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The Smoke Ring – Atlanta, GA – CLOSED
THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED. Only open about a month, the Smoke Ring caught my attention when I saw a new billboard for it on Northside Drive, just south of Hollowell Parkway. The name didn’t ring (pun unintended) any bells – I had seen nothing about in any of the food press, that I recalled. At […]
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream – Atlanta, GA
About two weeks back, I noticed Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams had appeared on the Eater.com “What’s Hot in Atlanta” list. Then Thursday night, one of my buddies mentioned that they were going to “go to there” this weekend. When we ended up in the Westside Provision District, as part of my ongoing quest for a […]
Delia’s Chicken Sausage Stand – Atlanta, GA
Delia’s Chicken Sausage Stand is another of the places that I’d been intending to try for months and months. It seemed to take longer than normal to get this blog post written but it was a very simple explanation – I had accidentally deleted my photo of the signage. I had attempted to return on […]
KD’s Bar-B-Q – Midland, TX
I end up with an overnight in Midland / Odessa once or twice a year for work, which gives me a chance to catch up with a couple of friends that live there (to protect the innocent, I’ll refer to them as Altitude Boy and Pookie). This evening, when I asked where they wanted to […]
Yuka Roll & Pho – Suwanee, GA
Yet another day of dining alone at lunch led me to Yuka Roll & Pho in Suwannee. I had eaten in the Thai restaurant at the other end of this plaza, but had never been to Roll & Pho. When I walked in, I was greeted by the two chefs behind the sushi bar (which […]
BurgerFi – Kennesaw, GA
A couple of months back, I noticed BurgerFi when I was driving through downtown Kennesaw. I made a mental note to come back there, but almost immediately forgot about it. Then, last month, some of our friends mentioned that they had been there for lunch. They said that the burger was good so we thought […]
Rusty Pig Barbecue – Glenn, GA
On the journey to south Georgia that brought us to the fabulous sign in my header (at the Dairy Ranch in Jesup), my original plan was to eat at the Rusty Pig in Glennville. I won’t recant the challenge here, but as you can read in that review, we couldn’t find it. As we were […]
Moe’s Southwestern Grill – Duluth, GA
Maybe they’ve done market research and a lot of folks like walking into a place in being yelled at. It just reminds me of being at the office. Opening the door to a chorus of “welcome to Moe’s” is likely intended to be inviting, but it just seems forced. I did enjoy the humor of […]
CheoGaJip My Favorite Chicken – Duluth, GA
My original plan for lunch today was to meet some fellow food bloggers at Tempo Doeloe, but the timing stars did not align, so I was forced to regroup. Since I was on my own and already contemplating Asian food, I headed toward Assi Plaza on Old Peachtree Road to see what I might find. […]
Big Tex Decatur – Decatur, GA – CLOSED
THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED. I’ve been intending to eat at Big Tex Decatur, a sister restaurant to Fox Brothers barbecue, for several months. But it always seemed that when I was in Decatur, I was on the way somewhere else. When I saw them mentioned in a Tweet from @foxbrosbarbq yesterday, I made a determination […]
Burgers, Barbecue and Everything Else 