Another New Restaurant Coming to Lavonia?

By Mark Berryman, WLHR Radio, Lavonia

Is the City of Lavonia going to be getting yet another new restaurant?

Last week, social media lit up with word that Lavonia will be getting a Texas Roadhouse restaurant.

That rumor likely fueled by grading work being done on about an acre of land next to the Raceway gas station on Jones St./Hwy 17.

The owner of the land tells WLHR News he is getting the property cleared and ready to sell, but did not say if he had anyone actually interested in buying it.

Meantime, Lavonia City Manager Charles Cawthon said Monday he did not know if the rumors were true or not.

Cawthon said he had been contacted about alcohol licensing requirements and about signage heights such as those found along interstates.

The person asking for the information did not disclose a company, a restaurant brand, or even if and when a restaurant would be coming to the Highway 17/Interstate 85 corridor.

Cawthon did say, however, those questions would certainly fit a Texas Roadhouse, but it would also fit a number of other chains as well.

The Lavonia mayor said, however, that in order to do build a restaurant the paperwork for permits and such would come across his desk, and as of Monday morning he had not received any of the required documents.