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    Food Editor & Restaurant Critic

    Bill Addison became Atlanta magazine's dining editor and restaurant critic in January 2009. He began his food-writing career at Creative Loafing in Atlanta in 2002 and has since been a food critic for the San Francisco Chronicle and lead restaurant critic at the Dallas Morning News. He's been nominated twice for a James Beard Foundation award (including a nod for [our July 2010 barbecue cover package][1]) and has won several Association of Food Journalists awards.

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1. Heirloom Market BBQ

Posted on 5/15/2013 10:00:00 AM by Bill Addison
If a barbecue lover could visit only one 
restaurant in Atlanta, which one would 
I recommend? Read More

2. Grand Champion BBQ

Posted on 5/15/2013 9:00:00 AM by Bill Addison
In barbecue circles, the student sometimes becomes the master. Such is the case with Robert Owens. He worked as general manager of Sam’s BBQ-1 in Marietta for five years, learning the trade, before finding a partner, Gregory Vivier (with whom Owens previously worked at One Midtown Kitchen and other Concentrics restaurants), and opening Grand Champion in Roswell in 2011. Read More

3. Swallow at the Hollow

Posted on 5/15/2013 8:00:00 AM by Bill Addison
Georgia may not claim a distinct barbecue style, but it does have a long-standing tradition of chopping pork into minced shreds rather than pulling it. Read More

4. Community Q BBQ

Posted on 5/15/2013 7:00:00 AM by Bill Addison
If Heirloom Market didn’t sit just yards inside I-285, I would declare Community Q our best ITP barbecue joint. David Roberts—who created the infamous mac and cheese recipe using rigatoni, cheddar, Monterey Jack, Parmesan, and heavy cream while he was at Sam and Dave’s BBQ-1—and his partners run a bustling business in Decatur that always feels welcoming. Read More

5. Dave Poe's

Posted on 5/15/2013 6:00:00 AM by Bill Addison
Since 2009, when they split their Sam and Dave’s BBQ empire that reset the bar for metro-area barbecue, Sam Huff and David Poe have been compared constantly by ’cue aficionados. Huff took the original East Cobb location; Poe claimed the space on the other side of Marietta that housed Sam and Dave’s BBQ-2. Read More