How Did Dillard's, Tilted Kilt, Applebee's Score on Health Checks?

Suwanee restaurant inspections: Here are some recent checks.

Here are some recent health inspections of Suwanee restaurants by the Gwinnett Health Department: Observed potentially hazardous food being held pass (sic) manufacturer use by date. Person in charge discarded items. Advised PIC can not cold hold items past manufacturers use by date. Corrected On-Site.  New Violation. The full report is here. Observed ice machine, fryer baskets and dicer no (sic) clean to sight and touch. Person in charge cleaned equipment. Advised PIC must keep all food contact surfaces to sight and touch.  Corrected On-Site. Repeat Violation. Foods in a container or package that are not adequately date-marked not being discarded. PIC marked items. Advised PIC must date mark food in container or package not being discarded…

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Write a Suwanee Patch Business Review

You can rate a local business. Check some that already are online.

Did you know that you can write a review and assign a rating in Suwanee Patch's business directory? Many readers already have. From restaurants such as Ippolito's in Town Center to cleaners to retail stores, people have shared their opinions and experiences. For instance, check one review of Ippolito's, an Italian restaurant that is a popular gathering place. One reviewer gave it 5 stars, which is the best. My husband and I love Ippolito's! We enjoy the atmosphere and the friendly staff too! Food is excellent. -- How do you use the Suwanee Patch business directory? Share your experiences in the comments below. And that goes for chain retail outlets such as Walmart, which is located in a commercial area near a busy intersection. One …

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New Suwanee Business Licenses: December 2012

Here are businesses recently opened in the city limits.

Courtesy of the City Of Suwanee, here are business licenses issued in December 2012, within the city limits. *-Home based business. -- Have you done business with any of these new establishments? What do you think of the Suwanee business scene for 2013? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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New Year, New Name for Popular Suwanee Restaurant

Buffalo's Cafe has replaced Diggers on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, but with the same ownership. Share your thoughts.

The latest change in the Suwanee restaurant scene also may be symbolic of what it takes to survive in the competitive industry, at least locally. Buffalo's Cafe officially opened for business Friday (December 28) in the former Diggers site. (It's at 991 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, at Moore Road). The same ownership continues -- brothers Paul and Flay Dalrymple -- and one owner made it clear recently that it's not just that signature menu item (wings) that is behind the shift. Paul Dalrymple also owns the Hamilton Mill location of Buffalo's Cafe, and so he knows the business benefits of being part of a chain. "For a small, independent company, it's very difficult to compete, and very time consuming," Paul Dalrymple said in Suwanee on …

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Steve Burns

6:39 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013

Not sure, Lola. Just call them and ask.   more ›

New Suwanee Businesses in November 2012

Here are recent business licenses issued by the city.

Courtesy of the City of Suwanee, here are licenses issued for businesses in the city limits in November 2012: *-Home-based business. -- Have you dealt with any of these new businesses? Share your experiences in the comments below.

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New Suwanee Business Licenses: October 2012

Here are some new establishments in the city limits. Are you familiar with them?

Courtesy of the City Of Suwanee, here are some of the business licenses that were granted for inside the city limits in October 2012. Also, this Saturday, November 24, is Small Business Saturday, featuring several Suwanee merchants. To find a list of those participating, click here. Also, for other established Suwanee businesses, check our Directory. -- Have you shopped at any of these new businesses in Suwanee? What was your experience? Tell us in the comments below.

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Advance Auto Parts To Open in Suwanee on October 18

The retailer is located near Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road and Satellite Boulevard.

A key Suwanee intersection will get another retail store Thursday (Oct. 18), when Advance Auto Parts opens a new store. According to a company news release, Advance Auto Parts chose the location -- at Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road and Satellite Boulevard -- because of convenience, and because it's near popular auto-repair garages. The street address is 3379 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road. -- Do you plan to shop at Advance Auto Parts? Have you been to their other locations? Tell us in the comments below. “This new store’s 15 team members will delight our customers with dependable and fast service every job, every day,” said Steve Sterling, district leader for Advance Auto Parts. “The right parts at the right price are as important as the right …

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Steve Burns

12:49 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012

That's good consumer insight, William. Thanks.   more ›

Work Begins on Hallmark Store in Suwanee

Interior construction has begun in a shopping center on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.

The long-anticipated Hallmark store near Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Suwanee is closer to reality. Construction work has begun on the interior of a vacant business suite in a shopping center at Peachtree Industrial Boulevard-McGinnis Ferry Road intersection. The suite was vacated earlier in 2012 by Once Again Kids, a consignment store. It is not known when Hallmark plans to be in business in this particular center, which has Publix as the anchor tenant. Still vacant in the same center is the suite once occupied by Wallace Reed Music, once a mainstay in Suwanee. -- Are you looking forward to Hallmark coming to this center? What should occupy the other vacant suite in this center? Tell us in the comments below.

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Valentine's Day Goes Digital

You guessed it ... there's an app for that. A developer has released Kiss My Valentine for Valentine's Day 2012, an app that will send your special Valentine little love messages all day on Feb. 14.

  Want to send hugs, kisses and Valentine’s Day wishes to your special someone on Valentine’s Day? Well now there’s an app for that. In anticipation of Valentine's Day 2012, Smart phone app developer Iconosys, Inc., released Kiss My Valentine™, an app that sends little love messages all day in either English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, or Chinese. The developers said this app is designed, "to make it easier for us to pay tribute to all those people in our lives who deserve our love." "Like Christmas, Valentine's Day is more about giving than receiving. I look forward each year to making the loved ones in my life feel extra-special on this precious day. I now can send text kisses and text hugs to family that normally I may have not take …

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Cyber Monday Sales and Traffic Up in 2011

The online shopping event continues upward trend for the holiday season.