Category Burgers
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 […]
The Albert – Atlanta, GA
Recently named the “6th Best Burger” in Atlanta (by Atlanta Magazine), the Original Diner Burger (ODB) was put on my “to try” list right after reading the article. Heading into town this morning (because it is Saturday and what else would you do) we headed toward Inman Park, sneaking up on The Albert from Little […]
Bubba Mac’s – Douglasville, GA
I’d been talking about going to Bubba Mac’s for over a decade, but there never seemed to be the right time. They had been located on Highway 92, just north of downtown Douglasville, since 1997 but we never seemed to make it in (there location was not conducive to my traffic patterns, but they’ve developed […]
Shake Shack – Atlanta, GA
Several years back, we were visiting NYC for the weekend and I was in burger heaven. As we were getting ready to leave on Sunday morning, I realized that we had time to make a quick run to Shake Shack, just off Times Square. I enjoyed it at the time, although it paled next to […]
Little’s Food Store – Atlanta, GA
Today, after another heartbreaking GT basketball loss, I needed comforting. I chose to seek solace in a burger and, as I had been wanting to go to Little’s Food Store for a while – this was the perfect confluence of “need” and opportunity. This little grocery and grill in Cabbagetown has received recent press when […]
Union Hill Kitchen – Chamblee, GA
Sometime after Christmas, I was told that I was in charge of New Year’s Eve plans for our party of six. I immediately went to Google looking for options, then searched open table for available reservations. One of the options that came up was for Union Hill kitchen in Chamblee. We had seen executive chef […]
Fred’s Meat & Bread – Atlanta, GA
We were heading from Little Five Points toward Midtown, down Dekalb Avenue, when the need for lunch beckoned. Originally planning to look for Thai (for the fourth time this week*), as we turned onto Krog Street, I remembered having read about the market just opening. We parked a couple of blocks away and walked back, […]
Big Sky Buckhead – Atlanta, GA
One of the signs of a good meal is that while you’re eating it, you’re already thinking about who you can bring back. That’s what happened today, at lunch, at Big Sky Buckhead. Halfway through the meal, we were talking about a return trip and who we should bring with us. I have had Big […]
Trace – Atlanta, GA
This Sunday’s morning episode of “what do you want to eat?” is brought to you by “where can we make a reservation that isn’t a barbecue restaurant?” I was looking for someplace that was billed as farm-to-table and the reviews of Trace seemed to fit that bill. As I was pulling up the address, I […]
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