I get asked all the time, so here are my favorite places in Atlanta with my favorite part about each place in parenthesis. Maybe now I can send this list to all those people who ask me for suggestions, but never seem to take any of them. Jerks.
These are places I’ve visited in the last year. This isn’t a “best of” list. I don’t care if you know a better pho place or don’t like a particular burger joint. It’s just a blog, I don’t make it up to Buford Highway that often, I have a limited budget, and I don’t know everything (don’t tell my girlfriend).
No whining.
Sotto Sotto (pasta)
La Pietra Cucina (pasta)
Varasano’s (pizza)
Abattoir (offal, cocktails/bar, Southern food)
Holeman & Finch (cocktails/bar, burger, hot dog, small plates, wine)
Eugene (cocktails/bar)
JCT Bar (cocktails/rooftop bar, painful acoustic guy)
Heirloom BBQ (brisket, sides, warm sauce)
Willy’s (California style burrito)
Miller-Union (lunch, cocktails, pan cooked chicken, wine)
Top Flr (cocktails, wine, flat breads)
The Sound Table (cocktails, wine)
Sushi House Hayakawa (sushi)
MF Buckhead (sushi)
Tomo (sushi)
Sushi Huku (sushi)
Bistro Niko (fancy pants brunch)
Yakitori Jenbei (ramen)
Raku (ramen)
Lee’s (banh mi)
Pho Dai Loi 2 (pho)
The Varsity (FO, slaw dogs)
Bo Bo Gardens (Cantonese)
Woodfire Grill (wine, Southern, tasting menu)
Taco Mac (wings, beer)
One Flew South (airport dining)
El Senor Taco (tacos)
The Taco Ranch (tacos, salsas)
So Kong Dong (Korean soup/sundubu)
Cafe Agora (Mediterranean/Greek)
Empire State South (Southern food, cocktails, wine, fun)
Aria (upscale Southern, wine, fancy pants, collagen)
Bocado (burger, $8 corkage fee, cauliflower sandwich, deviled eggs)
Hop City (beer – retail)
Muss & Turner (burger, brunch, beer, sandwiches)
Tasty China or Peter Chang’s (Chinese – Sichuan, $10 corkage fee)
Spoon (Thai-fix)
Porter Beer Bar (beer, pub food)
H Harper (cocktails)
The Shed (bar, atmosphere, small portion entrees for sharing, brunch)
Dan Moo Ji (Korean snacks)
West Egg (breakfast)
Farm Burger (burger)
Cakes & Ale (wine, everything)
Ormsby (bar games, beer, getting bumped into by the numerous drunk assholes)
Shoya Izakaya (Japanese snacks)
La Tavola (pasta, bar, people)
Cafe Todahmgol (Korean BBQ)
Super Pan (amazing sandwiches)
Tierra (tres leches cake)
Trader Vic’s (tongo hiti, mai tai’s, hangovers)
Fox Brothers BBQ (guilty pleasures)
Octane (coffee, the jitters)
Bacchanalia (the bar)
Chat Patti (Indian, vegetarian)
Kevin Rathbun Steak (steak)
Star Provisions (cheese, meats, baguette)
