Best of Atlanta 2014

We’d splurge on sushi and dine at steakhouses every night if we could. But most of us can’t, and for the casual lunch or dinner, we’re more likely to chow down on these singular stars, where cost and quality are far from equals.

Get the details on the two best places to play bar games in Atlanta, The Painted Pin and Ormsby's.

For $15 an hour, your child (age five and up) will be turned loose on bins of clay, paper, crayons, beads, and paints to make as many masterpieces as you can carry home.

Opened earlier this year at Atlantic Station, Dermalogica offers gentle skincare products in its signature modern packaging.

Few restaurants get better with age, but as Linton and Gina Hopkins celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their flagship venture, it’s clear that they’ve become an exception. In an intimate setting that exudes confidence and class, the ever-evolving menu is an exercise in Southern pride and original cooking.

Dining in has its advantages: You can wear what you want, eat when you want, and drink as much as you like. To craft the perfect dinner party but skip dirtying the kitchen, look to these seven purveyors for the best meat, cheese, pasta, wine, and dessert.

It’s comforting to know that the medical team that gives your kitten booster shots is also available if curiosity leads him into harm’s way.

Marriage proposals, anniversaries, graduation dinners—they all happen at Bacchanalia, where chefs-owners Anne Quatrano and Clifford Harrison remind us of the dying art of intuitive service and seamless pampering.

Dapper dogs and chic cats get spa treatment at Glamour Paws, which provides deluxe extras like a “pawdicure” and aromatherapy along with more traditional grooming.

The Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville is worth the trip, especially on a rainy day. Block out at least two hours to take in everything at Tellus, which is named for the Roman goddess of the earth.