Maepole restaurant on Monday announced via social media that a second Athens area location will be opening on the Oconee Connector next year.

The forthcoming Epps Bridge eatery will be the overall third for the Athens-based business following an Atlanta location that opened last year.

The post on the official Maepole Instagram account showed a photo of the Markets at Epps Bridge shopping center digitally altered to place the restaurant's logo over the existing sign space at 1850 Epps Bridge Pkwy., Suite 207 –the former site of Simply Mac Apple sales and repair shop.

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Dan Louney, manager at Maepole's original Chase Street location, told the Banner-Herald that the build-out has yet to begin at the Epps Bridge site, and that it would be six months to a year before the new location would open.

"We've been incredibly lucky," said Louney. "Online ordering kept us going through the pandemic."

Maepole opened in July 2018 and was co-founded by The National owners Peter Dale, Michael Clancy and Nathan Goodman. The "healthy comfort food" establishment offers counter service with a wide variety of vegetarian and gluten-free options.

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