Woodfire Grill 1782 Cheshire Bridge Road, Atlanta 404.347.9055 Hours: Dinner only, Tuesdays-Saturdays. Parking: Complimentary valet. Dress code: Dressy casual. Reservations: You will need them, and further in advance than you think. I always root for the home team when I’m…
Simpatico 25 N. Park Sq., NE (at Mill St.), Marietta 770-792-9086 or www.willieraes.net Hours: Dinner only, Tuesday-Saturday. Parking: Free on the square. Dress Code: Anything goes, but diners seem to prefer business casual. Walking through Marietta’s town square, you understand…
Grits Cafe 17 West Johnston St., Forsyth (478) 994-8325 www.gritscafe.com Parking: Free and usually plentiful, on the street. Credit cards: All major. Reservations: Accepted for parties of five or more. Dress code: Anything goes, but many patrons seem to enjoy…
Leon's Full Service Address: 131 East Ponce de Leon Ave., Decatur Phone: 404.687.0500 www.leonsfullservice.com Reservations: Not accepted. Parking: You’re on your own – on the street or in public lots. Lunch Tuesday-Sunday, dinner nightly. Dress code: Blue jeans and age-appropriate…
Arbattoir 1170 Howell Mill Road Atlanta, GA 30318-8636 404.892.3335 www.starprovisions.com Parking: Free in nearby garage. Dress code: Anything from your best jeans and jewelry to business suits. Adventurous meat eaters and lovers of fine liquors are finding themselves with full…
Southern Soul Barbecue 2020 Demere Road St. Simons Island 912.638.7685 The Georgia coast is a worthy destination any time of year, but especially in fall and winter, after the salt marshes take on a beautiful gold glow – just one…
Sushi House Hayakawa 5979 Buford Highway, Atlanta 770.986.0010 www.atlantasushibar.com Reservations: Recommended. (Lines form on busy evenings.) Parking: In shopping center lot. Dress code: Stylish casual. Atlanta’s sushi restaurants always seem too … something. Too flashy, too homey, too hip, too…
The first to suffer, the last to recover – restaurants are leading economic indicators for both the worst of our current fiscal crisis, and, many hope, the way out of it. As businesses around the state begin to regain their…
Sea Island, the luxury resort that has been a second home to generations of well-heeled Georgians, is completing its metamorphosis. Unlike Shakespeare’s “sea change, into something rich and strange,” Sea Island’s transfiguration is rich, but also comfortingly familiar. Despite the…
Even as Atlanta’s business community continues to reel from the economic downturn, the city’s downtown restaurants seem to be pushing their chips to the center of the table and announcing, “All in.” Some already had planned renovations – or lush…
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