Tag: Billy Allin
Say it ain’t so: Cakes & Ale closing on June 9
Cakes & Ale owners Billy and Kristin Allin announced in an email newsletter today that their much loved Decatur restaurant is shutting down.
The Christiane Chronicles: Cheese later, not now
I cannot contain my disdain for the appetizer cheese course. Cheese is rich and, depending on the kind, funky. It satiates your appetite. It induces sleepiness, even. Why would anyone eat it at the beginning of the meal?
25 Atlanta chefs will cook together at Supper at the Farm this Sunday
This Sunday, 25 of Atlanta’s best chefs—including Steven Satterfield, Anne Quatrano, Billy Allin, and Ryan Smith—will band together to for a "Supper at the Farm," a potluck-style dinner benefiting Chefs Collaborative.
This butter croissant at Proof Bakery is outstanding
Making a good butter croissant requires patience and a love for your craft—qualities that Proof Bakeshop head baker Cary Bell clearly possesses.
Bread & Butterfly
If you miss Billy Allin’s now-shuttered Cakes & Ale (and who doesn’t?), know that you can now find the master of simplicity himself behind the stove at his ever-so-French, all-day cafe: Bread & Butterfly.
Restaurateur of the Year: Billy Allin
In the 10 years since he opened Cakes & Ale in Decatur, Allin has slowly but surely laid the groundwork for a restaurant group that has no weak links.
Brunch: Bread & Butterfly
Few restaurants make us want to slow down the way Billy Allin’s new Inman Park cafe does.
Billy Allin on the food that is the “bane of my existence”
Cakes & Ale's Billy Allin discusses culinary school, wine, and his least favorite ingredient.
Community Farmers Markets releases first seasonal cookbooks
Atlanta’s largest collective of farmers markets has launched a new series of seasonal cookbooks. In May, Community Farmers Markets released the first edition, Spring.
Review: Bread & Butterfly is a sunny slice of Paris in Inman Park
It’s the all-day-and-night, something-for-everyone welcome that sets Bread & Butterfly apart and makes it settle in so snugly. I kept finding reasons to drop by, even if just to drink from the short and careful list of wines that's very French and unusually well priced.
