Updated: 6.23 @ 8:00am After years and years of being Atlanta’s premier dive bar (sorry Clermont), Northside Tavern is finally getting in on the food game … sort of. I say sort of because the Westside’s newest food adventure is coming in the form of a new food stand named Muncheez. A lot of details …
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Lucky Peach: David Chang’s Magazine For The Gourmand [Deliciousness]
My couch just became an infinitely cooler hangout spot. I’m kicking back with the inaugural copy of Lucky Peach, a quarterly publication backed by Momofuku’s David Chang and writer Peter Meehan. Dude and dudettes … this puppy is da bang. You see, each episode (aka issue) is dedicated to a particular topic. Thankfully for me (and …
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Escorpion Restaurant Review – Midtown, Atlanta, GA [First Impressions]
Draped in a haze of street lights, I find myself awash in bustling persona grata. The hip, the avid, and the curious are in to check out Escorpion Tequila Bar and Cantina. Escorpion is a lavish new endeavor from restaurateur Riccardo Ullio and his U Restaurants group and its sights are set squarely on the …
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Chewbacca Noodles [Bento Box Art]
Sorry for falling off last week … I was at a very foodie wedding in NC and decided that my computer should travel by truck whereas I should travel by car. So while I pen some more industrial strength posts, I share with you more bento box art. Witness CHEWBACCA in all his glory! [from …
Bacon Ipsum: Lorem Ipsum Goes Meaty [Laugh of the Day]
BACON!!!!!!! BACON BACON BACON BACON!!! Yes, baconipsum.com is just what it sounds like … a lorem ipsum generator for the foodie challenged. Here’s a sample: Bacon ipsum dolor sit amet sunt adipisicing laboris, qui in eu velit short loin. Occaecat fatback nulla laborum quis, adipisicing nisi pariatur irure tri-tip. Voluptate ham hock pork belly, tenderloin …
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Alamo Drafthouse: Great Moments In Cell Phone History [Laugh of the Day]
By the time you read this I will be on my way to western North Carolina. So while you wait for me to return and drop poetic on places like Escorpion, Delia’s, and the One Eared stag … I thought I would share this hilarious little video that’s been floating around the interwebs. It’s totally …
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Pearl Oyster Bar Review – West Village, New York City, NY [Out of Town]
So I’m stuffing my face full of New York when I am suddenly put on notice. One of my good friends in culinary consumption just so happens to be roaming the very same streets and in roughly the same neighborhood. Yup … Eat, Drink, Man was in town too. Out came the droid, soon followed …
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Bad Dog Taqueria Restaurant Review – Emory, Atlanta, GA [First Impressions]
In a very Signal v Noise sense, there’s a lot of noise out there about Bad Dog Taqueria, and not a lot of signal. Several sites have put up content on the new Emory Village taqueria, but most of said material is regurgitated cursory information. I’ll do my best to give that info one more spin …
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Donald Trump’s Guide To Pizza [Laugh of the Day]
Recently, during her visit to New York, The Donald was kind enough to give former Vice Presidential candidate Tina Fey [click the link] an insiders guide to all things pizza. Thankfully, he took Madame Vice President to the world famous Famiglia and showed her how all true New Yorker’s eat ‘za. Enjoy 8-minutes of awesomeness, …
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A Vote For Tim Is A Vote For Cheese [Cheesemonger Invitational]
Tim Gaddis, popularly known as Tim The Cheeseman, is a tweeting, blogging, socially capable cheese aficionado. For the past 8-years, he’s cut his cheese over at Star Provisions. During such time, he has firmly entrenched Star’s cheese shop as the premier cheese shop in Atlanta. If that alone isn’t prof of his mastery, maybe this …
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