Buford Highway restaurants carry with them a certain pedigree that is often unsubstantiated. The straight shot road that stretches from the inners of the city to well beyond the loop is home to a number of ethnic delights. However, self-proclaimed foodies seem to treat any establishment located on or near BuHi with unabashed reverence. Call …
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Max’s Coal Oven Pizza Restaurant Review – Downtown, Atlanta, GA [First Impressions]
In any other city, or even at any other time in Atlanta, Max’s Coal Oven Pizza would have a fighting chance. Fair or not, two or three names have dominated our pizzascape during the last 12 months and change. Fighting for the table scraps that is our attention, Max’s has setup shop in Downtown Atlanta …
Paschal’s Restaurant Review – Castleberry Hills, Atlanta, GA [First Impressions]
On a recent working weekend, after Adam and I were rejected by Busy Bee Cafe (they are closed on Saturdays), we were forced to look elsewhere for grub. We volleyed back and forth until Adam suggested Paschal’s, a long-standing highbrow soul food joint. It’s amazing to me how many times I’ve visited Castleberry Hills for …
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Bistro Niko Restaurant Review – Buckhead, Atlanta, GA [First Impressions]
It appears that Bistro Niko, the newest venture from the Buckhead Life Restaurant Group, is a place to see and be seen. Even inside of a few days, the restaurant is dotted with 40-something Buckhead Bettys, dapperly dressed 60-something business men, Francophiles, and a few other odd and end type clientele. Somewhere in this mix, …
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Coo Coo’s Nest Goes Ugh – Lake Lanier, Cumming, GA [Quick Hits]
While I have no problem hopping in the car for a 45-minute drive to check out a restaurant, I can assure you that nothing about my recent trip to the Coo Coo’s Nest in Cumming was redeemable. The massive, two-story complex reads like many in this category. The interior is marked by high ceilings, open …
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Miller Union Restaurant Review – Westside, Atlanta, GA [First Impressions]
Atlanta’s newest buzz restaurant said hello world early last week. Miller Union, a freshly designed (by ai3) Westside restaurant, features ever trendy farm fresh food from Steven Satterfield, formerly of Watershed. With the help of GM Neal McCarthy, by way of Sotto Sotto, and the assistance of mixologist Cara Laudino, the group is hoping …
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Bone Garden Cantina Restaurant Review – Westside, Atlanta, GA [First Impressions]
Bone Garden Cantina, the Mexican hermana to The Vortex, has been chugging right along for the better part of the past 18-months. A trip to this cantina will take you through a twisting set of roads, rows of single-story retail malls, and some newly sprouted rental complexes. With a solid fan base, though no noticeable …
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A DBA Barbecue Redux In Virginia Highlands [Updates]
As time goes by, I am presented with the opportunity to head back to some of the restaurants I’ve already chatted up. Since my initial visit to DBA Barbecue, there have been a number of changes. Doug Morgan has moved on, and in his place, we have Drew Kirkland. Kirkland, who was previously stationed at …
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Desta Ethiopian Kitchen Restaurant Review – Druid Hills, Atlanta, GA [First Impressions]
It’s amazing to me just how many of my favorite meals are the consequence of haphazard circumstance. Such is the case with my recent trip to Desta, a popular Ethiopian restaurant located near the intersection of Briarcliff and Clairmont. While Desta has a much more vibrant following than a place like Celia’s [you’ve all been …
Piedmont Dining: Hospital Food Is The Next Foodie Rage
We all look for the next big thing. Be it cupcakes, be it burgers, be it pizza … it’s all good in our world. We also look for the next big place … there was H&F, there was Flip, now there is Antico. Well, get ready ladies and gentleman … we have a new entrant …
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