Team Hidi: 01.27.13

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 …

Eleanor’s: A Cocktail Bar from Muss & Turner’s Goes Live

So the gang from Muss & Turners has gotten together and opened themselves a little cocktail bar. Aptly named Eleanor’s (after one of their longtime employees), Eleanor’s is a cocktail bar with some food offerings from the newly M&T’s next door. It’s located right next to M&Ts (and there’s a little connector between the two).  …

Local Three By Muss & Turner’s To Take Over JOEL Brasserie Space [Breaking News]

UPDATED Okay, so now that I’m in front of a computer, let’s give this a proper write up.  Todd Mussman and Ryan Turner (who collectively operate Smyrna’s Muss & Turner’s) have joined forces with Chris Hall, of 4th & Swift and Canoe fame, on an upcoming restaurant with the moniker of Local Three.  Though the …

Chef Ryan Hidinger: Inside The Chef’s Kitchen #1

So today is the debut of Inside The Chef’s Kitchen.  If you want some background on the series, check out the introductory post from a few days back. For our premier post, we managed to score some time with Chef Ryan Hidinger, the executive chef at Muss & Turner’s.  In addition to his role at …

Get Your Butcher On With Todd Mussman & Grindhouse Killer Burgers [Lessons]

I’m starting to think that I should do most of my writing after the witching hour … it’s amazing what you see late at night.  As I ho-hum here and poke around the net, this tweet showed up in my twitter feed.  My goodness, maybe twitter isn’t completely useless.  For those of you who don’t …

Harvest Midtown Comes To The Georgian Terrace

  Harvest Midtown hits Sunday, Oct. 4 from 1pm to 5pm (that’s tomorrow as of this writing).  The event will be hosted at the Georgian Terrace in Midtown and runs from 1pm to 5pm.  This fall festival features a lot of food, wine, and entertainment from around the city. If ya’ll are looking for full …

Hug It Out At The Prelude To Staplehouse [Sneak Peeks]

Tommy: Brothers don’t shake hands. Brothers gotta hug.    That’s the kind of atmosphere at an event hosted by Jen & Ryan Hidinger (the line of course is a quote straight out of Tommy Boy).  In fact, we tried to get out of there on a handshake, and the better half insisted we hug it …

Get A Sneak Peek At Staplehouse Restaurant

Word travels these days.  Recently, I was turned onto a relatively new supper club by the name of A Prelude To Staple House (alternatively: staplehouse.com).  Run by Atlanta chef Ryan Hidinger and his boss (echemm… wife) Jenifer, Prelude popped up in early January.  With roughly six meals under their belts (as of the 31st), it …

Muss & Turner’s In Vinings, Smyrna: Atlanta Sub & Sandwich Tour #6

I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time in the Vinings area the past few days.  After a great lunch at Social Vinings on Tuesday and a disaster of a meal at nearby South City Kitchen later that night, I returned today to hit up Muss & Turner’s for lunch.  I haven’t spent this much time …

The Atlanta Sub & Sandwich Tour: Sandwich Shop Stops And The Quest For Atlanta’s Best

Sandwich Shop Stops: quick, say that again three times!  So after a LOT of research, I have come up with a list of 20 spots to visit.  Two places that I want to try are named… but not included in that twenty.  I really wanted to focus on locally owned and operated Atlanta joints; however, …