Category Burgers
Olympic Flame – Atlanta, GA
I’m going to guess that fifty or more times, in the past six years, I’ve driven by the Olympic Flame. And on nearly every one of those occasions, it has been closed. But I had been intrigued by the sign – “You need to eat. We need the money.” Then a month or so ago, […]
Aqua Terra Bistro – Buford, GA
Today, as the second ice/snow event of the year closed in upon us, I was meeting someone for lunch at Rico’s World Kitchen, in Buford. When I got there, I got a primo parking spot, and then looked around and realized that was because there weren’t but two other cars there. As I got out […]
Cosmopolitan Restaurant – Marietta, GA
When I was searching OpenTable for restaurant reservations, and a place on Delk Road popped up, I was intrigued. I couldn’t think of a single restaurant that was there, except for where Spaghetti Warehouse used to be. When we followed the GPS into the parking lot shortly after noon, I realized that’s exactly where we […]
Pallookaville Fine Foods – Avondale Estates, GA
I’ll have to confess that when I told my wife we were going to a place for dinner that specialized in corndogs, I had a bit of a hard sell. And when I called another couple and said, “hey, y’all want to join us for dinner? We’re going to get some corndogs”, the question was […]
PJ Clarke’s – New York, NY
When we made plans to go to New York City in mid- December, one of the first things I did was grab my dog-eared copy of Hamburger America and look to see where we were going to eat lunch. I had narrowed my choices down to three: Corner Bistro, JG Melon and P.J. Clarke’s. Once […]
Common Quarter – Marietta, GA
Seeing the latest spot from Muss & Turner and Local Three‘s owners, Common Quarter, appear on the Eater Atlanta “heat map”, reminded me that we needed to give it a try. I had read about their opening back in October and promptly forgot about it. Since we were a third of the way to east […]
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 […]
Uptown Grille – Suwanee, GA
When I walked into the Uptown Grille at 12 o’clock on a Thursday and there was no one else there, it wasn’t the best sign. I actually questioned if they were open, but there were a couple of people sitting at a table outside drinking beers. The bartender asked if she could help me (which […]
Jerry’s Gourmet Burgers – Villa Rica, GA
I don’t know where I heard about Jerry’s Gourmet Burgers, but, wherever it was, they didn’t lie. It is in a trailer, in the parking lot of a Texaco station, close to (and across the street from) Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica and they serve no drinks. Yep, not a drink on the menu. The […]
Burger 21 – Buford, GA
Burger 21 had been mentioned to me by several different folks – one day I even found a newspaper article about it in my inbox when I got to the office – over the last couple of weeks, but no one had been there yet. Today I went to see what they were talking about. […]
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