atlanta dining

Taka Health Inspection

May 19, 2013

Sushi is special to me, particularly nigiri, which is synonymous with the word sushi, but I wanted to be clear on what I meant. There is no closer experience to your food and chef. In excellent conditions, one orders, and quickly the chef slices the fish, often time barely dangling it from a finger to avoid increasing [...]

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Villains Wicked Heroes

April 27, 2013

Villains Wicked Heroes, the anticipated sandwich shop from Alex Brounstein (Grindhouse), Jason McClure (FLIP Buckhead), and Jared Lee Plyes (HD1) just opened in Midtown this week. Having all week had a strong craving for a satisfying sandwich, I decided to make an early visit, which can be risky. But it’s a sandwich shop, I wouldn’t [...]

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Ben’s Brown Bag

April 5, 2013

First there was LeRoy’s Chicken (Leh-Roy, not Lee-Roy, bubba). They had everything going for it – high quality chicken, a classically trained and respected chef, rich and trendy pork lard for frying, and beautiful broasting fryers. Everything, except a consistently well executed fried chicken with an enjoyable (read: not flacid and falling apart gummy) exterior. [...]

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Paper Plane

April 5, 2013

Paper Plane, the restaurant sharing space and ownership with the new Victory Sandwich Bar in Decatur, is now open. Victory has been open for a stretch, but I was waiting for the Paul Calvert helmed counterpart to open before I made the trek from Buckhead to Decatur. Paper Plane shares a kitchen with Victory, but [...]

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Moonie’s Texas Barbeque

April 4, 2013

Have you heard of Moonie’s Texas BBQ in Flowery Branch? Probably not. Though it pains me as a world-famous blogger to admit, until a few days ago, I too was in the dark on this one. A friend (who happens to be leaving today on a multi-day Texas BBQ eating trip from Houston to Dallas) told [...]

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Bhojanic Buckhead

March 30, 2013

Bhojanic Buckhead (the other outpost being in Decatur) has been open a few weeks, at the Shops at Lenox next door to Dantanna’s. It was fairly packed. Live music had just ended when we arrived, which I was later told was a little loud. It’s nice inside, nicer than expected. The menu has a bit [...]

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Gio’s Chicken Amalfitano

March 5, 2013

Finally made it over to Gio’s Chicken Amalfitano, the second coming from The Apostle of Pizza. It’s next door to his pizza place – Antico. It’s communal, like his pizza place. You order at the counter and wait for your food, like the pizza place. The prices aren’t necessarily low, but the quality of the [...]

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Wrecking Ball Pub – Local Republic

January 21, 2013

Not sure how I had not been to the Wrecking Bar Brewpub. What a fantastic building, they did an incredible restoration job. We peeked inside, which is used for events. The pub is below. Huge whiskey list. Good prices. We only had a snack, and we shared a pretzel and crudites with fondue. This really [...]

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