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Joy Caf serves up Southern comfort
Restaurant owner with Statesboro roots featured on Food Network's "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives"
wGuy Fieri with owners Joy and John Beber of Joy Caf in Atlanta GA on Food Networks Diners Drive-Ins and Dives 2
Guy Fieri appears with Joy and John Beber, owners of Joy Caf in Atlanta, Ga., as seen on Food Network's "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives" episode 2305, titled "Homeland Favorites." - photo by CITIZEN PICTURES via FOOD NETWORK/special
When Joy Austin Beber opened Joy Café in Atlanta four years ago, she never thought she would be entertaining Food Network host Guy Fieri in her kitchen one day. But that's just what happened a few months ago, and last Friday, the Statesboro native and Georgia Southern alumna — along with her co-owner and husband, Jon — enjoyed 15 minutes of fame when Joy Café appeared on a new episode of the Food Network's popular show "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives." "I never really saw myself ending up where I am, if you know what I mean," she told the Statesboro Herald, laughing, as she often does.
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