Last week, Marie and I were invited to 10th & Piedmont to meet Executive Chef Javier Rivera sample some of this two year-old restaurant’s popular menu items. It’s in a really lovely space on the corner of… well, you know… in the former home of a bookstore, OutWrite. It’s more than just a restaurant; every other Wednesday evening, they open the huge windows and move some of the tables around for a painting class! Co-owner Gilbert Yeremyan was there to talk with us as well, His company, Communitas Hospitality, also owns two sister restaurants in midtown: Hobnob, which is on the corner of Monroe and Piedmont, and G’s, which is in the space next door. Continue reading “10th & Piedmont, Atlanta GA”
Category: modern american
Preserve, Athens GA (CLOSED)
In the previous chapter, I mentioned how some restaurant spaces seem cursed. You might think that one particular building on Broad Street is another contender for that name. For about the last nine months, it has been home to Preserve, a modern American place that boasts a really nice brunch and is owned by local musicians Ella Sternberg and Lenny Miller. The building, erected in the late 1950s, was the home of a drive-up dairy bar called Arctic Girl for many years, but it has also been the home of three barbecue joints: Walter’s, JB’s, and Hollis Ribs. Just to put things in perspective, I mentioned Hollis Ribs in January 2011 and intended then to get over there, but never did. Two different restaurants, a hot dog place and a coffee shop, have come and gone since that story. Continue reading “Preserve, Athens GA (CLOSED)”
Union Hill Kitchen, Chamblee GA
Back in April, Marie and I, along with the then-three year-old, went looking to get into trouble with Sandy from Bella Vivere, and decided that maybe just going out to eat would be more sensible than starting a riot or something. She suggested Union Hill Kitchen, and we met there for a rather good dinner. Continue reading “Union Hill Kitchen, Chamblee GA”
Saltwood, Atlanta GA
A few weeks ago, Marie and I were invited to visit Saltwood, a new restaurant in the Loews Atlanta hotel in midtown. It opened in early April, replacing a popular lunch place called Eleven, and it’s led by Executive Chef Olivier Gaupin and Sous Chef Chris Español, who stopped by to say hello and tell us a bit about the menu. The concept here is small plates and charcuterie, with local meats, cheeses, and seasonal vegetables. Marie and I had a pretty good time. Continue reading “Saltwood, Atlanta GA”
The Garden at Community Smith, Atlanta GA
You may have noticed that we’re more likely to visit and write about a fifty year-old barbecue shack a hundred miles from anywhere than we are to sip cocktails at a nice patio in a major metropolis, but one doesn’t like to turn down invitations to mixers, and so a couple of weeks ago, I joined a few other local writers for a meet-and-greet at the absolutely beautiful Garden at Community Smith, located atop the Renaissance Hotel on West Peachtree in midtown. Continue reading “The Garden at Community Smith, Atlanta GA”
Soho, Vinings GA (take two)
About three years ago, we wrote about Soho, among the best options for fine dining in Cobb County, and the jewel of the Vinings Jubilee development for close to twenty years now. At the time, Joe Ahn was the executive chef. He’s been succeeded by Scott Warren, who’s been continuing to serve Soho’s most popular dishes while also bringing a few things of his own to the table. Continue reading “Soho, Vinings GA (take two)”
Food 101, Sandy Springs GA (take two)
I get the impression that Food 101 is overlooked by an army of potential guests who will fall in love with the place once they try it. We visited a couple of years ago, at the launch of their Barrel Bar, and mentioned then that the restaurant, led by Chef Justin Keith, was pretty far ahead of the “new Southern” curve, anticipating the rise of the cocktails-in-mason-jars craze by a couple of years. It’s a place that should be celebrated and talked about a lot more than it is, particularly with some treats as terrific as what they are offering on their Spring menu. Continue reading “Food 101, Sandy Springs GA (take two)”
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