Category Georgia

Big Al’s Gourmet Butter-Made Burgers – Atlanta, GA

I’ve seen Big Al’s Gourmet Butter-Made Burgers several times, as I was going by.  The time that stuck in my mind the most was during the Peachtree Road Race – they’re on the left, just as you get ready to hit the steepest part of “Cardiac Hill”.  I really thought about stopping and getting one that […]

Canton Cooks – Sandy Springs, GA

On a rainy Sunday, we went looking for a Chinese restaurant from my list, China Cooks (this one had been on the list for five or more years).  As I was looking for the address on Google, I ran across several Yelp reviews, almost all of whom said that they only ate at China Cooks, […]

Twin Smokers BBQ – Atlanta, GA

Twin Smokers BBQ opened last December on Marietta Street, near the Georgia Aquarium, but we had not had the chance to try them out yet.  Today, as we headed to the airport for an afternoon flight, we ended up downtown, looking for food.  As we drove down Marietta Street towards West Midtown, I saw their […]

The Rookery – Macon, GA

Our official “third child” had been living in Macon for the last couple of years, at grad school and has been telling me that I really needed to go to the Rookery.  Today, as we were heading back to Atlanta from the beach, we rolled into the Heart of Georgia just in time for a […]

Walls Barbecue Restaurant – Savannah, GA

The first time that we attempted to eat at Wall’s BBQ, it was dark and pouring down rain.  And we could not find the restaurant.  You see, it’s on one of the weird non-streets that they have in Savannah.  We kept driving around where our GPS thought it was and never saw it.  You access […]

Crafty Hog – Smyrna, GA

I discovered  the Crafty Hog in an article earlier this year in the Atlanta Business Chronicle about new barbecue places in the metro and made a note of a new place on the west side.  Then we actually drove by it about a month ago, but not near time for food.  When is not a […]

Gus’s Fried Chicken – Atlanta, GA

For the last fifteen years, I’ve been wanting to try Gus’s Fried Chicken, in Memphis.  We had been to Memphis a couple of times over that span, but the chicken encounter never seemed to happen.  This fascination all goes back to reading, somewhere, that they had the best fried chicken in America.  A couple of […]

Mizumi Ramen – Duluth, GA

I spend a lot of time trying to figure out where to eat.  You know how it goes – there are a certain number of places that are in “the rotation” around your office or home, but sometimes you want something different than the usual.  That’s what led me to Mizumi Ramen.  I had seen […]

Chops Lobster Bar – Atlanta, GA (Photo Blog Post)

  When we were looking for a night of “fine dining” out, a couple of months back, I started looking to see when we could get a Saturday night reservation at Chops Lobster Bar. Today’s the day.  You see, the Lobster Bar is one of the only places in town to get A-5 grade certified […]

Revival – Decatur, GA – CLOSED

THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED. We had been excitedly anticipating the open of Kevin Gillespie’s Revival for months, shortly after we first heard of its opening.  About three weeks back, our youngest sent me a text that they were opening that week and we set a date and made reservations.  Located in a home from the […]