Restaurants
Tomatillos
1242 Glenwood Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30316
404-622-9448
This East Atlanta Village burrito joint is an homage to gone-but-not-forgotten Tortilla’s, where owner Eric Kayser worked in his youth.
Neighborhood: Atlanta, East Atlanta
Category: Mexican, Restaurants
Tomo
3630 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA, 30326
404-835-2708
Tomohiro Naito’s Buckhead show palace juggles two personalities. One indulges in flash and draws beautiful crowds. But the quieter side of Tomo lures the chowhounds.
Website: http://tomorestaurant.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Japanese, Restaurants, Sushi
Tomo
3630 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA, 30326
404-835-2708
Tomohiro Naito’s Buckhead show palace juggles two personalities. One indulges in flash and draws beautiful crowds. But the quieter side of Tomo lures the chowhounds.
Website: http://tomorestaurant.com/
Neighborhood: Buckhead
Category: Best of Atlanta 2013, Japanese, Sushi
Tony Morrow’s BBQ
3807 Main Street, College Park, GA, 30337
404-996-2974
Morrow, chef-owner of the Pecan restaurant in College Park, opened his second business in December.
Category: Barbeque, Restaurants
Top Flr
674 Myrtle Street, Atlanta, GA, 30308
404-685-3110
At last, a small, romantic, and stylish restaurant you can afford. The sensibility is more indie than mainstream, but from the service to the menu and the punchy wine list, everything feels professional.
Website: http://topflr.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Fulton, Midtown
Category: Fusion/Eclectic/Global, Restaurants
Toscano & Sons
1050 North Highland Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30306
404-815-8383
This Italian specialty market originally opened on the Westside in 2006 and is run by Kathy Boehmer, an Italian American (who named the business in honor of her grandparents), and John Reed, an Englishman.
Website: http://www.toscanoandsons.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Virginia-Highland
Category: Italian, Restaurants
Trattoria One 41
9810 Medlock Bridge Road, Johns Creek, GA, 30097
770-497-0021
Johns Creek residents have been hoarding a secret from intowners. Trattoria One 41 serves some of the most satisfying trattoria-style Italian cooking around.
Website: http://www.trattoria141.com/
Category: Italian, Restaurants
Tuk Tuk Thai Food Loft
1745 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309
678-539-6181
Owners Dee Dee Niyomkul and Thaddeus Keefe focus their menu on variations of Bangkok street food, a gratifying shift away from the same ol’ pad thai and green curry served at most places.
Website: http://www.tuktukatl.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Restaurants, Thai
Two Urban Licks
820 Ralph McGill Boulevard NE, Atlanta, GA, 30306
404-522-4622
Bob Amick and Todd Rushing know how to throw a great party. The warehouse environment and view of the city are hard to beat.
Website: http://concentricshospitality.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: American, Restaurants, Small Plates
Umaido
2790 Lawrenceville Suwanee Road, Suwanee, GA, 30024
678-318-8568
Koreans beat Americans to the current Japanese ramen craze raging in the U.S., as evidenced by this edgy storefront. Korean-owned Umaido throws out way more options and garnishes than would be traditional in Japan.
Website: http://www.umaidos.com/
Neighborhood: Northeast Metro
Category: Best of Atlanta 2013, Japanese, Restaurants
Umi
3050 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30305
404-841-0040
Is that Sir Anthony Hopkins at the other end of the long banquette? No surprise. Buckhead’s newest sushi palace flaunts a stunning room of contrasting woods and a corps of cooks manning the eleven-seat, white-oak sushi bar bathed in buttery light along the back wall.
Website: http://umiatlanta.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Japanese, Restaurants, Sushi
Valenza
1441 Dresden Drive, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA, 30319
404-969-3233
This Brookhaven sleeper deserves attention—particularly in cooler weather, when robust pastas such as pappardelle tangled in a ragu of pork, beef, and veal appeal mightily.
Website: http://valenzarestaurant.com
Neighborhood: Brookhaven
Category: Italian, Restaurants
Varasano’s Pizzeria
2171 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-352-8216
Everyone who crosses the threshold of Jeff Varasano’s south Buckhead pizza joint seems to have divergent opinions. When it comes down to the pies in question, though, we’ve had some stellar snarf fests.
Website: http://www.varasanos.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Pizza, Restaurants
Varuni Napoli
1540 Monroe Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30324
404-709-2690
A true son of sunny Naples who previously worked at Antico Pizza, Luca Varuni has built a spacious dining room around a shiny, open kitchen that delivers appropriately thin and beautifully charred pies.
Website: http://varuni.us/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown, Morningside / Lenox Park
Category: Italian, Pizza, Restaurants
Vatica
1475 Terrell Mill Road, Marietta, GA, 30067
770-955-3740
Home-cooked vegetarian Gujarati food comes your way on a creaky cart and will keep coming until you say “no more.” The menu changes every day.
Website: http://indiagourmet.com
Category: Indian, Restaurants
Veni Vidi Vici
41 14th Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-875-8424
This classy Midtown dining room serves elegant regional Italian specialties. It’s an old favorite of the Buckhead Life Restaurant Group.
Website: http://buckheadliferestaurantgroup.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Italian, Restaurants
Verde Taqueria
1426 Dresden Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30319
404-254-5319
Brookhaven’s go-to spot for creative, cheap tacos caters to all tastes with fillings that range from buffalo tofu to short ribs.
Website: http://www.verdetacos.com/home.html
Neighborhood: Brookhaven
Category: Mexican, Restaurants
Viande Rouge
9810 Medlock Bridge Road, Johns Creek, GA, 30097
770-623-4959
At its heart Viande Rouge is a Continental restaurant—in the best sense of the word. It revels in tableside service and revives golden oldies like cheese fondue, steak Diane, and Grand Marnier soufflés.
Website: http://vrsteakhouse.com/
Category: Continental, Restaurants, Steakhouse
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