Atlanta Restaurant Reviews, Cooking Techniques, Food Musings
Posted in restaurant review on Jun 27th, 2010
I have a checkered past with Vinings. Vinings straddles the perimeter, and in doing so, combines the best and worst of both worlds. There are a lot of faux-fine dining restaurants in this area–restaurants far more interested in providing a convincing illusion of fine dining than taking the pride and effort to produce serious food. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, photoessay on Apr 20th, 2010
Posted in restaurant review on Jan 17th, 2010
Vinings is a special part of Atlanta. Straddling the perimeter and desperately trying to reap the benefits of city life with the copacetic, predictable nature of suburban life, it has attracted an affluent demographic. And with it has developed somewhat of a fine dining culture. Undoubtedly this dining scene is far better than the never-ending [...]
Posted in restaurant review on Jan 12th, 2010
I suspected for a long time that Canoe was another one of those “safe” fine dining establishments. You know the type: take grandmother on her 80th birthday to have something that is exquisitely prepared yet thoroughly boring. I also know that it’s not the cheapest of establishments, so enter lunch.
Although a restaurant shouldn’t be reviewed [...]
Posted in restaurant review on Dec 9th, 2009
My cousin and I went to the River Room for lunch in my new-found quest to score Open Table points. This is the kind of restaurant that young professionals are never spotted at, like there’s some kind of line in the sands of coolness that’s just not to be breached.
It’s a pet peeve of mine [...]