Category Georgia

Blind Pig – Jackson, GA

July 27, 2011 · by · in Barbecue, Georgia, Middle Georgia · 2 Comments

After the excitement of the Hickory Pig, the next barbecue place was bound to be a let down, but I didn’t realize just how far that there was to fall. Driving back home from Macon, I realized I’d have a chance to stop at the fifth best barbecue in metro Atlanta (from the June 2011 […]

Abbatoir – Atlanta, GA – CLOSED

July 23, 2011 · by · in Fine Dining, Georgia, West Midtown · Leave a comment

THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED. Opening in 2010, Abbatoir was getting the buzz from most sources as one of the best new restaurants in Atlanta.  We tried to go earlier in the summer, but had to cancel the reservation, but were able to keep one for an early Saturday dinner in mid-July.  Abbatoir, owned by the […]

Hickory Pig BBQ – Gainesville, GA

July 15, 2011 · by · in Barbecue, Georgia, Northeast GA · 6 Comments

Sometimes you go to lunch. Sometimes you have a “dining experience”. This Friday was definitely the latter.  It being Friday, and me being bored, I headed up to Gainesville, GA (about 70 miles northeast of Atlanta) to sample some barbecue.  You see, in May, 2011, Atlanta Magazine named the Hickory Pig in Gainesville as the […]

Southern Soul Barbecue – St. Simons Island, GA

May 27, 2011 · by · in Barbecue, Georgia, South GA · 5 Comments

So, over Memorial Day weekend, I had to be in Jessup on the Friday morning before, so we went down for the weekend.  It gave us a chance to visit with Colleen and a weekend at the beach (Jekyll).  After I finished up with my meeting, we were wandering through an Antique shop in Brunswick […]

Collegiate Grill – Gainesville, GA

May 4, 2011 · by · in Burgers, Georgia, Northeast GA · Leave a comment

When I first downloaded the Hamburger America app last summer, the first thing I did was look at the choices in my hometown.  About 50 miles north of the city, this green flag was in  the town of Gainesville.  When I clicked on the flag, it opened on the Collegiate Grill.  Then I remembered reading […]

Heirloom Market – Atlanta, GA

April 30, 2011 · by · in Barbecue, Georgia, Smyrna / Vinings · 7 Comments

A friend sent me a review of this “new” barbecue place near Marietta (it’s in that “odd part” of the city of Atlanta where I-75 & I-285 intersect) and asked me if I’d been.  The AJC only gave it two stars, but I kept it in mind.  One Saturday night, Jo and I were over […]

Super Pan – Atlanta, GA – CLOSED

April 8, 2011 · by · in Georgia, Latin American, Virginia-Highland · 1 Comment

THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED. For several months, I had been hearing about a killer new lunch spot in town, Super Pan.  Only open for lunch, and only Tuesday to Friday, Super Pan is the brainchild of Top Chef contestant Hector Santiago, who owns Pura Vida, the Costa Rican tapas restaurant in whose basement this gem […]

Miller Union – Atlanta, GA

April 2, 2011 · by · in Burgers, Fine Dining, Fried Chicken, Georgia, West Midtown · 5 Comments

April kicked off with a bang. In 2009, Esquire Magazine named Miller Union as one of the best new restaurants of 2010.  We had tried it before, for dinner twice.  It was upscale new Southern – fried pig ear salads, rabbit, quail breast and pork belly combos, etc. It is a really nice new restaurant.  […]

Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room – Savannah, GA

March 25, 2011 · by · in Fried Chicken, Georgia, South GA · 1 Comment

For Colleen’s spring break, we headed down to Savannah for a couple of days to scout for an apartment for her pending move. Come Monday, we were making the requisite food plans and Jo wanted to go to Paula Dean’s restaurant, Lady & Sons.  I had read about Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room for years, but […]

Leon’s Full Service- Decatur, GA

March 20, 2011 · by · in Burgers, Decatur, Georgia · Leave a comment

I first heard about Leon’s Full Service in an article in Atlanta magazine in 2010 about “Cheap Eats” and they were going on about the selection of pub frites. Then a lawyer friend told me about this place in Decatur that served bacon, by the glass.  By the glass, you ask? Yep.  With a side […]

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