CHANGING WITH THE TIMES

  • AJ’s Hot Wings & More, which first opened across from Walmart 17 years ago, believe it or not, previously closed for six months before relaunching in February as Good Eats Healthy Living of Milledgeville. It wasn’t the first time that the restaurant’s owner – Antoine Wiley – has had to change with the times. CHRISTIAN McKEARNEY/Staff
    AJ’s Hot Wings & More, which first opened across from Walmart 17 years ago, believe it or not, previously closed for six months before relaunching in February as Good Eats Healthy Living of Milledgeville. It wasn’t the first time that the restaurant’s owner – Antoine Wiley – has had to change with the times. CHRISTIAN McKEARNEY/Staff
  • Good Eats’ Fried Green Tomato BLT Burger was touted as “a homemade all-beef burger patty with lettuce, fried green tomato, bacon, cheddar cheese, and garlic aioli spread.” CONTRIBUTED
    Good Eats’ Fried Green Tomato BLT Burger was touted as “a homemade all-beef burger patty with lettuce, fried green tomato, bacon, cheddar cheese, and garlic aioli spread.” CONTRIBUTED
    Antoine Wiley’s path to entrepreneurship is a classic Milledgeville story, as well as a case study in how the local economy has changed in the last 20 years.Wiley was 24 when he first went to work at Central State Hospital, and the plan was to stay there for 30 years and retire with a nice state government pension, which was the old Milledgeville way. At some point, however, Wiley put ...

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