Category Georgia
Sobban Korean Southern Diner – Decatur, GA – CLOSED
THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED. In the course of a week, we’ve gone full circle, from New Years Day lunch in an Arby’s to first Saturday lunch in a former Arby’s. When we were driving toward the perimeter from New Years’ Eve dinner, we passed by the iconic hat-shaped building on Clairmont and I was reminded […]
Red Crawfish – Lawrenceville, GA
Recently, when I went to Sugarloaf Mills, I saw that a new place had opened in the space formerly occupied by a defunct Mexican restaurant, Red Crawfish. I tried it back in early December, for the first time, and have returned several times since with some co-workers. Interestingly, it is the second Vietnamese-owned Cajun restaurant […]
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 […]
The Beautiful – Atlanta, Ga
One day last week, I was asking someone where they thought had the best fried chicken in the city, after reading the article in the current Atlanta Magazine. She explained that she wasn’t familiar with many of the places that made the list, but that her husband’s favorite place was the Beautiful Restaurant. Then I […]
Tin Drum – Atlanta, GA
I first recall hearing about Tin Drum Asiacafe when we saw the location just off the campus at Tech Square. Similar to, and opened at a similar time as, Mama Fu’s and Doc Chey’s Noodle House, Tin Drum has stood the test of time. They’ve expanded into an aggressively franchising Atlanta-based brand, with 13 locations […]
Paizano’s – Norcross, GA
Looking for a spot for a work lunch between Duluth and Marietta always seems to be a challenge – there just isn’t much “in the middle”. As I was given the choice of location, I chose some place that I had not been, and we went to Paizano’s in downtown Norcross. The city of Norcross […]
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 […]
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 […]
Burgers, Barbecue and Everything Else 