Coast Seafood & Raw Bar Restaurant Review – Buckhead, Atlanta, GA [First Impressions]

The corner of E. Andrews and W. Paces Ferry in Buckhead is choke full of Atlanta’s forgotten culinary greatness.  Yes, the converted home that housed one of Atlanta’s most notable restaurants (Seeger’s) has gradually morphed from a place of legend and shi shi into an establishment for the more casual dinner.  Coast Seafood & Raw …

Steamhouse Lounge Oysterfest 2010: Get Your Mollusk On

If you’re an oyster lover, don’t mind braving mildly inclement weather, and don’t have a lot going on this weekend, make it a point to hit up the Midtown area right around 11th and West Peachtree.  The reason?  This weekend, Steamhouse Lounge is hosting Oysterfest 2010, their annual celebration of all things oyster. At the …

Midtown Restaurant Week Hits The Town

Another week comes, another “restaurant week” hits.  Atlanta’s Midtown Restaurant Week, which drops for the 4th time, starts tonight (August 29) and runs through Sunday, September 6th.  This one features a whopping 43 restaurants (if my math is correct).  In what has become formulaic normalcy, you show up at one of the participating restaurants, ask …

Steamhouse Lounge Restaurant Review – Midtown, Atlanta, GA [From The Archives]

Originally written 11.6.08 The best way to sum this up: A failure on most fronts.  Seafood (sans sushi) is not well represented in this city; however, that’s not for lack of options. For those craving "bar" seafood, this is one of the popular choices inside the perimeter.  The vibe here is great but the food …

Got Plans? The Steamhouse Lounge Oysterfest Returns This Weekend

Looking for something to do this weekend?  Now that the Steamhouse Lounge is settled in at their new location, they are bringing back their much loved Oysterfest.  I have already committed to an out of town chili cook-off with my crew; the best I can do is hit it up Sunday afternoon.  Click on the …

Dine Out For A Safer Atlanta: Fundraiser for John Henderson

For those that are scratching their heads by the title of this post, John Henderson was an employee at the Standard on Memorial Drive.   He was gunned down during an early morning robbery.  Though I only “knew him” in the loosest sense of the term, I denoted his warm affect the two or three times …