Americus Georgia as down home as it gets!
Wending our way south to the Florida Flywheelers last February we took a detour and ended up in the lovely town of Americus, Georgia. Our friend Beth had directed us to the restaurant Rosemary & Thyme using her IPAD app. This neat little eatery serves local ingredients following the Farm to Table philosophy.
To make it even better, is is located in the turret of the historic BEST WESTERN PLUS Windsor Hotel. Right on main street, this hotel was built in 1892, to attract winter visitors from the north.
It surely did the trick attracting these Yankees to stop and gander at what was a 100 room, five story Victorian style hotel complete with tower and turret, balconies, and a three story open atrium lobby. the hotel overpowers the area covering most of the block.
The website shared that , “The hotel closed its doors in 1972 after almost 80 years in operation. In 1991, the hotel re-opened after a $6.5 million dollar renovation. In 2010, the hotel underwent an extensive renovation… On June 15th 2010, the hotel joined the Best Western family hosting a re-grand opening to remember with special guest attendees Former President and Mrs. Carter…”
We took the grand tour and even tried out the ice cream parlor and walked up to check out Floyds Pub to get a gander at the rocking chairs on the veranda. As Beth and I rocked, we looked out and saw a truck loaded with a huge John Deere tractor on its way to a new owner.
Americus, Georgia is also home to Thirteenth Colony Distillery which I was able to sample at a culinary experience in St. Simon’s King & Prince Beach and Golf Resort. The Distillery’s history shared that they began as a casual conversation among four friends when talking about the nature of distilling. The conversation led to the only craft distillery in Georgia drawn from the Souths largest, deepest and oldest aquifer.
A lovely theater, great food and a main street that comes right out of a Hallmark movie, I want to go back when I can do more that just sit for a spell.
