The new owners of a McDuffie County restaurant would like to give you a Heart Attack.
Or at least sell you one.
The Heart Attack – egg, bacon, cheese, sausage links and sausage patties on a biscuit or toast – is a cornerstone of the new breakfast menu at Deep South Cheese and Grill in Dearing.
The new breakfasts started in January with the restaurant’s new owners, Brittany and Andrew Brown. They were among the loyal customers of the former owner, Gino Doucet.
The Quebec native and retired military police officer from the Royal Canadian Air Force opened Deep South in 2018 featuring authentic Canadian poutine – gravy-covered French fries with cheese curds. Making fresh gravy and harvesting fresh cheese curds throughout each workday was a labor of love.
When Doucet turned to another Canadian labor of love, his sawmill, Deep South temporarily closed. That didn’t last long.
“This is very important to the local people,” Brittany Brown said. “We didn’t want to see it go, and we heard a lot of other people say they didn’t want to let it go, so we decided to take on the venture.”