A franchise team is preparing to bring Midwest barbecue to Georgia early next year. Derek S. Scott, M.D. and his business partners Vetra Stephens and Lord B. Degraffinreid will open Famous Dave’s at 10710 State Bridge Road in Alpharetta in March.
The team, each from different areas of the Midwest, saw a need for high-quality barbecue on the Atlanta food scene.
“[We are] from different areas of the Midwest where Famous Dave’s is a relevant franchise,” Scott told What Now Atlanta. “When I moved here from Tacoma, Wash., I noticed we have some OK barbecue places here, but nothing is the same as Famous Dave’s as far as the taste and the value or the bang for the buck. We just felt a void in the community that needed to be filled. And that’s what got us started on this dream.”…