Rogue Apron, one of Atlanta’s best known supper clubs, is going strong. A year or so after launching, the site is getting a lot of love. Meal By Meal out of the NYC just posted a cool little interview with Lady Rogue. It’s definitely worth a read. While I have yet to get in on …
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World’s Dumbest Food Report: BLT Steak’s Playoff Madness Special Is A Deal [Laugh Of The Day]
Sometimes, you just have to scratch your head and wonder. Yesterday, CBS2 News out of Los Angeles ran another “Dining On A Dime” segment. So what’s the best way to officially kill an already overused news theme? Step 1: Pick a ridiculously expensive restaurant. See: BLT Steak (Bistro Laurent Tourondel) – CHECK Step 2: Advertise …
La Pietra Cucina In Midtown Reopens
I love La Pietra Cucina … there I said it. They closed on May 3rd with plans to open this past Monday. As shocking as it may be to those who follow restaurants … they actually reopened on schedule. The space is totally different but the food is much the same. I didn’t have my …
Greg Best Of Holeman And Finch: One Of America’s Best Mixologists
Greg Best just made Playboy. Don’t worry folks, Greg doesn’t appear in his skimpies. No, in this case, Mr. Best was just named one of Playboy’s 10-best mixologists. A co-owner of my favorite watering hole, Best is a certifiable drink geek! He’s friendly as hell and awesome at what he does … two things that …
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Breaking News: New York Times Critic Frank Bruni Leaves Food Beat And Newspaper Folk Can’t Spell
My RSS feed just blew the hell up! Well actually … it blew up around 1:30, but I’m just now getting around to this. I got this email from my friend at the NYT, but this has been posted all over the net by now. The best thing about this email – the typos from …
WaterHaven Gets A Date: Opens May 15 In Midtown, Atlanta
WaterHaven, that new farm to table concept from Joe McCarthy, is set to open at the end of the week. The restaurant is located in Technology Square in the space formerly home to The Globe. I’ll be sure to get there this weekend, or the week that follows. All in, the space holds approximately 300 …
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Update On The Standard Murder: John Henderson’s Father Speaks Out
This just came across my news feed… apparently, Donald Henderson, the father of John Henderson, has let it be known that the suspect in custody didn’t fire the fatal shot. More details are available over at the AJC. That article has a picture of John from his days at The Standard, kinda hard to look …
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Epicurious Becomes The Next Slave To Apple [And I Still Hate The iPhone]
You can now get Epicurious on your iPhone, that little gadget that seems to do everything but provide good call quality. Actually, this is pretty much awesome! Relying on sources like gourmet.com and bon appetit, you can find many many thousands of recipes on this bad boy. Heck, the entire Gourmet Cookbook is available! Supperlicious! …
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An Impromptu Chat With Chef Keira Moritz Of Pacci Ristorante [AltoRex At The Palomar Hotel Atlanta Saves The Day]
My head is spinning. Yesterday, I visited Verde Taqueria for lunch and the soft opening of Five Seasons Brewing Company for dinner. Both events were forgettable to say the least. While Verde was disappointing, Five Seasons was infuriating. Needless to say, I planned on using those experiences as the basis for my next two posts. …
Chris Bianco Talks Pizza And Drops The F-Bomb An Awful Lot
So while Atlanta has pizza gurus Enrico Liberato and Jeff Varasano, so too does Phoenix. In that city, Chris Bianco reigns supreme. Bianco operates the well known and highly regarded Pizzeria Bianco (website). A couple of aspiring pizzeria owners decided to sit down with Bianco. What followed ended up being one of the most interesting …
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