ATLANTA Restaurants

Ricky P. wrote:

>Folks,

>What would be the names of some restaurants in Atlanta, Ga. which
>specialize in quality when it comes to seafood, or regional (Southern)
>country style cooking? P.S. I a'int interested in no chitlins! Thanks a
>bunch and GO BRAVES!!!!
>-Ricky Payne

For seafood I would recommend the Atlanta Fish Market - high scale, terrific quality, but not cheap and Bacchanalia - California style cuisine, one of the city's best restaurants with spectacular seafood dishes a staple on the $35 prix fixe menu.

For southern, at the low end it is hard to beat the Colonnade on Cheshire Bridge in Midtown.  At the higher end try Horseradish Grill or Buckhead Diner, both of which do very innovative spins on traditional southern cooking.

In  [email removed] (Ricky Payne
) writes:

>
>
>Folks,
>
>What would be the names of some restaurants in Atlanta, Ga. which
>specialize in quality when it comes to seafood, or regional (Southern)
>country style cooking? P.S. I a'int interested in no chitlins! Thanks a
>bunch and GO BRAVES!!!!
>-Ricky Payne
>

The Atlanta Fish Market and restaurants in the Peasant Group (The Peasant, Peasant at Phipps, Pleasant Peasant, and others) have great seafood and some regional cuisine.  The Kudzu Cafe is one of the better nouveau Southern style restaurants and is easy to find in Buckhead on Peachtree Road near Lenox Square.

In article , [email removed] (Evan
Osborne) wrote:

> We are heading to Atlanta for the Olympics, and are interested in
> Japanese, French, Italian, BBQ or local cuisine.  Expensive restaurants
> are OK, as long as the expense is worthwhile, but we of course have no
> objection to paying less.  Can anyone recommend some good places?
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 i've worked in the restaurant biz in atlanta for a while now, (in the kitchen), and here are some of my favorites: murphy's in va-hi, also harvest in va-hi, brassiere le coze, and of course bacchinalia.  the flying biscuit and fellini's in candler park are also good.  if possible, aviod buckhead like the plauge, the restaurants are overpriced and the service snotty.  just so you know, the average foodservice employee in atlanta is NOT TOO HAPPY about the olympics coming here.  the owners are going to make big cash, the rest of us are going to bust our butts for the same old thing we always get; low pay,long hours and hot kitchens.  and no, atlanta is not going to be ready.

>>We are heading to Atlanta for the Olympics, and are interested in

Good luck :)

>fellini's in candler park are also good.  if possible, aviod buckhead like
>the plauge,   the restaurants are overpriced and the service snotty

Atlanta has lots of good restaurants, and I wouldn't exclude Buckhead based on this comment.  It's the patrons hanging around Buckhead that can be "snotty" - I've never had "snotty" service.  Buckhead tends to get very crowded, especially on weekends, and the Olympics won't help that.  A couple I've been to that I can remember the names of (besides the standard Bennigans, TGIF, etc.)

Bone's (Piedmont Rd, near Peachtree St, near Buckhead) is a great steak place - outstanding service

Cheesecake Factory (Peachtree St., in Buckhead) - novelty place, great food, huge portions, decent service, often quite a wait though.  Park in their lot and it's valet only ("free", excluding tip).  Don't know if it's related to the valet service mentioned before, but I've never had a problem.

I'll have to agree with the other post to avoid Atlantic Fish Market (Buckhead), but not because of the valet necessarily, but the service inside was bad.

Look up an Italian place called Macaroni's.  They're real good food, down to earth kind of place.  There's one in Roswell (north of Atlanta), but there may be one closer.

I rarely visit downtown anymore because the Olympic preparations make it too difficult to get around.  But down there is a tourist-type place called Underground Atlanta.  There is a seafood place at one end that was pretty good (sorry, name slips my memory).  I avoid Planet Hollywood & Hard Rock.

>the average foodservice employee in atlanta is NOT TOO HAPPY about the
>olympics coming here.  the owners are going to make big cash, the rest of

Not just food service employees.  I've heard this from several other sources.

>and no, atlanta is not going to be ready.

Again, several other sources concur with this comment.

Have fun,
Mark

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Don wrote:

>anyone know of local restaurants that are not chains.  upscale fine
>dining.
>
>

I'll 2nd the Buckhead area.  The Ritz-Carlton is a 5 star fixed price resturant.  Only 2 prices, 1 with a different wine with each course and the other without.  The Buckhead Dinner looks like a dinner from the outside, but is really a fine resturant with an up scale menu.

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It depends on the type of food.

But some "Off Beat" favorites include:

Rib Shack - In Buckhead off of Roswell Road
(Hole in the wall with great food)

Alpha Soda
(Southern Country Cooking - In Alpharetta off of Haynes Bridge Road)

Dante's Down the Hatch
(Fondu, Great Atmosphere and Decor - Live Alligators Off of Peachtree Ind. across from Lenox Mall)

Italian
(I forget the name, but it is located - 85S, Left on Cheshire Bridge, less than a mile on the Right)

Atlanta Fish Market
(This is one of those trendy places, but I have been hard pressed to find better seafood in Atlanta, the only place that comes close in my opinion is the Fish House in Buckhead)

Down Wind
(Great Simple food, awesome hamburger, located on the premisis of Peachtree Dekalb airport)

57th Fighter Squadron
(Beer Cheese Soup and Wine List is excellent, the rest depends on what you order)

Landmark Diner
(24 Hour Service - Great for a late night snack)

I could keep naming reastaurants, but if you tell me the type of food and are you are planning to be in I can be more helpful.

Angelos

Someone wrote:

> I am interested in knowing  your favorite off beat (not Chops or Bones,etc.
> or corporate) type restaurants in the Atlanta metro area.
> TIA,
> Leslie