In search of culinary Nirvana
It’s been a few months since Fuyuhiko Ito‘s plans to open a Buckhead sushi bar started to leak out. Now, it appears things are finally starting to come together. The restaurant has been branded Umi, which is the phonetic equivalent of the Japanese word for sea. Seems appropriate. The restaurant just launched a facebook page and it’s …
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Factoid: Nava, the longstanding “Southwestern” eatery from the Buckhead Life Restaurant Group, is headed for the land of restaurants past. While I don’t think anyone from BLRG has officially gone on record, this has been rumored and considered by many people over the past months and years. The rumors are dead because this is now …
Good news for we fans of Café Agora, a Buckhead gyro and Mediterranean spot where I’ve popped more foodie cherries at than I can count. In July, the Atlanta Business Chronicle broke the news that Café Agora was adding a satellite location in Midtown. At the time, ABC reported that Agora hoped to be open …
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Fuoco Di Napoli is Atlanta’s newest pizzeria obsession. Open less than 168 hours, pizza fans from all parts of Atlanta have made it over to Buckhead’s newest pizza joint to test the skills of Fuoco’s pizzaioli, one Enrico Liberato. In his two-years in Atlanta, Liberato has become to pizza what Peter Chang is to Chinese …
Some people obsess about what they wear, some people obsess about the newest gadgets, and some people obsess about the latest celebrity gossip. Me … I obsess about food (and a few other things mind you). Under that all encompassing umbrella of thought, certain types of food have the potential to goad my inner child …
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Holeman & Finch’s foundation is in the craft beverages they mix up; however, their food is no slouch. Actually, H+F is most well-known as “that place with the 10 o’clock burger.” But beyond their nationally acclaimed burger, this gastro pub offers a constantly changing menu that has more than a few dishes worth talking about. …
There are two types of mall food in this world and chef Micah Willix’s newly opened Latitude Food and Drink is hoping to break away from that rule of thumb. The most abundant form of mall grub is available in food courts. Unlike a good bit of the food served in the hawker stalls of …
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The tiny little building at 4441 Roswell Rd on the edge of Sandy Springs and Buckhead has gone through a few changes in the past year+. What was first a Wolf Camera and then a little yogurt shop is now Ringside Franks & Shakes. With a simple personality and a linear menu of traditional hot …
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Subtly tucked into a corner next to Buckhead’s year-old La Fourchette is Tartufo Pizzeria. Since we first heard about Tartufo back in late May, the pizza parlor has grown from an abstract idea into a concrete and fully operational business. As the name suggests (tartufo means truffle in Italian), Tartufo is yet another addition to …
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Look at it … drool over it … want it. Stare at that tempura batter soaking up the ponzu … crave it. That, my friends in food, is one hell of a dish. Courtesy of Tomohiro Naito at his eponymous restaurant Tomo, lusciously cut pieces of black cod have been tempura fried and left to …