Support Ryan Hidinger and Team Hidi. All you need to know at http://www.teamhidi.org The bullet points: a) Several Atlanta restaurants (Muss & Turner’s, Local Three, Empire State South and Five & Ten) to name a few have added a line to the bottom of their guest checks … it’s called “Round Up for Ryan”. You …
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Silver Fox Alert: Laying Over in Atlanta #Spoilers
While I’m honestly the last person to care about celebrity sightings, I can make an exception every now and then. Case in point: the mythical Silver Fox has been spotted in Atlanta. Anthony Bourdain, known to his friends and cohorts as Tony Bourdain, is in Atlanta right now filming for the soon to be defunct …
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Star Chefs Currently Scouring Atlanta [Spoilers]
I hope I’m not alone when I say that I couldn’t care less to hear where “Famous Movie Star XYZ” or “Who the hell is that person and why do I care who they are ABC” happen to be at any given moment. I care even less about where they eat, especially in our city. …
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Someone Famous Wants To Eat In Atlanta
Bonjwing Lee, known to most as The Ulterior Epicure, is, what my good friend calls, a super blogger. Dude be everywhere. His eating budget is larger than most people’s living budget and he’s got the food porn to prove it. Plus, he travels … UH LOT and he’s contributed to the pretty awesome Bluestem cookbook, …
The Atlantic On Atlanta [Food Guides]
The Atlantic is a well established website/magazine that covers a variety of mainstream media topics. Earlier today, they published an article by Corby Kummer entitled A Food Lover’s Guide To Atlanta. Instigated by a reader question, Kummer invoked the assistance of Kim Severson, a newly transplanted employee of the New York Times, and Christiane Lauterbach, …
Attack Of The Killer Tomato Festival [Get Your Tomato On]
It’s Atlanta, it’s July, and it’s tomato season. That can only mean one thing: it’s time for the annual Attack of the Killer Tomato Festival. This highly seasonal food festival put on by the fine folks at Georgia Organics returns to the Westside Urban Market and neighboring Westside Provisions District on Sunday, July 17th. From …
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To Live And Dine In Atlanta Drops Tonight [Food Festivals]
The food festivals are coming fast and furious these days. Thanks to Georgia Organics, who just BLEW YA MIND with the Attack of the Killer Tomato Festival, we have another one this evening. Entitled “To Live And Die In Atlanta,” tonight’s event features stalwarts like Hugh Acheson and Carvel Grant Gould. While I don’t expect …
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Empire State South Going Live In August? [Openings]
So yeah, this is a little like beating a dead horse, but here’s the latest on Empire State South, Hugh Acheson’s much discussed Atlanta endeavor. After multiple delays, the Midtown restaurant is now scheduled for late August. This is stated on their website … but last time they did that, you know how that ended …
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Tomato Season: Attack Of The Killer Tomato Festival Returns For 2010
Attack of The Killer Tomato Festival for $500 please Mr. Kebert Xela … Answer: Jay Swift, Anne Quatrano, Hugh Acheson, Chris Hastings, Kevin Gillespie, Bruce Logue. Question: Who are just a few of the awesome chef’s showing up at this years Attack of The Killer Tomato Festival? Yes ladies and gents … it is that …
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Hugh Acheson’s Empire State South Pushed To August [Openings]
Last we heard, Athens’ culinarian Hugh Acheson was expanding his empire to the Capital Peach. This past April, he hoped to open Empire State South. Things didn’t go as planned and the space (located at 999 Peachtree St) is still under construction. Today, in Hugh’s post about bocce ball, Acheson mentioned that things might be …
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