The 'C' in Mike & C's is for co-owner CeCe Coffee, who first

met Healy at Shadows where she started a women's breakfast group

that met every Friday. Coffee was also involved in the food industry,

running a catering business out of the Wendell Coffee Golf Center

in Tyrone. The two decided to combine forces and start a new

restaurant and six months later Mike & C's was born.

"From the beginning we wanted Mike & C's to be unique," Mike

Healy said. "As I like to say it,we are the untraditional

sports grill."

So just what sets the restaurant apart and makes it unique?

It is all in the details. The sports grill serves a full breakfast

until two o'clock everyday, and if you remember the breakfast

that Shadows offered, it is easy to see why this feature, even

in a sports grill, is a popular indeed. The children's menu includes

a Blow Pop for dessert.

"Our food is made from the very best products available," Healy

said. "Our roast beef is as tender and lean as you can find

it and that makes the French Dip our number-one best seller at

the restaurant. Our burgers are Black Angus and served on a Sara

Lee bun."

All the meals come in generous portions, even the crab legs,

and as Healy said, "Even though you have to work for them,

they are really good." Pasta dishes can be fixed as family

size, and burgers come with a choice of chips, coleslaw or fries

as a side.

Appetizers include nachos, fried mushrooms and onion rings and

range from $3.99 to $6.99. There are several types of salads

with a variety of delicious toppings, and wings can be ordered

in either buffalo, teriyaki or lemon pepper sauce. For dessert,

Dippin Dots, that fun ice cream variety made up of tiny beads

of ice cream, is a hard to find treat.

For those with a slightly more sophisticated taste, Mike & C's

offers more than just burgers and finger food. Daily specials

serve up tenderloin medallions, lasagna or chicken medallions

over capellini in lemon butter sauce. Check for the day's special

and price, which ranges from $7.99 for pasta to $11.99 for surf

and turf.

Along with their large food menu, Mike & C's offers a wide

range of beer and wine, all in a nonsmoking atmosphere.

Being a sports grill, television coverage of all the biggest

games is important, and Mike & C's has 18 TVs bringing in

10 different stations to cater to football, NASCAR, baseball

and all other sports fans. One screen even shows Nickelodeon

cartoons to keep the kids entertained.

The restaurant also offers games for kids to play in a safe

environment, including checker boards. "It is amazing the

amount of people who play checkers," Healy said, adding

that both children and adults enjoy the game.

"We have been truly blessed with an awesome crew," Healy

said of the restaurant. "They have worked very hard and

played a huge role in our business." He added that Mike & C's

will soon be starting construction of its second location in

southern Fayetteville, and that an updated menu will be coming

in the next few weeks.

Mike & C's Family Sports Grill is in the Wilshire Pavilion

Shopping Center at 1200 Ga. Highway 74 South in Peachtree City.

Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday 7 a.m.-10 p.m.,

Friday and Saturday 7 a.m.-11 p.m. and Sunday 8 a.m.-10 p.m.

For more information, call 770-486-1982.

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