The restaurant’s grand opening is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 26. It is located at 9 Callaway Drive and can be reached at 706-743-6080. It will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.
Opening Wright’s Southern Cafe is a dream come true for Brittanie Wright, who started cooking with her great-grandmother when she was 4.
“She comes from a long line of cooks, but she really puts a spin on it,” said Tara Huff, Wright’s mother.
Hours of family bonding will continue in the kitchen at Wright’s Southern Cafe, a new, family-owned restaurant that plans to open to the community on Saturday, Sept. 26. In fact, customers may find up to five generations behind the counter.
“I love to see people, love to see them eat,” said Loretta Jack, Wright’s grandmother. “We love to cook.”
Wright had been encountering obstacles while trying to open a food truck when Huff found the listing for the space on Facebook Marketplace.
“God just placed this place in our lap,” Huff said.
Wright is leasing the building from Willie Torres and Amy Delfin-Torres, co-owners of the former Town and Country Kafe, which closed Aug. 15.
“Ms. Amy and Mr. Willie have been awesome,” Wright said. “It’s been very smooth.”
The menu will feature Southern soul food, including ribs, pork chops and hamburger steaks and gravy, with sides like greens, cabbage and macaroni. Homemade desserts will include peach cobbler, red velvet cake and banana pudding. Wright also plans to have specials like “Fish Fry Friday.”
“To be able to bring soul food and our kind of food to the Oglethorpe area is a really big deal for us, so we’re excited,” Huff said.
Wright and Huff have been working together at their catering business, Yum Yum Gimme Sum Catering, since 2021.
Wright plans to host a soft grand opening for her friends and family Sept. 12 before the official opening.
Wright said she hopes the grand opening event will attract many members of the community. She plans to have raffles, bounce houses for kids and lots of food.
One of the goals of the restaurant is to create a gathering place where people feel comfortable and at home.
“When you get out of church, you go, sit down and eat; that’s the type of vibe I want everybody to have,” Wright said.
The building gained a fresh coat of paint, new furniture and different decor as Wright and her family worked to make it their own.
Wright said she hopes to one day own the building and create a restaurant she can leave to her three daughters: 8-year-old twins, Nylah and Nevaeh, and 1-year-old Kamonei.
“They love to cook, to help me cook,” Wright said. “Once they get older, they can come help work. I’ll pass it down to them as they get older. That’s what I want.”