How Pinky Cole used Instagram to make Slutty Vegan’s burgers a viral hit IRL
In just nine short months, Pinky Cole, a former television producer, took Westview's Slutty Vegan from a commercial kitchen to a food truck to a line-forming, celebrity-championed phenomenon. How Instagram played a major role.
Kevin Gillespie’s Cold Beer, a “sister to Gunshow,” will open July 23 along the BeltLine
Kevin Gillespie's latest bar and restaurant, Cold Beer, will open July 23 along the Eastside Trail. We chatted with the Gunshow chef about what kind of small plates to expect, why it's "very unlike a bar," and why it will feature a giant painting of a polar bear.
The 10 Best Brunch Spots in Atlanta
It's brunch time, Atlanta. Here are the 10 metro area spots you shouldn't skip, with rich huevos rancheros, fluffy buttermilk biscuits, stellar pancakes, and more.
One Square Mile: First Baptist Church of Duluth is a multicultural sanctuary
Jeremiah Buziba is five years old. He stands at the end of a line of 11 kids he met less than a month ago, in front of a classroom full of adults he doesn’t know. He doesn’t appear to be overly familiar with the song he’s supposed to be singing, “God Is with You Always.” And yet he’s stealing the show.
Freaknik: The rise and fall of Atlanta’s most infamous street party
From hundreds to thousands to tens of thousands, Freaknik grew, but during its first decade, almost all white Atlantans—and many black Atlantans over the age of 40—were oblivious. Then came Freaknik 1993.
The Christiane Chronicles: Where to find great Tamil cuisine in metro Atlanta
Where to find excellent Tamil cuisine in metro Atlanta, plus, can we please be done with Styrofoam, the little coffins made of waxed cardboard, and even the ecoconscious alternatives, which seem to be made of porous materials that suck the life and moisture out of the food?
Why Asha Gomez hates the word “fusion”
Asha Gomez discusses eating her way through Italy, her first career, and India's influence on her cooking.
Test Drive: Myavana analyzes your hair to find your perfect haircare product
With all the haircare products out there, how do you know which ones are best for you? Thanks to Candace Mitchell and Chanel Martin, who studied at Georgia Tech, there’s an app for that.
At Atlanta’s first food forest, you can forage for mushrooms and pick medicinal herbs
The Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill is a place where volunteers tend crops of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and herbs, much of which is available to the public for free.
Asylum: Inside Central State Hospital, once the world’s largest mental institution
In 1837, Georgia lawmakers authorized a “Lunatic, Idiot, and Epileptic Asylum.” Five years later, the facility opened as the Georgia Lunatic Asylum on the outskirts of the cotton-rich town that served as the antebellum state capital.
