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Restaurant R’evolution – New Orleans, LA
We originally had reservations elsewhere for our third dinner in NOLA, but one of folks that I work with there told me that I really needed to think about going to Restaurant R’evolution, instead. He knows that I like to eat (a huge understatement) and he persuaded me. To the point of me seeing if […]
Coquette – New Orleans, LA
Before we left for a business trip for NOLA, I consulted my sources and made some plans. Cross referencing my list with places that took reservations, I locked in three places for dinner, with the middle night being at Coquette. We ended up just down Magazine Street from the previous night’s meal at Le […]
Le Petite Grocery – New Orleans, LA
The first nice dinner in NOLA was at Le Petite Grocery, which ended up being Jo’s favorite meal of the week. Located Uptown, on Magazine, this restaurant opened in 2004 in a building that had housed a grocery store, under one set of owners or another, for more than a century. Executive Chef (since 2007) […]
Port of Call – New Orleans, LA
Arriving in New Orleans, fairly late, on Monday evening, and looking for a quick dinner, Hamburger America sent us to Port of Call, a bar (there’s no other word for it) on Esplanade. I called to check their hours, afraid they might close at nine and found that they were only open until midnight, since […]
Le Fat – Atlanta, GA
Over the last several months, I’ve been following the prospective opening of Le Fat in the local food press. Earlier this week, I had seen them appear in the Easter 38 and realized that they were open (they had opened around the first of April). This afternoon, as we were wandering through our Saturday, […]
Bones – Atlanta, GA
With an afternoon meeting in Buckhead, and a need for lunch, the stars aligned for a visit to Bones. Bones has been a Buckhead fixture for over 35 years and is one of the places you go for a “power lunch” in the city. On this occasion though, I wasn’t looking for a “power lunch”, […]
Augustine’s – Atlanta, GA
I was a couple of days into my own Burger Week, following the recent passing of Ms. Anne, and ready for another burger. I have absolutely no idea where I heard about the burger at Augustine’s. That is a rare thing for me – I usually remember what put some place on my list, or […]
Local Republic – Lawrenceville, GA
A couple of weeks ago, I was contacted by someone who was asking permission to use my photo of the Red Eyed Mule’s Sloppy Jake Burger (read my review here) in an article she was writing for Thrillist. I said “sure” and thought nothing more of it. Then two weeks ago, someone I went to […]
Johnny Mitchell’s Smokehouse – Euharlee, GA
After a Saturday morning during which I surprised my wife by digging into some yard work, without prior contemplation (or prodding), about six hours into it, I suggested that we drive up to Euharlee to eat barbecue and received an affirmatory nod. Johnny Mitchell’s Smokehouse is, basically, a destination dinner. Not because the food is […]
Pinewood Tippling Room – Decatur, GA
I had read about Pinewood Tippling Room when it opened in 2012, in the boom of cocktail bars that opened that summer. What is a “tippling room”, you may ask? To tipple is “to drink (liquor) especially continuously in small amounts” – making this a place to drink, slowly. So, it’s a bar. A bar […]
Burgers, Barbecue and Everything Else 