Restaurant Equipment and Supply for Augusta, Evans, North Augusta and the CSRA
Augusta sits on the Savannah River across from South Carolina, and both banks cook plain Southern food in volume. Every April, Augusta's famous golf-tournament pimento cheese sandwich sells for about $1.50. Sconyers Bar-B-Que has smoked pork since 1956, and fish camps across the river fry catfish with hushpuppies on the side.
Downtown has its own history. Luigi's opened on Broad Street in 1949, and according to Bon Appetit it was the first Augusta restaurant to serve pizza. Today the Augusta Market at the River sets up by the Riverwalk on Saturdays, Arts in the Heart of Augusta fills downtown every September, and Savannah River Brewing Co. pours from a renovated warehouse on 5th Street. Out in Columbia County and Aiken County, Evans, Martinez, Grovetown, North Augusta and Aiken each run their own busy restaurant rows.
Since 2015, The Restaurant Warehouse has shipped to thousands of commercial kitchens in every state. CSRA orders ship from our Atlanta warehouse, so Augusta-area restaurants get the same low prices and freight delivery right to Augusta, Evans, Martinez, Grovetown, North Augusta, and Aiken. The most common orders here are sandwich prep tables, reach-in refrigerators, deep fryers, freezers, draft beer coolers, and food truck equipment.
Pimento Cheese and Augusta Tournament Week Catering
Augusta's famous golf-tournament pimento cheese sandwich, sold for about $1.50, has been on the menu since the first tournament in 1934, when it cost 30 cents, and NPR reports the price has held since 2002. The menu runs 27 items, with meat sandwiches, breakfast items and desserts at $3.00 or less. Until 2013 local caterers made the food, and the menu was built so Augusta residents could make it in their own kitchens. Pimento cheese is made in big batches and kept cold, and that kind of cold prep is what Augusta caterers and sandwich shops run every April.
Batch spreads and cold sandwiches run on sandwich prep tables with refrigerated rails, two-door reach-in refrigerators for tubs of pimento cheese and egg salad, and stainless work tables for assembly lines. Tournament-week caterers add undercounter refrigerators for tight setups and countertop display cases for grab-and-go.
Barbecue, Hash and Fried Catfish Around Augusta
Claude and Adeline Sconyers started Sconyers Bar-B-Que as a roadside stand on Augusta's rural south side in 1956, and smoked hash still comes with every barbecue plate. People magazine listed it among the top ten barbecue restaurants in the country in 1989, and it catered for President Carter at the White House in 1980. Perry's Pig opens Saturdays only for chopped barbecue sandwiches with extra skins, Smokehouse Southern BBQ cooks on Wrightsboro Road, and Riverside Smoke BBQ serves barbecue tacos with slawsa downtown. Across the river, South Carolina fish camps date back to the Catawba River in the 1930s, according to the state's tourism office. In North Augusta, the Bass family ran Old McDonald Fish Camp from 1977, and it was known for channel catfish, fried flounder and perch, and a free grits and hushpuppies bar with every dinner.
Fried catfish and hushpuppies take deep fryers with fast recovery between baskets, freezers for fish, and work tables for breading stations. Pit barbecue and hash kitchens need ranges and ovens for big pots of hash, reach-in refrigerators for raw pork, and a chef base under the line.
Riverfront Markets, Craft Beer and South Carolina Peaches
The Augusta Market at the River runs Saturdays from 8 am to 2 pm at 8th and Reynolds streets by the Riverwalk, from the third Saturday in March to the third Saturday in November. Arts in the Heart of Augusta began in 1982 and returns every September, with a Global Village that represents more than 15 countries. Savannah River Brewing Co. opened its 30-barrel brewery on 5th Street in early 2017, and its founders say Augusta had no craft breweries at the time. For dessert, peaches come from South Carolina: Titan Farms in Ridge Spring, South Carolina grows more than 6,200 acres of peaches, and Produce Business calls it the largest peach grower on the East Coast.
Market vendors and dessert counters use countertop display cases, freezers for peach ice cream and frozen fruit, and reach-in refrigerators for fresh peaches. Taprooms and bars need draft beer coolers, back-bar coolers, glass merchandisers and an ice machine that keeps up through a September festival weekend.
Restaurant Supply Store in Augusta
We ship straight to your Augusta restaurant. Most CSRA orders arrive in 1 to 3 business days from our Atlanta warehouse, with free freight and free lift gate service. Will-call pickup at our Atlanta warehouse is available for verified restaurant businesses, but most Augusta kitchens skip the drive and let us ship it. Most CSRA calls are for a fast replacement, like a fryer that quit before a Friday fish fry or a reach-in that can't hold temperature in an Augusta summer, or for a full package for a new barbecue joint, sandwich shop or food truck. Tell us what you are cooking and how much space you have, and we will help you size the line.
Why Augusta Restaurants Buy From The Restaurant Warehouse
Every piece of new Atosa equipment we sell is run-tested for 24 hours at the factory before it ships. It carries Intertek's ETL Sanitation and cETLus listings, which certify it to the NSF/ANSI food equipment standards and US and Canadian safety standards that inspectors from the East Central Health District's county environmental health offices and the South Carolina Department of Agriculture look for. Refrigeration comes with a 3-year parts and labor warranty and a 5-year compressor warranty, gas cooking equipment comes with a 1-year parts and labor warranty, and extended warranties are available.
- Free freight on qualifying orders, no lift gate fees
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Serving Augusta, Evans, North Augusta and the CSRA
Augusta is our hub for Richmond, Columbia and McDuffie counties in Georgia, part of the Georgia Department of Public Health's East Central Health District, and for Aiken County across the river in South Carolina. Restaurants across the CSRA get the same equipment, freight delivery and warranty.
Augusta, Hephzibah and Fort Gordon
Abel Brown Southern Kitchen & Oyster Bar serves ingredient-driven Southern food on Highland Avenue in Surrey Center, and restaurants from downtown to Hephzibah also feed the soldiers and families at Fort Gordon. Operators searching for a restaurant supply store in Augusta usually need a fast replacement, so we ship reach-in refrigerators, fryers, sandwich prep tables and ice machines across Augusta-Richmond County.
Evans, Martinez, Grovetown, Appling and Thomson
Frog & the Hen in Martinez is a brunch-friendly spot with seasonal sides and Joyce Farms chicken. Columbia County runs Food Truck Fridays from 6 to 9 pm at Evans Towne Center Park and at Gateway Park in Grovetown, once or twice a month from spring to fall. Kitchens and trucks in Evans, Martinez, Grovetown, Appling and Thomson order food truck equipment, griddles, undercounter refrigerators and charbroilers.
North Augusta and Aiken, South Carolina
North Augusta has the 1960s-era Sno-Cap Drive-In, Ironhead BBQ, and Salt & Marrow Kitchen next to SRP Park. In Aiken, the Hops & Hogs Festival brings barbecue vendors and more than 20 regional craft breweries to Newberry Street downtown each May. Restaurants in North Augusta and Aiken order deep fryers, freezers, draft beer coolers and ranges and ovens.
Augusta Restaurant Equipment FAQ
Do you ship restaurant equipment to Augusta?
Yes. The Restaurant Warehouse ships commercial restaurant equipment to Augusta and the rest of the CSRA by freight, with lift gate delivery to your door.
Do you deliver to Evans, Martinez, Grovetown, North Augusta and Aiken?
Yes. We deliver across the CSRA, including Augusta, Hephzibah, Evans, Martinez, Grovetown, Appling, Thomson, North Augusta, and Aiken.
How fast is delivery to Augusta?
Most CSRA orders arrive in 1 to 3 business days from our Atlanta warehouse, depending on item availability and carrier routing. Contact us if you need equipment urgently.
Do you offer free freight?
Yes. Free freight is available on select models and qualifying orders. Contact us to confirm freight options for a specific item.
Do you charge lift gate fees?
No. We do not charge lift gate fees.
What types of restaurant equipment do you sell?
We sell commercial refrigerators, freezers, prep tables, griddles, charbroilers, deep fryers, ovens, ice machines, bar refrigeration, and food truck equipment, plus many other categories for professional kitchens.
Can I get help choosing the right equipment?
Yes. If you can't find what you need, call or email us and we'll help you source the right product for your kitchen.
Can I pick up my order?
Yes. Verified restaurant businesses can arrange will-call pickup at our Atlanta warehouse. But why lose a day renting a truck, strapping it down and unloading it yourself? With free freight and free lift gate service, most CSRA orders arrive at your door or curb in 1 to 3 business days. Call (206) 419-5801 to set up either option.
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