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June Gavage [La Tavola, King & Duke, Heirloom BBQ, Miller Union, General Muir]
Not a lot of blog posts these days, I’m traveling a lot, but I’m still eating. Some of it in town too. I have travel posts to Durham, Raleigh, Vegas, and Japan in the works. I wonder if anyone likes...
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July 2013 Gavage [Tasty China II, Taqueria el Rey, Chops, Paella, Seven Lamps]
Yeah, I’m still here, still hungry, cooking and eating. Busy with life and a pending addition to our family, which we tried to fire-bomb out of Katie with Sichuan cuisine at Peter Cheng’s Tasty...
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Dining Near Piedmont Hospital
In the years I’ve been doing this, at every wedding reception I attend, as I survey my options at the shrimp and grits bar and the prime rib stand, without fail someone comes up to me and hilariously...
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Sushi Update [Taka, Huku, Umi]
You may know from reading this site (because really, who doesn’t read Eat It, Atlanta) that sushi is my favorite. Except when BBQ is my favorite. Or that day when burgers are my favorite. But...
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Don Antonio Atlanta?
Tomorrow’s News Today is reporting that Midtown Manhattan restaurant Don Antonio will be opening in the former STG Trattoria space next to the St. Regis in Buckhead. I can’t recall the last time I was...
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Taka Sushi and Passion (and Ramen)
This is a cold weather related blog post, as it’s 24 degrees as I write this – darn cold for Atlanta. I went by Taka the other day and decided to try his ramen, which he reports on his chef blog is...
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Umi Holiday Visit
The holiday season was a busy one, filled with gifts, holiday get-togethers, hams and turkeys and beef roasts, beverages, travel (complicated with the constant loading and unloading of baby supplies)...
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Don Antonio by Starita
It would be fair to call me more than a little skeptical when I heard of the opening of Don Antonio by Starita in the former STG space in Buckhead. It’s not that the original Don Antonio in New York...
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King & Duke Lunch
I don’t hear a lot of chatter about King & Duke amongst the food cognoscenti, but I’m three for three on my visits. Another in the trendy Ford Fry collection, the carefully designed restaurant has...
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Lusca
Lusca has been open roughly two months now, and though I had been eagerly anticipating this opening from Octopus Bar’s Angus Brown and Nhan Le, it was just this week I made my first visit. I’ve only...
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Shake Shack
Having never been to a Shake Shack, yes, I was that guy that visited a restaurant within a few hours of opening. It’s a poor move for those expecting to find a restaurant in their groove, but this is...
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Lusca Lunch
Lusca has been open for lunch for a month or so now in South Buckhead, and was my recent pick for a guy-guy date lunch. I thoroughly enjoyed it, though it’s too expensive for regular lunch visits....
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Qing Mu
Qing Mu, the latest “concept” from Aoki Group just opened in the new Buckhead development, next door to their sushi restaurant, Doraku, which has locations in Miami and Hawaii. The word doraku roughly...
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Hal’s
The modern, expensive steakhouse isn’t really known for being hip or on the cutting edge of culinary trends. They are generally predictable, having a typical assortment of raw bar selections, a la...
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Chicken Shack @ Shake Shack
Is the Atlanta locale the only Shake Shack in the world without a line? For years I’ve read about people waiting gleefully for hours in various lines in Manhattan, and I have difficulty reconciling...
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