You read that right folks … Holeman & Finch Bottle Shop just got their liquor license. That means we should start seeing the goods flowith shortly. I’ll update y’all with the full details once I get back in front of a computer (I’m on my phone right now)
Author Archives: Foodie Buddha
While the Buddha’s Away, HD1 Will Play
I’m Left Coasting it for a little bit longer and time doesn’t stop for those of us kicking back. Meanwhile in Atlanta, HD1, the hot dog experiment with a heavy hand from Richard Blais, opened late last week in Poncey-Highland. So while you all wait patiently for my return and initial visit, I thought I’d …
Cooking Comically: Pancakes Never Tasted So Sexy
Forget JT, Tyler Capps is the dude who has been bringing sexy back. His Cooking Comically website may just be the best new recipe site on the web. A little over a month ago, Capps decided to use his artistic talents and his love of creating food to put together some very stylized recipes. His …
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45 Down & Who Knows How Much To Go
So that’s three cities and approximately 45 restaurants in 10 days (and no I don’t eat breakfast). I’ve got three more stops (SEA>POR>SEA) and another 13 days before my feet touch down in Jaw-juh. In the meantime, enjoy this Hokkaido scallop with caviar and bell pepper courtesy of Urasawa. Okay, back to my not so …
Serious Eats Gets Serious About Atlanta’s Burger Scene
A Hamburger Today is the “all things burger” outlet for Serious Eats, a big time food blog most everyone into food should read. Atlanta is fairly well represented on the blog thanks in part to Todd Brock, a local ATLien who moonlights as a foodie. A few weeks back, Brock wrote about his stuffed burger …
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Andrew Zimmern Tailgates At UGA
Andrew Zimmern is known as the guy who will eat anything. Appetite for Life is his new web show featuring the “best in Southern culture.” It turns out, Zimmern filmed a bit for the show while tailgating in Athens before the Georgia vs. USC game. As the crew cavorted around the UGA campus, they managed …
Restaurant Websites: When the Carpet Doesn’t Match The Drapes
I was recently poking around the web when, for no reason in particular, I ended up on the website for Elmyr, a Tex-Mex cantina in Little Five Points. Even if you’ve never set foot inside of Elmyr, its address in Atlanta’s definitive alternative neighborhood should tell you something. For those a bit less traveled, L5P …
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Cocaine Clams [This Week In Drug Smuggling]
I gotta give David Pocasangre Vaquiz some credit. Dude has some balls, a touch of creativity, and a major boner for clams. Vaquiz was detained at Washington Dulles in DC with approximately 80 clams in his luggage. What makes this story unique is that the El Salvadorian native had stuffed each of the clam shells …
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A Tale of Two Cheesesteaks
The Mad Italian vs. Slack’s Restaurant & Bar Nearly every longstanding dish from here to Ouagadougou is subjected to hotly contested disputes regarding everything from its traditionalism to its overall quality. Be it American classics like burgers, Italian staples like Neapolitan pizza, or even steaming bowls of the Vietnamese comfort food phở, these are the …
Black Cod … Tomo … ‘Nuff Said
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 …