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Desta Ethiopian Kitchen – Atlanta, GA
On the all-knowing list (that used to be in the back of my car but now lives in Evernote), Desta Ethiopian Kitchen has been on there for multiple years. It constantly appears in lists from Atlanta magazine and Creative Loafing as the best Ethiopian food in town. I often wondered how big was the pool […]
Colicchio & Sons – New York , NY
As we were taking a break from wandering in the snow on Saturday, I began looking for a spot for dinner. When I sorted the available options on OpenTable by “ratings”, I saw that Colicchio & Sons had a reservation available at 5:00. As restauranteur / chef Tom Colicchio is the mastermind behind one of […]
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 […]
Gun Show – Atlanta, GA
Since I first heard about Gunshow, I was intrigued. A dinner at Woodfire Grill in 2007 or 2008 really kick-started this fine dining obsession – and Kevin Gillespie was the kicker. When I watched an interview about what he was planning to do at Gunshow (in east Atlanta’s Glen Park neighborhood), I knew that we […]
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 […]
Chicken World – Hiram, GA
I became intrigued with going to Chicken World when I first saw the big billboard on Hwy 278 advertising their chicken cheddar cheese fries. How can that combination not be excellent? On this Friday evening, it became our destination. When we arrived, right at 6:00, the place was completely empty. How odd. The walls were […]
Ink & Elm – Decatur, GA – CLOSED
THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED. Ink & Elm is getting quite a lot of press of late – including the feature dining review in the “Best of” issue of Atlanta magazine and breaking into the eater.com “heat map” last month. We originally planned to go to Decatur on Saturday, with Sobban as our goal. But when […]
Corner Cafe – Atlanta, GA
The venue for today’s lunch was determined when I remembered I had a remaining balance on a Buckhead Life gift card and we were heading toward Lenox. That narrowed the choice to either Corner Cafe / Buckhead Bread Company or the Buckhead Diner. As I didn’t recall ever having eaten at the former, the dye […]
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 […]
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