THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2026 · Issue No. 32 · 4 min read
A rough Tuesday on Broadwell Road
Vintage Pizzeria's 79, their on-the-record response, and the re-score clock — plus Deerfield's next act.
Top of Mind
Deerfield's next act now has a calendar
Last Thursday we covered Council's big Deerfield question: what the area should become as Milton's Comprehensive Plan gets its five-year refresh. The City's fuller recap of that discussion adds two things worth your time.
First, the how. Councilmember Jan Jacobus emphasized the need to "truly make the vision of Destination Deerfield happen," and the conversation turned to what that takes in practice: a productive "public-private relationship," with City Attorney Ken Jarrard highlighting the tools that could support one. Crabapple's buildout serves as the reference case for guiding Deerfield's evolution.
Second, the when. A public hearing on the Comprehensive Plan Update is set for August 3, with a draft short-term work program list available for review, and a final adoption vote is expected in October after state and regional reviews. If Deerfield's future is your issue, August 3 is your date.
Source: Deerfield a focus of Council's Comprehensive Plan Update discussion
Council Watch
Milton's data-center pause gets longer
One more from that July 6 meeting, and it's the consequential one: Council voted to extend Milton's moratorium on data-center permit applications, the ban it first imposed June 15 on permits tied to building or operating data centers in the city. Staff are using the extra time to draft amendments to the Unified Development Code, the rulebook that will determine whether and how data centers fit in Milton at all.
We flagged the item in our July 6 council cheat sheet; the UDC amendments are the piece to watch, and we'll cover them when they surface.
Source: AppenMedia
On the Farm
The Milton Equestrian Committee took up Birmingham Park improvement plans Wednesday evening at City Hall, fueled by a recent Recreational Trails Program grant. The grant, announced earlier this year by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, provides funds for trail improvements and other equestrian-specific amenities.
Also on the committee's agenda, under chair Tony Rich: revisiting plans for an equestrian-themed camp, and a survey aimed at incentivizing large landowners (those with 3 acres or more) to keep bigger properties intact rather than subdivided. We'll report what came of it.
Source: Equestrian Committee to hear about Birmingham Park improvement plans
Health Scores Watch
A rough Tuesday on Broadwell Road
Vintage Pizzeria's Crabapple location, a 99-point A kitchen as recently as January, took a 79 (C) on its July 7 state inspection. The three citations were the unglamorous kind: prepared salad touching loose lettuce, one reach-in cooler running a few degrees warm, and salmon thawing still in its vacuum seal. All three were fixed before the inspector left, the affected food was tossed, and none were repeats.
“Our prior scores are reflective of the seriousness with which Vintage Pizzeria takes food handling,” general manager Susan Willis told The Roundabout. A re-inspection is due within ten days, and they expect a score “consistent with our previous scores.” We'll print that number when it posts, whatever it says. (Full report; Georgia grades run A 90–100 down to C 70–79.) Disclosure: plenty of us at The Roundabout are regulars.
Health Scores Watch runs whenever a Milton kitchen's inspection is worth your attention: full context every time, A's included.
Best of Milton
Nominations opened Tuesday morning and Milton did not hold back: 195 write-ins across all 29 categories on day one. Milton's grabbed the early lead for Best Overall Restaurant, Theo's and Alpine Bakery are in a genuine dead heat, and the Milkshake Factory's milkshake constituency looks organized. Nominations close Sunday, July 27. It takes about a minute, and you can answer only the categories you care about: readroundabout.com/best-of-milton.
One nudge: the services categories (best vet, dentist, hair salon) are still wide open. Your favorites can't win if nobody writes them in.
One More Thing
The barn on Mayfield turns 11
The Milton Library, the barn-inspired one across from the horse-statue roundabout, throws itself a birthday party today, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The green facing Mayfield Road becomes a nine-hole mini-golf course anyone can play, the cake cuts around noon, and the library is promising a few surprises besides.
It became a Crabapple landmark more or less the day it opened, and it runs on the Fulton County Library System, not the City, which changes nothing about how thoroughly Milton claims it. 855 Mayfield Road at Charlotte Drive; hours and details at fulcolibrary.org.
Source: City of Milton
Milton Weekend
- →Fri, Jul 17 · 8:00 PM: Friday Night Lights: Moth Week Night Walk — Milton, GA (free)
- →Sun, Jul 19 · 1:00 PM: Goals on the Green — Milton, GA (free)
- →Wed, Jul 22: Junior Ranger Academy — Milton, GA
