After 28 years of pursing a job well done at Beefeaters in downtown Southern Pines, Tammy Waterbury has decided to sell the restaurant and put more focus on her family.
Tammy worked at Beefeaters as a waitress/hostess/bartender for 17 years before purchasing the restaurant in 2011, when previous owners Jim and Grace Jones retired. “I learned how supportive the community could be,” she says.
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“There have been so many good times here,” she says. Tammy doesn’t plan to move out of the area, so you’ll still see her out and about — especially at Beefeaters.
Tammy is passing the legacy on to Will Faircloth, a 22-year veteran of the service industry, who says he doesn’t plan to mix things up — the prime rib that built the restaurant and the rest of the surf-and-turf menu is here to stay.
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“Why change a good thing?” he says. “It’s exciting to buy something so well-established and with such a good reputation.” He plans to take over this week.
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Along with other awards, Beefeaters has won “Best Steak” in the Best of the Pines contest for 22 years and counting. “It’ll be a breath of fresh air to Beefeaters,” says Tammy. “I hope it’s as good to him and his family as it was to me and mine.”