9 & Dine: “It was such an honor” Restaurant owner reflects on serving President Jimmy Carter
A restaurant owner in Plains shares her experience on serving former President Jimmy Carter throughout the years.
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Video: Meet owner of Plains, GA restaurant that served the Carters
Bonita Hightower, owner of Bonita’s Restaurant in Plains, GA, was very busy feeding visitors from across the U.S. and the world when they came to Plains to honor former President Jimmy Carter ...
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Jimmy Carter’s hometown of Plains mourns loss of its hero
PLAINS, Ga — Mary Mancus on Monday fastened a white ... Mancus, who greets thousands of visitors to Plains every year as the downtown restaurant’s manager, sees her role as a champion of ...
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‘Who could have dreamed that?’ Meet owner of Plains restaurant that served the Carters often
If it was late afternoon on a Friday in Plains and Bonita’s Restaurant was open ... give them a quality food experience in southwest Georgia, where President Carter not only ate, but he left ...
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'It’s just incredibly touching to me': How a shop owner in Plains became friends with President Jimmy Carter
PLAINS, Ga. — Downtown Plains, Georgia, is a strip of quaint shops and restaurants. Among them is one place where President Jimmy Carter liked to stop in and talk shop in his hometown.
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Even Without Its Most Famous Son, Carter’s Hometown Remains a Destination
By Christina Morales Reporting from Plains, Ga. Plains has no major hotel, a single small gas station and only a couple of restaurants, neither of which is usually open for dinner. Still ...
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A superfan. A pastor. A professor. Why they came to Plains for Jimmy Carter’s funeral
Tiffany Patten of Columbus poses next to a portrait of former President Jimmy Carter at Bonita’s Restaurant in Plains, Georgia, on Jan. 9, 2025, the final day of Carter’s six-day state funeral.