Category Georgia
Miller Union – Atlanta, GA
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
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
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 […]
Willie’s Weenie Wagon – Brunswick, GA
On the same trip where I visited T-Ray’s Burger Station on the way to a meeting, I stopped for a bite on the way home at Willie’s Wee-Nee Wagon. I’ve been going to Brunswick once every three months for a couple of years and whenever I asked about some place “non-chain” to eat, they always […]
Douceur de France – Marietta, GA
We first discovered Douceur de France in December of 2010, when it was just a hole-in-the-wall off Glover Street in Marietta (old location photo above). I had seen a note in the Cheap Eats edition of Atlanta Magazine recommending their croque monsieur. I googled the menu and saw Jambon Buerre Fromage (ham, swiss cheese and […]
4th and Swift – Atlanta, GA
Around our anniversary, we decided to give 4th and Swift a try for our “big night out”. It had been spoken of highly in the local press and made the top 50 in Atlanta list published by Atlanta Magazine in August 2011. We went early (6:00 pm) on a Saturday night and the place was […]
Empire State South – Atlanta, GA – CLOSED
THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED. When looking for a place to meet some folks for lunch in town, I took the chance to try Hugh Atcheson’s new (at the time) venture, Empire State South. Known for his Five and Dime and the National in Athens, ESS is his foray into the Atlanta food wars. I got […]
Farmstead 303 – Decatur, GA – CLOSED
THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED. The restaurant landscape in Atlanta is an ever-evolving thing. In October of 2010 we were driving through Decatur and saw a new restaurant where the Freight Room once was and decided to give it a try. When I went to write this post, I googled for their website and found that […]
The Greener Burger, Rome, GA – CLOSED
THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED. Following the recent demise of Farmhouse 303, let me lament the passing of another restaurant. On Halloween day, we were up in Rome visiting Madison and decided to try out a new place that had opened on Broad Street, downtown, the Greener Burger. Great concept for a restaurant. The folks that […]
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