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Dawsonvilles famed eatery reopens
Revenue agents seized historic Pool Room in May due to unpaid state taxes
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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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Where a new subdivision is being developed off Lake Lanier
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Construction crews prepare new single-family homes and townhomes currently going up Wednesday, April 2, 2025, off Chestatee Rd. near Bolding Mill in Hall County at the new Falcon Landing subdivision. - photo by Scott Rogers
Jeff Gill
The Times
Updated: Apr 2, 2025, 6:39 PM
Published: Apr 2, 2025, 6:40 PM
A new housing development is springing up off the shores of Lake Lanier.
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