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PRETTY IN GREEN: The dining room at WaterHaven
Knife’s Edge: Staff infection (Richard Blais gives us a glimpse into the restaurant world’s make or break pre-game huddle.)
Ghetto burger for sale? (Say it ain’t so. Looks like Miss Ann could be retiring.)
Grazing: First Look: 5 Seasons Westside and WaterHaven (It’s surprising that new restaurants are still opening around town given the current economy, but Cliff is pleasantly pleased with both of these new offerings.)
Restaurant Review: Taverna Fiorentina (Besha enjoys the “soul-pleasing Italian dishes” at Andreas Montobbio’s Taverna Fiorentina.)
Cheap Eats: TINY Bistro (Jennifer Zyman visits this cute new spot in the booming Westside.)
Upton Sinclair did not eat here (Cliff shares his thoughts — and photos! — about the newly opened Abattoir.)
(Photo by James Camp)
ACE OF CAKES: A Yorkie cake from Highland Bakery
Grazing: Chicharrones at Taqueria El Sori (Cliff is beside himself with the chicharrones at the taqueria inside Fiesta Foods on Buford Highway. Hint: They’re not on the menu.)
Review: Craftbar (Besha makes a trip to Tom Colicchio’s less formal downstairs’ companion to Craft.)
Lunch at Varasano’s (Cliff heads back to the much-hyped pizzeria and decides once and for all that it definitely doesn’t suck.)
Birth of a dining critic (Cooper Drose, a sixth grade student at Pace Academy, shares his thoughts about Rumi’s Kitchen for a recent class assignment.)
Forgiveness: sweeter than revenge (”When you screw up and annoy people, just give them free ice cream.”)
(Photo courtesy Highland Bakery)
BEHOLD: The Kitkat Jesus
Annoyance of the week (Cliff wonders why Taqueria del Sol doesn’t offer WiFi. An angry storm of comments ensues.)
Grazing: First Look: Varasano’s Pizzeria (After a few initial posts leading up to his official first impression, our resident foodie sets the record straight.)
A guide to Atlanta coffee (Besha gathers a team of experts for a blind tasting of some of Atlanta’s favorite brews.)
A remarkably stupid decision? (We all know that the AJC is going through hard times, but Cliff wonders if taking John Kessler off the food beat was a step in the right direction.)
Buy me a Popeye’s please (Cliff’s roundup of local food news and gossip.)
(Photo courtesy Matt Stopera)
PIZZA! PIZZA! The goods at Vasarano's Pizzeria
Grazing: Restaurant Eugene reinvented (The upscale eatery introduces a revamped menu featuring an array of small plates.)
The pizza, its char is just right (Cliff visits the highly anticipated Varasano’s Pizzeria and reflects on the hype as well as his first impressions.)
Review: Leon’s Full Service (The owners of Brick Store Pub hit us baby one more time.)
Knife’s Edge: Ponzu scheme (Blais takes us through the last days of a restaurant’s financial period.)
Spoon opens in East Atlanta (And finally spreads the yummy Thai wealth.)
(Photo by Cliff Bostock)
The totchos at the Nook
Feature: School gardens take root (All over Atlanta, schools are beginning to bring food into their schoolyards and classrooms in the form of edible gardens.)
2009 James Beard nominees announced (The nominees are being announced as they happen on Twitter including Atlanta’s very own Linton Hopkins.)
Tart up them tator tots (Cliff gushes over the Nook’s totchos, a new phenomenon of tater tots impersonating nachos.)
Sick in the kitchen (Besha dives into a part of kitchen culture that’s not normally discussed.)
(Photo by Cliff Bostock)
YOU WISH! Chuck Norris does not approve
Review: The Porter (After a rocky start, Besha discovers that the L5P restaurant delivers with a cheap, satisfying menu, and the beer to match.)
Bureau offers ’stimulus specials’ and new menu by Shaun Doty (Local restaurants are doing their best to coax you away from the oven.)
Great meal at Metrofresh (Cliff just couldn’t resist the flat iron steak and a lemon cupcake.)
Beer pick of the week: Brooklyn Local 2 (Our resident beer guru, Jeff Holland, turns us on to the Belgian-style strong dark ale.)
Win a ‘Top Chef’ trip for two to New Orleans (The folks over at our fave Bravo show are giving away an all-expenses paid, weekend vacation for two to the New Orleans Food and Wine Experience.)
(Photo by Cliff Bostock)
This slogan sounds familiar. Anyone else craving a Bud Light?
Review: BLT Steak (Besha visits Laurent Tourondel’s high-end steakhouse and admits that the steaks are tasty, but at the high price, does the end really justify the means?)
Knife’s Edge: Starry Night (CL’s newest food columnist, Richard Blais, shows us the other, often nerve-wrecking side of a restaurant review.)
Good cooking at Holy Taco … with one brazen exception (Cliff visits the East Atlanta staple and despite the chicharrones, has a killer meal.)
Beer events and news releases (Our beer guru, Jeff Holland, chats about Oskar Blues Brewery’s latest Czech-style pilsner as well as a few local beer happenings.)
Grazing: Shaun’s, Ecco and Craftbar (Cliff gets his grub on around town.)
(Photo by Cliff Bostock)
