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ere on St. Simons Island, we love our food! The sheer number of restaurants on this island and in the surrounding area is rather astonishing when you consider its relatively small population. Even more amazing is the fact that a number of those restaurants garner national attention and accolades. Seeing the Food Network or Cooking Channel crews filming here is becoming nearly second nature.
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ELEGANT ISLAND LIVING
A Neighborhood Burger Joint with a Pedigree So when word hits the streets that there’s a new restaurant opening, there’s a buzz of excitement that fills the air. When that word is accompanied by the news that the new restaurant is the latest project of former Sea Island Chef David Carrier, that buzz becomes positively electric. Has the opening of a burger joint ever been quite so eagerly anticipated as the first day of business for Certified Burgers & Beverage?! When we sat down with Carrier to talk about the restaurant
and asked him if the first days had brought any surprises, that’s what he said was most unexpected: seeing that despite the fact that they had exceeded the initial projected timeline for opening the restaurant by seven months, the buzz continued. When the logo was revealed and the signs started going up, Carrier says he couldn’t go to the store without being stopped by people wanting to know when Certified Burgers was opening. Thankfully, that wait is now over and St. Simons Island has been (continues)
