Today’s featured merchant in Marietta is the best barbecue in the City of Marietta. BBQ2, located at 660 Whitlock Avenue, specializes in barbecue ribs (pork and beef), shoulders, hog meat, brisket, and sides.

Today’s featured merchant on WhitlockAvenue.com is Gabriel’s Desserts just off the Square a few miles on Whitlock Avenue. Since 1989, Johnnie Gabriel has been in the business of baking. It could be said that Johnnie’s talent for cooking and baking is genetic, with one of America’s favorite cooks, Paula Deen, as her cousin.

We’ll be dedicating Friday news stories each week to feature a local business in Marietta. Today’s business is: The Marietta Wine Market. Are you looking for something fun to do that’s a change from your normal ‘going out activities’ in Marietta?