Category OTP
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 […]
Moriscos La Riviera Nayarit – Norcross, GA
Moriscos La Riviera Nayarit has been on my list, pretty much since it opened in 2011. Located on Jimmy Carter, just east of I-85, it has been close to my office, but not close “enough” to have made it there, yet. On this day, I was heading south around lunch time and made a plan […]
Ford’s BBQ – Tucker, GA
In a recent article about Atlanta barbecue, I saw a few new places (to me) pop up, Ford’s BBQ among them. With locations in Oakhurst and Tucker, I had been wanting to give it a try. On this Thursday, with a gap between meetings, I headed down that way for lunch. The interior is rather […]
Zeke’s Kitchen & Bar – Smyrna, GA
Zeke’s Kitchen & Bar popped onto my “list” from an Eater list of the best sandwiches in Atlanta. On this Sunday, we were heading to Marietta and I realized just how close we were to Zeke’s. I’ve never had Haitian cuisine, but we’ve had Dominican food (from the other end of the island), so I […]
Narobia’s Grits and Gravy – Savannah, GA
I’ll start this by saying, if I owned this place, the name would be Narobia’s Gravy & Grits. The grits were good. But the gravy was absolutely banging. This was the third attempt to try Narobia’s – the first time we went, they were closed on that day and the second time, they were closing […]
Crossing Bridge Rice Noodle – Duluth, GA
Today’s lunch adventure is brought to you by the Eater Atlanta article “11 Essential Chinese restaurants in Atlanta”. As I am always looking for choices and trying to find someplace new, I looked for those, on their list (which I had already incorporated into mine) around the office. They had a 10 Second Rice […]
Eating Americana – Peachtree Corners, GA
The chicken was excellent, juicy and piping hot, served with mashed potatoes and green beans. The skin was crisp and the seasoning on the chicken was deceptively simple and represents chef James Chien’s love affair with American comfort food. In a great review in Eater Atlanta, Lia Picard’s tells chef’s story, so I’d refer you […]
Dicky Doo’s Diner – Lawrenceville, GA
Like many lunches, today’s journey began with a quick Google search. I put in “barbecue restaurants near me” and perused the results. Forgetting that my company is in Duluth, I found that eight of the first nine entries were Korean barbecue – not exactly what I had in mind. The one that was not, was […]
The Slutty Vegan – Duluth, GA
For the last two plus years, I’ve continuously heard about / read about Pinky Cole’s Slutty Vegan. The original location, on Edgewood, has had lines out the door every time we’ve been by. And since, frankly, I am a dyed-in-the-wool carnivore, I wasn’t too excited about standing in line to eat vegan food. I had […]
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