Frank Bruni is quitting the dining critic’s job at the New York Times and moving to the newspaper’s Sunday magazine to work a broader beat.
Now is the time for Bill Addison, who moved from Creative Loafing to the San Francisco Chronicle to the Dallas Morning News to Atlanta Magazine in a few years, to dial up Bill Keller, the Times‘ editor: “Yo, Bill, it’s Bill. I’m there.”
Our former dining critic, Bill Addison, is back in Atlanta.
When Bill left Creative Loafing, he moved to San Francisco where he worked at the Chronicle about a year. Then he became critic for the Dallas Morning News. Now, he is dining editor and restaurant critic for Atlanta Magazine. I feel sure this is a temporary gig while he waits for Frank Bruni’s job to become available at the New York Times. Gourmet Magazine will likely try to derail that by offering him Ruth Reichl’s job.
Meanwhile, you can read Bill’s blog, Covered Dish, on the Atlanta Magazine site. (Bill did not choose the name of the blog, by the way.) He’s posted a great photo piece about his Chinese New Year dinner.
It is really great to have him back in town!
For those of you who remember our former dining editor and critic Bill Addison, you’ll be thrilled to learn that he’s coming back to Atlanta at the end of the year as Dining Editor and restaurant critic for Atlanta Magazine. He has spent the last two years as critic for the Dallas Morning News. You can read the official announcement on the DMN dining blog here.
