Category Georgia
Smiley’s Burger Club – Decatur, GA
I had been reading about Smiley’s for a while, but we hadn’t been in Decatur, for lunch or dinner on a Tuesday – Saturday. So, on this random Friday, we took an afternoon to “gallivant”, which started with a trip to Smiley’s. Virtually across the street from Kimball House, parking is the typical challenge for […]
Judy’s Restaurant – Fairburn, Ga
One afternoon, heading from Fayette county toward home, I rolled through downtown Fairburn at lunch time. When I saw the name painted on a brick building, with a parking lot full of trucks, I knew where I’d be stopping. Judy’s re- opened in this new location on Campbellton Street in February of 2025, having been […]
Jamal’s Buffalo Wings – Atlanta, GA
This is one of the few restaurants I’ve reviewed where I had to make a second visit, because it looked too “sketchy” to eat there the first time that I visited. On a Saturday night, about dusk, what appeared to be a semi-closed restaurant with a semi-abandoned parking lot was not the best looking choice […]
The Chastain – Atlanta, GA
On this Saturday afternoon we were running some errands that started in Chamblee, then sent us towards the city on Roswell Road. As lunch approached, I looked on the list, saw that the Chastain was close by and hopped over to Resy and grabbed a 1:15 spot. As we pulled up, I told my beloved […]
Mother’s Best – Decatur, GA
The best summary of this place I saw, before heading in was, “it’s the kind of dinner mom used to take us out to, when I was a kid.” And if you’re an adult, of a certain age, who ate out in America j the 70s, you know why it was said. Think back to […]
Dumpling Factory – Atlanta, GA
Nothing like hearing about a place at lunch, and then heading there for dinner! In a recent Atlanta magazine article about the best new restaurants of 2024 (and late 2023), I saw the Dumpling Factory pick up one of 12 Honorable Mentions. So, when my beloved said what would you like for dinner, I said, […]
Sabaraba’s – Chamblee, GA
Out and about on a Saturday, and looking for something to eat that a) was near where we were going and b) fit a mutually agreed upon spot for lunch. The place we were heading was Chamblee. This was easy for food – there are literally dozens, if not scores of options. Mutually agreed upon […]
É Ke Pizza Pizza – Vinings, GA
With their twin brick ovens (Toto and Pepino), E’ Ke Pizza, from the team behind Baraonda, has been open for a little over two years ago and popped onto my list from a list in Eater Atlanta of great pizzas in the city. We had actually stopped in there for carry out pasta some months […]
Roc South – Atlanta, GA
Since my wife moved her women’s group to meeting on Thursday evenings, I’ve been taking that opportunity to try places that might not intrigue her as much as they do me. Soul food restaurants generally fall into that category, as she tries to eat healthy and the places that I usually go for fried chicken […]
Hootenanny’s at the Yard – Brunswick, GA
While I was having lunch at Ford’s Barbecue last month, in talking with one of the owners, Justin, about Atlanta Barbecue, I was lamenting the loss of a great joint we used to have on the west side of town, South of Heaven, in Carrollton. Come to find out, the pitmaster at South of Heaven, […]
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