Zen On Ten Restaurant Review – Westside, Atlanta, GA [First Impressions]

Adam (aka guest blogger dude) and I were milling around the Westside a few days ago looking for a place to eat lunch at.  Having spent the previous day gut busting around, I had a hankering for some sushi.  A cheerful banter arose, so back and forth we went until Adam suggested Zen on Ten, …

Taqueria Del Sol Restaurant Review In Pictures: Chile Rellenos And All – Westside, Atlanta, GA [Quick Hits]

I think it would be presumptuous of me to assume that the majority of the people who happen upon this little love of mine have no idea about Taquería Del Sol.  In that spirit, I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that this little chain of taco bars (aka taquerías) is the darling of …

Bocado Coming Soon To Atlanta’s Westside

Think we’re in a bad economy? Well you wouldn’t know by the ridiculous amount of restaurants brave enough to pull their heads out of the sand in recent months.  One of the newest to put its name in the competition for restaurant with the biggest set of brass balls is Bocado. Bocado, which translates loosely …

5 Seasons Brewing Company Restaurant Review: Still Stale And Annoying – Midtown, Atlanta

Overall:[rating:0] Despite my initial impression of 5 Seasons Brewing Company over in Midtown, Atlanta, I was both willing and able to make a return visit.  In the two months since, I’ve made three return trips.  To be honest, I’ll have a very hard time mustering up the guts for a 4th.  As you may have …

JCT Kitchen Restaurant Review: Slipping Into Oblivion – Westside In Midtown, Atlanta, GA

Overall:[rating:1] JCT Kitchen just donkey punched me… alright, just had to get that out of the way. I’ve been all up and over the Westside recently.  In that spirit, it’s no surprise then that I found myself dining at JCT Kitchen yet again.  It’s time to throw some more stars out, and so JCT gets …

Carver’s Country Kitchen & Grocery Restaurant Review – Westside In Midtown, Atlanta, GA

Overall:[rating:2] Ahhhhhhhhh … everyone’s favorite gut buster … none other than Carver’s Grocery on the Westside of Midtown.  Okay, in all technicality – what you have is a restaurant (aka Carver’s Country Kitchen) inside a grocery (aka Carver’s Grocery).  The reality is that in all my years of visiting the Carver’s and their restaurant, I’ve …

Abattoir Chophouse Review: Bangs One Out On The Westside – Midtown, Atlanta, GA [First Impressions]

This is a first impression if there ever was one. Thursday, May 21, 2009: the laptop closed, the door slammed, and I bustled my hustle over to Abattoir Chophouse just as soon as I could wrap up my 9-5.  I’m such a restaurant whore!  Thankfully, I had a little detour on the way over to …

Fat Tire Rolls Into Atlanta At Hop City Beer [New Belgium Beer]

Fat Tire roles into Atlanta … get it? HA! I kill me.  Okay, so bad humor aside, this should be of interest to you who sip the suds.  Three new Belgian beers showed up this afternoon at Hop City Beer.  Though EatItAtlanta walked out with the first picture, I managed to score the first case.  …

5 Seasons Brewing Company Opens In Midtown; Fries My Grits And Screws Up Epically [First Impressions]

Check the right hand side … that’s a little eye candy for all you ladies.  Sorry girls, that’s @holtlyda and he is indeed, off the market.  Meanwhile, a conversation at 5 Seasons Brewing Company: Oliver Twist: Please sir, I want some more. Mr. Bumble: [thinking he must not have heard right] What? Oliver Twist: Please …

Tiny Bistro Restaurant Review – Westside In Midtown, Atlanta, GA [First Impressions]

Tiny Bistro is a new café just off the beaten path in the midtown/westside part of town.  It’s pretty well hidden given that it faces the intersection of 8th and Marietta St.  In fact, it’s so easy to miss that Adam, a FB guest blogger , and I were pretty sure we were going to …