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New Convenience Store Chain Coming To North Augusta

This new convenience store chain coming to North Augusta is different than most. They offer Southern cooking. Yep, it’s a convenience store with Southern Cooking.  Parker’s Kitchen operates stores in…

New Convenience Store Chain Coming To North Augusta

The new Parker’s Kitchen is located on Aiken-Augusta Highway next to 520.

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This new convenience store chain coming to North Augusta is different than most. They offer Southern cooking. Yep, it's a convenience store with Southern Cooking.  Parker's Kitchen operates stores in coastal Georgia and South Carolina. Now, one of their newest stores is under construction in North Augusta.

Another store in Augusta at Windsor Spring Road and Tobacco Road is also in the works.

More Than Gas And Beer at Parker's Kitchen

Parker's first location was opened in 1976 in Midway, Georgia. In 2020, Parker's was named Convenience Store Chain of the Year. According to their website, The store will offer Southern-style, made-from-scratch food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in addition to a wide range of convenience items. Customers can choose from popular grab-and-go options and a hot bar with electronic kiosk ordering. Menu highlights include Southern Fried Chicken Tenders, signature mac 'n' cheese, potato logs, freshly made salads, gourmet coffee, freshly brewed sweet tea, Fancy Lemonade, 28-degree beer, and fountain drinks with Chewy Ice.

Made From Scratch Cooking

The new stores in the North Augusta-Augusta area will have a low country look and will serve made-from-scratch southern cooking at each location. They are so serious about the food side of their stores that they changed their name years ago to Parker's Kitchen.

Their menu reads like and old school southern diner with Southern grits, sausage gravy, hand-breaded chicken tenders, and homemade biscuits. Also, fried okra, mac and cheese and pulled pork sandwiches.

This new convenience store chain coming to North Augusta is under construction now on the Aiken-Augusta Highway at the 520 interchange. North Augusta is growing!

Tee has worked with KICKS 99 for over 24 years as Operations Manager and Program Director and is on-air each afternoon 3p-7p. When he’s not working, you’ll find him traveling the back roads, taking pictures, and searching for the next dive diner. Favorite place to visit? That’s easy. Folly Beach, SC. He’s usually there at least a few times a year. He lives in North Augusta and on Saturdays in the fall, you’ll find him cooking out and watching his Clemson Tigers. Tee likes to write about travel, Augusta local dive bars and diners and destinations in the Carolinas, as well as new business.