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alumni, Mark Hammond and Hilt Moree, III, acquired the rights to Allen's from Slaughter and re-opened it in a new location with much of the original memorabilia, recipes, and live music. It was located on Hawthorne Avenue, across the street from the Athens YMCA location but still on the edge of
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Allen's was opened by Allen Saine. Saine later sold the business to Athens businessman Billy Slaughter. Slaughter hired Danny Self to run the business and eventually sold it to Self while keeping the real estate.
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In 2002, Self died and Slaughter ended up with the business, eventually closing it in 2004 and later demolishing the building. In 2007, two
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neighborhood of Athens, but was later located at the corner of Hawthorne and Oglethorpe Avenues. It went out of business in November 2011.
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Normaltown. There were various pieces of local memorabilia framed on the walls. Allen's closed permanently on November 29, 2011.
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Allen's got its "World Famous" nickname because of its proximity to the
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Quigley, Rebecca, May 14, 2007, Athens Banner-Herald
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references
inline citations
improve
introducing
Learn how and when to remove this message
hamburger
nightclub
Athens, Georgia
Normaltown
Navy Supply School
University of Georgia
Zell Miller
University of Georgia
U.S. Senator
Lewis Grizzard
Bill Goldberg
John Bell
Widespread Panic
R.E.M.
Michael Stipe
The B-52's
Deadbeat Club
"Allen's Hamburgers announces it's closing"
Athens Banner-Herald
"Allen's"
the original
"Allen's World Famous Hamburgers Website"
the original
Marie, Let's Eat!
"Walking Tour of Athens Music History"

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