Food + Beverage

Daymakers, Miracle Workers

From a folding table at the farmers market to historic storefronts, Sabrina and Mike Kaylor built Cherokee County's most recognizable brand on a question. Article by Jude Pratt | Photography by Sabrina Kaylor There is a stack of college notebooks in Sabrina Kaylor's house filled with coffee shops that never got built, and to understand the one she did build, you have to go back to those pages. She is the woman whose videos your daughter sends you and your mother-in-law recognizes on sight, but...

Life + Culture

The Only Way is Up

From a Mexican table on Main to a shaded deck in Ball Ground, the Benitez Team keeps chasing a feeling. Article by Canton City Lifestyle | Photography by Freddy Benitez Freddy Benitez can tell you the exact moment a restaurant comes alive. It happens the first night strangers fill the room, staring at the colors on the menus and amazed by the unique choices in the buildout and decor. Glasses clink against each other. Somebody laughs too loud at a table in the corner. The noise settles into...

Food + Beverage

Wine Without The Attitude

Christina and Nick Caruso keep Canton in small-farm bottles, good conversation, and wine worth giving. Article by Tim May | Photography by Sud's and Bottles Nick Caruso asks two questions before handing you anything. What are you eating, and who is it for? He trained through the Court of Master Sommeliers, though you would never guess it from the conversation, and that is exactly the point. That tone runs through the entire shop, from the front door to the back wall. Christina and Nick stock...

Food + Beverage

Worth The Drive

One day of eating, from a Canton lunch to dessert Article by Canton City Lifestyle Here is the thing about a food town. You never eat in it. You drive past the good stuff on the way to the same four places, and then somebody visits and you panic. So this is a whole day, built the way I would actually build it. Lunch close to home, dinner far enough out that the drive counts as part of the date, and dessert back on North Street where you started. Six stops, none more than ninety minutes from...