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Dawsonvilles famed eatery reopens

Revenue agents seized historic Pool Room in May due to unpaid state taxes

Michelle Everett, who worked at the Pool Room as a teenager, enjoys a Bully Burger on Tuesday with Sonny Simmons. The popular eatery reopened for business Saturday. - photo by Michele Hester

0905pool2 — Michelle Everett, who worked at the Pool Room as a teenager, enjoys a Bully Burger on Tuesday with Sonny Simmons. The popular eatery reopened for business Saturday. - photo by Michele Hester

Michele Hester

Times regional staff

Updated: Sep 5, 2012, 3:59 AM

Published: Sep 5, 2012, 2:11 AM

Those cravings for Bully Burgers and fresh-cut fries can be satisfied again after Dawsonville’s historic Pool Room reopened Saturday. “We didn’t have people waiting at the door when we opened, but they started coming in right after,” said Gordon “G.P.” Pirkle Jr., son of owner Gordon Sr. “Everybody’s real happy that we’re open again.” The Pool Room had been closed since May 9, when revenue agents seized the popular burger joint due to unpaid state taxes.

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