Newly renovated Partridge Inn reopens, gives nod to history
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Immediately after six months of important renovations, a single of Augusta’s historic motels reopened for Masters guests and area favorites.
The restaurant on the 2nd ground of The Partridge Inn is the very same position we all know and like. But there are a couple additions and adjustments from the new household furniture to the southern delicacies.
“To get back again to more of a traditional glimpse, to actually make sure that we were making use of that historic element of The Partridge,” Common Supervisor Holly White informed NewsChannel 6 immediately after a media tour of the renovated facility.
Walk into the The Partridge Inn, Augusta’s historic lodge on Walton Way, and you will see everything from new employees to new household furniture. Standard Manager Holly White claimed the earlier renovation was a bit also modern. Now, the web page designed in 1910 is heading back again to its roots.
“8595 Restaurant and Bar, which is our rebranded restaurant, that is taken since Augusta was the money of the point out of Georgia from 1785 to 1795,” White said.
Chef Thomas returns to the kitchen for a full menu of foods from nearly each southern condition and even some African themed plates. Together with him, the pastry chef features handmade biscuits, Bourbon pecan pie cheesecake, tea from Ubora and do-it-yourself strawberry shortcake.
The cafe characteristics a renovated bar, total with areas for you to demand your cell phone and hook your purse though having fun with new TVs and superior corporation. Close by, the veranda features new locations to sit and consume and will have stay audio far too. Inside of, all 143 guests rooms have new home furnishings and appliances together with particular, partridge themed wallpaper and colors that give a nod to the old times.
“In the rooms you can see we have applied particular greens and navies that have been well-liked throughout the 1920s when the hotel was turning out to be huge and popular and acknowledged all through the U.S. So, we needed to convey those people touches in, as very well as some unique décor,” said Madalyn Neal, Director of Income & Marketing and advertising, The Partridge Inn. “You can kind of see in the restaurant, even in the carpets in the hallways and in the rooms we have a tiny little bit of an artwork deco dating back to the 1920s.”
Rooms also have hospitality stations compared to closets, which present spots to cling apparel. Beds and couches are new and each and every room as perfectly as a new 50″ or 55″ tv. Alternatively of an iron and ironing board there are steamers and espresso devices.
Some rooms also have a balcony with a breathtaking check out of the Garden City. Exterior at the pool space, you will obtain new landscaping and patio household furniture improvements.
The Partridge Inn shut in September for what White says was a $10 million renovation job and reopened final week, just in time for Masters.
White extra, “We’ve experienced some additional teaching and introduced on some excellent crew users to make that happen and appear forward to them delivering that gracious, southern hospitality for our guests in the coming months and many years.”
There are far more modifications coming, such as a absolutely renovated rooftop, which will now contain a restaurant and bar. It is newly named 6 South right after its locale on the 6th floor and the hotel’s southern spot.
Neal included the hotel options to retain it’s activities likely. So patrons can count on the well known brunches and extra.
Photojournalist: Gary Hipps