
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College rowers from around North America spend their spring breaks training on Lake Lanier Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Many of the teams have come to Lake Lanier to spend time on the course which will play host to the John Ferriss Regatta this month and the NCAA Championships next year. - photo by Scott Rogers
The public is welcome to watch the training sessions as colleges prepare for a regatta.
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