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Thursday, April 30th, 2009

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.”)

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Friday, April 3rd, 2009

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.)

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Thursday, March 19th, 2009

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.)

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Thursday, March 12th, 2009

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.)