In search of culinary Nirvana
A family of Atlanta chickenistas has moved into the little Westside building that briefly housed LeRoy’s Fried Chicken. While this restaurant also focuses on fried bird and the street sign and building are basically as they were before, there are several distinctions between the patriarchal Curly’s Fried Chicken and 1021’s former tenant. First, Curly’s doesn’t …
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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. …
So this is something called the automato. Apparently, it’s for spreading ketchup. It kinda rules … wonder how it would do with some Mrs. Butterworth’s instead of Heinz. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcniyQYFU6M#!]
Atlanta’s barbecue fanatics have almost unanimously crowned Grand Champion BBQ the current king of the smoker; but, like many of the barbecue joints around the metro area, this youthful Roswell restaurant seems to offer an incomplete picture of the ideal. When GC BBQ opened in mid-August, word spread fast that this was the new centerpiece …
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No, I didn’t forget to do What Was That Ingredient last week. I just didn’t do it. There just wasn’t a single piece of content worth writing about. Thankfully, this week’s episode of Top Chef Texas had lots of good stuff for those interested in food. First, there was a whole challenge dedicated to the …
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This past Monday and Tuesday marked round #2 of the fantastic BATON Supper Series, a sort of subterranean dinner club series that kicked off last month. If you’ve missed my past posts on BATON, here’s a little catch up for you: Moses Archuleta, of Deerhunter fame, and Bryson Tedford are the organizers of this monthly …
Restaurant Depot, a sort of Costco’s/Sam’s Club to the restaurant industry, is in deep. It appears that due to a case of hackery, anyone who shopped at Restaurant Depot and Jetro Cash & Carry between September 21, 2011 and November 18, 2011 has probably had their credit card number stolen. I just learned of this …
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