A large crowd gathers for ribbon cutting Colquitt's newest eating establishment held its ribbon cutting last Friday, May 29, at 10:00 a.m.

A large crowd of family, friends and customers gathered at Tubby D's Dog Shack located at 208A West Main Street in Colquitt to wish the new owners, Jeff Dancer, and his wife, Shea, success in their new business. The business officially opened on Wednesday, May 13.

Anthony Cobb, president of the Colquitt/Miller Chamber of Commerce, welcomed everyone in attendance and gave his sincere appreciation to Jeff for opening the new eating business. "Everyone loves to eat around here, so you opened the right business," commented Cobb.

Cobb then asked Dr. Carl Marshall, pastor of First Baptist Church in Colquitt, to lead in prayer.

Mayor Jerry Chapman also gave thanks to the new business and wished them well on behalf of the City of Colquitt.

Representing the Community Development Corporation, Debra Atkinson thanked yet another small business for opening in Colquitt. She, too, wished them well.

The hotdog eating winner was (R) Brian Kretschman. The new owner expressed his appreciation to his family and especially his father, Tubby Dancer, for which the business is named.

"A lot of hard work and sweat has been put into the making of the business, and it could not have been possible without the help of a lot of people chipping in to help," said Dancer.

After the cutting of the ribbon, Dancer invited anyone there to participate in the Hot Dog Eating Contest. The contest featured six entries. Each entry had to eat five hotdogs, and the one who finished first was the winner. Brian Kretschman was the winner with a time of three minutes and 25 seconds. Brain received a Tubby D's tshirt and five combo meals.

Tubby D's is open Monday through Saturday and closed on Sundays. Their hours are Monday through Thursday 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Tubby D's menu consists of chili dogs, slaw dogs, relish dogs, sausage dogs, homemade french fries, tea, lemonade, or soft drinks. And the best thing of all, is the chili, slaw and even the relish, which are homemade by Tubby.

The eatery offers several different combo meals or if you are planning to feed several, you can order one of Tubby D's Dog Packs.

When you're through with your dogs and still are not quite full, you'll need to treat yourself to a slice of one of Tubby's fresh homemade cakes.

Jeff and Shea would like to thank everyone for such a wonderful opening and invite everyone to come by and enjoy our delicious hotdogs.

Tubby D's---where your wallet and your belly always stay full!