Curly’s Fried Chicken: Westside Atlanta’s Latest FC

A family of Atlanta chickenistas has moved into the little Westside building that briefly housed LeRoy’s Fried Chicken.  While this restaurant also focuses on fried bird and the street sign and building are basically as they were before, there are several distinctions between the patriarchal Curly’s Fried Chicken and 1021’s former tenant. First, Curly’s doesn’t …

Roscoe’s: Chicken + Waffles = Nap

If a person was to ask you to explain the definitive dish at the institution of Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles, your response might read something like this: Chicken and waffles: noun – 1) a deleterious combination of crunchy waffles and crisped chicken skin, met in the middle by juicy, intensely seasoned chicken meat under an …

Curly’s Fried Chicken Now Open In Westside

Well, leave it to the better half of the Ambiguously Foodie Duo to spill the beans.  As first noted by @EatItAtlanta, Curly’s Fried Chicken has now opened at 1021 Howell Mill, the previous home to Julia LeRoy’s eponymous LeRoy’s Fried Chicken.  According to the Curly’s website, Curly is Steve’s dad and Steve is the dude …

Andrew Zimmern Tailgates At UGA

Andrew Zimmern is known as the guy who will eat anything.  Appetite for Life is his new web show featuring the “best in Southern culture.”  It turns out, Zimmern filmed a bit for the show while tailgating in Athens before the Georgia vs. USC game. As the crew cavorted around the UGA campus, they managed …

LeRoy’s Fried Chicken Review – Westside, Atlanta, GA [First Impressions]

It’s a typical Atlanta summer night.  My windows are ajar, the shades open, and the late night sun has finally dipped beneath the event horizon.  However, I’m not on my porch puffing a cigar nor in my media room kicked back and taking in the comedic barbs of Jon Stewart.  No, I find myself curled …

Woodfire Grill Restaurant Review – Cheshire Bridge, Atlanta, GA [First Impressions]

Nestled amongst Atlanta’s stretch of tasseled "thingies” and institutional eateries is one of the best examples of contemporary American cuisine this side of the Mason-Dixon.  Chef Kevin Gillespie, still shy of 30-years-old, has taken Woodfire Grill from the brink of EXtinction to the point of DIStinction.  If Atlanta’s hopes of international culinary fame are to …

Bobby & June’s Kountry Kitchen Restaurant Review – Midtown, Atlanta, GA [First Impressions]

Bobby and June’s Kountry Kitchen is a place of romanticism and idealized memories.  Every city has a place (or two) like this, a breakfast joint that serves as a tribute to times gone by from era’s long past.  It’s here we find this simple little shack, nestled in the bosom of high-rises and traffic jams.  …

Sauced Restaurant Review – Inman Park, Atlanta, GA [First Impressions]

Sauced, Ria Pell’s new fusion soul food venture in Inman Park Atlanta, has been motoring along for several months.  Though the restaurant came up for a brief breath of air in 2009, it actually opened for real in early 2010.  Soon after, Spark Plug and I made it the appetizer stop on one of our …

The West Egg Cafe Adds Dinner Service

  The West Egg, that popular Westside Atlanta breakfast joint, is now doing dinner.  Having moved just a short while ago into fancy new digs, the restaurant has decided to expand their hours of operation.  (They’re just a hop skip and jump away from their old location).  The restaurant is now open from 7am-10pm Monday thru …

Empire State South By Hugh Acheson Sets Sail In April [Openings]

Georgia has long been unofficially known as the Empire State of the South.  Now, it looks like we’re finally ready to make that official (at least in the restaurant world).  Empire State South is set to be the first foray into the Atlanta dining scene for the accomplished Hugh Acheson.  Sporting a progressive take on …