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WaterIsPoison posted:What are some decent Cuban places? If you're just into the sandwiches, there's the Crazy Cuban on 14th st. It's like Kool Korners, but you don't have to drive all the way out to Birmingham. There's another location up on Powers Ferry Rd, but I've never been to that one.
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antisodachrist posted:Las Palmeras changed owners and its name recently. A local food critic bought it and it is now called Cruzado. woah. thanks. last few times I went by, it was closed on odd days of the week. thought I was just unlucky, but guess that would explain a few things.
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Safety Dance posted:If you're just into the sandwiches, there's the Crazy Cuban on 14th st. It's like Kool Korners, but you don't have to drive all the way out to Birmingham. There's another location up on Powers Ferry Rd, but I've never been to that one. In my opinion Crazy Cuban kind of stinks and their sandwiches are not much like Kool Korner's. If I just want a sandwich I'd go to Papi's, Havana, or Little Cuba.
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venutolo posted:In my opinion Crazy Cuban kind of stinks and their sandwiches are not much like Kool Korner's. If I just want a sandwich I'd go to Papi's, Havana, or Little Cuba. Crazy Cuban is ok, but that's only because they are within walking distance of my work and they're relatively cheap compared to everything else in walking distance.
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venutolo posted:In my opinion Crazy Cuban kind of stinks  My lunch says "gently caress you." I respect and value your opinion.
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Powdered Toast Man posted:Generally the regular/non-seasonal Sweetwater brews are kinda meh to me, but some of their seasonals and Dank Tank special projects really kick rear end. I've heard that you may have the opportunity to sample beers that simply aren't available anywhere else on the tour. I am an assistant kitchen manager at Taco Mac! Any questions please ask! The location I currently work at has 104 taps! EDIT: Also a taco mac secret: mild, medium, and hot comes from the same Taco Mac wing sauce bottle. We just add more of the sauce to make it hotter. Bstyles fucked around with this message at 09:00 on Aug 17, 2012 |
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Bstyles posted:I am an assistant kitchen manager at Taco Mac! Any questions please ask! whats it like to be an assistant kitchen manager at taco mac
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I'm in the Duluth/Lawrenceville area for the weekend. Any good eats I should check out? I don't really know the area.
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Powdered Toast Man posted:I'm in the Duluth/Lawrenceville area for the weekend. Any good eats I should check out? I don't really know the area. Check out Umaido in Suwanee for the ramen. You won't be disappointed. Also, Honey Pig in Duluth has the best Korean BBQ around.
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RHIN0002 posted:Check out Umaido in Suwanee for the ramen. You won't be disappointed. Seconding Umaido. Easily the best ramen in town.
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I did a cursory search of this thread and I didn't see anything, so I'm going to recommend Tasty China in Marietta. Hot drat, their Szechuan cuisine is amazing. When I go, I recommend: - Dan Dan noodles (beef or pork) - Dry Fried Crispy Eggplant with Hot Numbing Pepper - Dry Fried Beef with Hot Numbing Pepper - Shan City Chicken (hot as gently caress) They have some pretty vanilla American-Chinese food too, for your less spice-loving friends. It's been mentioned a couple times previously, but I want to throw my hat into the ring for Canoe as well. I made reservations for me and my girlfriend following her MCAT last Thursday. On the OpenTable reservation, I mentioned that she would have just taken her MCAT, and I wanted to do something nice for her. Our waitress went out of her way to ask my girlfriend how the test went, and had "Congratulations!" written in chocolate sauce on our desert. The food was just top notch, by the way. It's pricey, but worth it every once in a while.
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Safety Dance posted:I did a cursory search of this thread and I didn't see anything, so I'm going to recommend Tasty China in Marietta. Hot drat, their Szechuan cuisine is amazing. When I go, I recommend: tasty china in marietta is awesome. the hot and numbing peppers are great, as is the smoked and fried duck. I haven't really gone wrong with anything on the menu it's also BYOB.
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Thirding Tasty China's awesomeness. I was introduced to it by a former employer who was friends with the owners and I work right down the road from it. If you know what to ask for, the best things aren't on the menu. Unfortunately I've only had access to that when I've been there with other Chinese people...hmmm...
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I need some recommendations for a few very good lunch spots for this coming weekend, as I'll staying in the downtown area for the entirety of DragonCon. We're staying at the Holiday Inn a block from Centennial and anything walking distance would be great, but also anything accessible via Marta would work as well since the station is directly in the middle of the Con. As far as cost goes, anything is fine. We're going to Trader Vic's Thursday evening, but other than that, I have nothing.
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RHIN0002 posted:I need some recommendations for a few very good lunch spots for this coming weekend, as I'll staying in the downtown area for the entirety of DragonCon. Googie in the park has pretty good burgers and fries (and awesome shakes). Broad Street between Peachtree and Marietta St. has some good lunch places, including Ali Baba's, Rosa's Pizza, and Reuben's if you want some awesome sandwiches. Most everything there except Reubens are M-F lunch joints, though. If you wander over to Walton St. between Farlie and Forsyth, there's an awesome shawarma place (if it's still open, haven't been there in a few months) and a great Caribbean joint, Calypso Cafe. Further north, Cafe Intermezzo next to The Ellis at Ellis and Peachtree is pretty good. Also, you should go check out the Sun Dial on top of the Westin at some point. No idea if the food is any good (and it's damned expensive), so you might want to just pop into the lounge for an overpriced drink, but the view is pretty awesome.
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there's a good korean place across from woodruff park, but I'd mostly suggest moseying over to the sweet auburn market. there are a number of 'authentic' atlanta restaurants in there that serve up really good food - nothing (well, very little) out of a sysco truck. whereas tons of the places on forsyth/broad street area are just geared up to dish out food as fast as possible to masses of hungry office workers and georgia state students. in sweet auburn, there's an arepas stand that my girlfriend really likes - haven't had it but I probably will give it a shot tomorrow. there's an excellent burger place that's great, a bbq place, an african cuisine place (get the goat stew, it's amazing), a newfangled hotdog stand, etc - all in the sort of trendy farm to table style.
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RHIN0002 posted:I need some recommendations for a few very good lunch spots for this coming weekend, as I'll staying in the downtown area for the entirety of DragonCon. Take MARTA to Decatur. Better food than most of what you'll get downtown, and you won't have to deal with as much craziness. It is the weekend of the Decatur Book Festival, so midday/afternoons will be busy, but evenings will be normal. Brickstore, which is right on the Decatur Square, is arguably the best beer bar in Atlanta. Top 10 in the world. And it's not expensive to drink there. There's also Leon's, 246, Iberian Pig, Mac McGee's, Twains, Cakes and Ale, Farmburger (a bit couple blocks walk from the square), there are tons of good eating and drinking options. I forget whether they let you walk around in the square with alcohol during book fest, but I think the answer is "yes."
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hey guys, so reasonable (500-750ish) amount of money available this weekend for a romantic night or two in Atlanta (or georgia, I guess) - what would you do? been struggling with this this week. options I've come up with thus far
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Book a room in Asheville, go hiking in the fog/rain in the blue ridge mountains, come back every night to great beer and fun times. Hotel Indigo is good. I've also really liked the Residences at Biltmore, but it's a bit more money and not within a close walk to downtown.
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Get 360 banh mi from Quoc Huong. Eat as many as you can, then sleep on a bed made from the leftovers.
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I know it doesn't help you now, but I can say nothing bad about the Bella B&B in Danielsville, GA. http://bellabedandbreakfast.com/ I did a wine tasting at the attached vineyard, and it was quite a lot of fun (and I'm not really a wine person).
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Went to Yeah Burger in the Highlands yesterday. $13.47 for a god damned hamburger, fries, and fountain drink. And it wasn't even that good.
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what is this posted:Book a room in Asheville, go hiking in the fog/rain in the blue ridge mountains, come back every night to great beer and fun times. this is a great suggestion, we went to asheville earlier this year actually though, rented a room in a B&B near downtown. was great fun. gently caress man, the biltmore house is pretty awesome - wanna live there  Safety Dance posted:I know it doesn't help you now, but I can say nothing bad about the Bella B&B in Danielsville, GA. looks good, thanks for the suggestion. though man, danielsville looks like it's smack dab in the middle of nowhere - is there fun stuff to do in that area of georgia? mindphlux fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Aug 30, 2012 |
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I've never been, but Serenbe Inn always piqued my interest. Seems like there is enough stuff to do in the community for a weekend at least. http://www.serenbeinn.com/
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If you're willing to get out of Atlanta, I'd hit up the coast: Cumberland Island's Greyfield Inn: http://www.greyfieldinn.com/ Jekyll Island Club Hotel: http://www.jekyllclub.com/ edit: I got married on Jekyll. There's not much to do on the island...it's really quiet, and most people are older and retired. But it's an amazing place if you two enjoy doing your own thing and value quiet. The hotel itself is wonderful; it's like taking a step back into the past. PapaBear fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Aug 31, 2012 |
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mindphlux posted:
Eh. It's like 30 minutes to Athens, so there's that, and like 15-20 minutes from the Tanger Outlets if you like reasonably discounted shopping. It's also pretty close to Tallulah Gorge State Park if you like hiking. The winery throws a party-type-event every now and again, and that sounded pretty fun. Honestly, it was just nice to get out of the house for a night and watch Princess Bride in someone else's bed while drinking cheap college town liquor.
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I'm just going to come out and say it. Flip burger is poo poo for the price. Also, as a native Louisianan, Parish is a joke. I went up there with a friend of mine who's also eaten at the chef's table at Commander's Palace, and the guy whose resume listed him as a chef there only got paid to observe (aka he never did anything.) He got paid by his restaurant group (Sotto Sotto) to claim that he was a chef at Commander's Palace. After we outed that degenerate gently caress Parish has relisted their menu as modern American. Fancy that poo poo. The Southern Dandy fucked around with this message at 02:56 on Sep 1, 2012 |
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The Southern Dandy posted:I'm just going to come out and say it. yeah, I do like flip. I mean sometimes their food / service falls short, but it's a cheap night out of good interesting food compared to nicer places. I don't quite understand what you're saying about the chef at parish though. I do, however, agree that the food is a joke - Louisianan or no. I've had some seriously bad food experiences all 3 times I've been to parish - both brunch and dinner.
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mindphlux posted:yeah, I do like flip. I mean sometimes their food / service falls short, but it's a cheap night out of good interesting food compared to nicer places. Bit boozed up when I wrote that, so it was a bit garbled. Basically, the restaurant group that owns Parish sent this guy to observe the kitchen at Commander's Palace and then claimed he was a chef there. They have a new chef now, and supposedly it's better than it used to be. I was thinking about checking it out this weekend.
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Current head chef at Parish is one of my best friends, so I was about to get crazy bitch on this thread before that second post. He hasn't done much with new menu items or anything yet, but he knows the menu is mostly bullshit and he's trying to refine it a lot. Either way dude is rad and taught me a hell of a lot about cooking.
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*backpedals a shitload* the last time I ate at parish was like over 8 months ago, soooo
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Anyone have any opinions about Wrecking Bar Brewpub? A guy I've met and talked to a few times is taking over the head chef position there and I know nothing about it. Also, Kevin Gillespie is leaving Woodfire Grill. My mother was in town a couple weeks ago and we ate at a lot of good places, which included trying a few places for the first time that I rather enjoyed: Ria's Bluebird has some ridiculously good pancakes. I'm not much into breakfast food, but those were so good and the best I've had. I'm sure it is jammed on weekend mornings, so I probably won't have them again until I take a day off from work. No. 246 in Decatur was really great. Their porchetta sandwich was among the best things I ate in my week of gluttonous feasting. Of all the places I visited for the first time, I most want to go back to No. 246. Steinbeck's has a small menu, and was a particularly great value. Based on the prices we figured it would be small plates, or at least small portions, but there was a good quantity of good food. When we got the bill we were surprised how inexpensive it was. The Optimist is pricey, but I was rather impressed by what we had. We had the scallops and swordfish, and both dishes were executed incredibly well.I absolutely loved the interior of the restaurant, and it may be my favorite restaurant interior in Atlanta that I can think of. I finally got around to trying The Iberian Pig after it being on my "to try" list for a long time. Everything was really good, with my favorites being the bacon wrapped dates, various cheeses, and the charcuterie. I would eat a disgusting amount of their Iberico Tasting (Jamon Iberico, Paleta Iberico de Bellota, Lomo Iberico de Bellota) if I could afford to. venutolo fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Sep 3, 2012 |
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Skinny King Pimp posted:Current head chef at Parish is one of my best friends, so I was about to get crazy bitch on this thread before that second post. He hasn't done much with new menu items or anything yet, but he knows the menu is mostly bullshit and he's trying to refine it a lot. No offense intended to you or your friend!
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venutolo posted:Anyone have any opinions about Wrecking Bar Brewpub? A guy I've met and talked to a few times is taking over the head chef position there and I know nothing about it. I have sort of strong opinions on wrecking bar, since the concept and location were basically the same as the 'in my head/dreamworld I'd like to open this restaurant' ambitions I have. I wrote the guy who owns it when its opening was first announced, asking if he was hiring, or needed help with anything on the brewing side. he never wrote me back - which fair enough, I'm sure he had enough on his hands. we've since exchanged words, and he does actually seem like a pretty awesome guy, with a similar background - he helped start a technical company or something, and got bored and decided to buy a building to turn into a restaurant for the heck of it. but, he hired this alpharetta brewmasters guy as the brewmaster, and I really haven't been so fond of that brewclub at local homebrew events - they come off as pretty wanky and insular. and in any case the beer there has been pretty boring and technically flawed (IE, tastes like homebrew) - so dunno. I haven't really eaten the food there, but some food savvy friends say it's a bit of a let down. glad to hear the place is getting a new chef - I mean, I really want the place to succeed, but it just seems like it has so much stacked against it. neighbors complaining about noise (they have to close at like 11-12pm because of it), and less-than-ideal parking. dunno. my secret plan is that the place will fail, declare bankruptcy, and I'll buy it at a huge discount and make it everything it should have been. buahahhaa  also, what? what's kevin doing? I thought he was basically like a business partner at the place, so it seems pretty surprising he'd leave... mindphlux fucked around with this message at 08:53 on Sep 3, 2012 |
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Great chicken and dumplings at Wisteria!
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mindphlux posted:also, what? If I recall correctly, he divested himself of the business partner stuff a while ago, but stayed as the chef. He's now leaving to focus on a couple books. I'm on my phone, so I don't feel like finding the link, but this information came from Atlanta Magazine's website somewhere. edit: I had that a bit wrong. Gillespie sold his ownership share to focus on a couple cookbooks. He'll be leaving Woodfire at the end of the year, and then sometime later opening a new restaurant called Gunshow. venutolo fucked around with this message at 16:22 on Sep 3, 2012 |
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venutolo posted:new restaurant called Gunshow. lol seriously hope when you walk in the door the hostess is a burly big guy and hes like WELCOME TO THE GUNSHOW
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A couple notes about Bocado, which is one of my favorite places: Executive chef Todd Ginsberg may be leaving to go to some new restaurant in Decatur from the West Egg people. I really love Bocado and have talked to Chef Ginsberg a bit (last time we discussed fantasy football), so I'd be very disappointed if he went elsewhere. Bocado got a 67/U on their latest inspection.
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Okay, I had a godawful week and I need some foodie therapy. I'm broke so I'd like to stay in Lawrenceville-Snellville-Lilburn ish and not spend a lot of money. My favorite sushi joint closed (Kinyobee =( ) but really anything cheap and amazing is fine.
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