Augusta's Sports Grill in Cullman has closed for good, serving its final meal Saturday after 11 years in business. The family-owned restaurant on Graham Street Southwest announced the news in a Facebook post, calling the decision bittersweet after more than a decade serving the community.
“Yesterday, October 24, 2026, was our last day,” the restaurant wrote in its announcement, as reported by mycullmantv.com. The post confirmed that Augusta's Sports Grill would officially be closing its doors, 11 years after it first opened. According to AL.com, the restaurant evolved beyond a simple dining venue during its time in business, and dozens of customers responded to the closure announcement online.
Augusta's Sports Grill opened its doors in Cullman on March 5, 2015, according to a report at the time from the Cullman Tribune. It was a family-owned and operated business run by Debbie Veres, her husband and their son, located at 609 Graham Street Southwest. The Tribune reported that the restaurant was named after Veres's grandmother, who inspired the family to open it in the first place. At the time, Veres said she had already spent 30 years in the restaurant business, while her son Josh headed up the kitchen after previously working for Logan's Roadhouse.
A Bittersweet Goodbye From the Veres Family
In the Facebook announcement, the owners thanked customers, employees and the community for their support through what they described as both prosperous and difficult times. The post, cited by mycullmantv.com, reflected on watching “families grow, children grow up, strangers become regulars, and regulars become friends who feel like family” over the restaurant's 11 years in Cullman.
The owners also thanked customers specifically for choosing to spend their time at Augusta's and for supporting their family and business through good and difficult stretches alike, per the same Facebook post. Al.com, whose article on the closure was authored by Heather Gann, reported that many commenters responding to the announcement described themselves as heartbroken by the news.
Eleven Years on Graham Street
From its 2015 opening to its final service Saturday, Augusta's Sports Grill built a run that spanned more than a decade in Cullman, according to mycullmantv.com's report on the closure. No reason for the closure was given in the restaurant's announcement or in the available reporting. For now, the Veres family's goodbye stands as the final word on a restaurant that became a neighborhood fixture on Graham Street Southwest.
