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Former H. Harper Station owners to open cocktail bar and restaurant in Athens, Ga.

Jerry Slater, barman and owner of the now-defunct H. Harper Station, has been working on the Southern Foodways Alliance’s premier text on the region’s drink culture. The book is to be released next summer. CONTRIBUTED

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Jerry Slater, barman and owner of the now-defunct H. Harper Station, has been working on the Southern Foodways Alliance’s premier text on the region’s drink culture. The book is to be released next summer. CONTRIBUTED
By Beth McKibben
Oct 5, 2017

The Expat will feature a main dining room downstairs described as an "all-day eatery with great cocktails." The upstairs lounge will serve bar snacks like potato chips with creme fraiche and caviar alongside "stirred and boozy, sophisticated cocktails, whiskey and rum on the rocks and wine with vinyl records."

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The Expat, 1680 S. Lumpkin St., Athens.

Learn to make cocktails with Jerry Slater here:

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