In search of culinary Nirvana
Tex’s Tacos, an Atlanta Tex-Mex food truck, is set to open a restaurant (of sorts). Anyone driving on Roswell Road during off hours (aka non-meal time) near its intersection with Irby Ave. is likely to see the bright orange/yellow/red Tex’s Taco truck sitting in front of a tiny little building on a tiny plot of land. …
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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 …
A few weeks back, I meet up with Madame Flipper (remember – all my friends have aliases) for a little grubbing at La Fourchette, that Buckhead offspring of the now defunct JOEL Brasserie. During the course of our conversation with the various employees, a few of them mentioned that the restaurant was expanding … …
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H&F Bottle Shop, that long awaited and much delayed upscale liquor store from the gang at Holeman & Finch, appears ready to say hello world. According to the facebook feed of one of the owners, part one is set to open next week. Though no such mention can be found on their facebook page, this …
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Everybody and their mother talks about Souper Jenny, that consistently popular Buckhead soup & sandwich shop. Word around the campfire is that they are opening another joint. Well, the tight lipped soup lady Jenny Levison is starting to let information creep out. Located on Paces Ferry Place, I snagged this google maps image of the …
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So according to that hidden signage pictured above, the now refurbed building at 349 14th Street is getting some new life. Long the home of the nationally known alliterati Kool Korners, a Cuban sandwich shop and grocery, Moe’s Original Barbecue is set to open in the not too distant future. It seems that the owners …
Chef Bruce Logue, the esteemed champion of La Pietra Cucina, is moving on to bigger and better things. After spending the last couple of years trying to make it work in the location that just won’t go away, Logue is scheduled to cut ties with that albatross of a location sometime after January. My …
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Chocolate Pink, a Midtown dessert shop, is closing its doors after roughly 5-years in the game. It’s not a complete shock as that strip of businesses has seen more than a few restaurants go by the wayside. No word yet on what’s up with the proprietors or the space. After five and a half years …
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So Atlanta is getting a new taco bar. Sporting the name Perla Taqueria, the restaurant is set to open in the Piedmont Heights neighborhood just off Cheshire Bridge. In fact, the taqueria is going in at 1958 Piedmont Road, which y’all might remember as a now defunct Mrs. Winners. No word on a specific opening …
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Sorry folks, I’ve been absolutely swamped with work and such. Alas, my blogging has been essentially non-existent. However, I promise to get back on the hobby horse momentarily. While you were sleeping, I’ve been out and about and taken a couple of trips to Hugh Acheson’s Empire State South. While y’all wait on that … …