Tag: dining
Four December dining events to check out in Atlanta
4 dining events to check out in December, including Buckeye Creek Farm's open house and Peachtree Road Farmers Market's year-end artist market
Avalon Arrives in Alpharetta
10 facts about Alpharetta’s $600 million, 86-acre neighborhood that opens this month.
What’s Classic and What’s Coming in Charleston: Dining
Charleston natives and brothers Matt and Ted Lee are the authors of three cookbooks, most recently The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen.
“Dave’s Carry Out (843-577-7943) is a classic that’s totally worth it. It’s charming and...
Buckhead Atlanta is (finally!) opening
The billion-dollar Buckhead Atlanta, by San Diego–based developer Oliver McMillan, celebrates its grand opening on September 18—with shops rolling out over the next eight months. Here are the additions we’re most looking forward to.
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A Taste of Georgia
In a place as bountiful as Georgia, good food is a way of life. From the Northeast Mountains to the Coast, you'll find original dishes, homemade products, and events that celebrate the finer points of eating and drinking. Go somewhere delicious this season.
March 2013: Breakfast
Wake up, Atlanta: Here’s your indispensable guide to breakfast. We pounded down the pancakes and ate our weight in eggs, reveling in familiar comforts—like Java Jive’s gingerbread waffle with lemon curd—and discovering the latest morning marvels.
Have You Dined at Ford’s Lately?
Several architects, interior designers, and restaurant conceptualists swivel their heads to look around the room, and a couple of them thoughtfully clear their throats.
Look Homeward, Atlanta
I grew up not far from Maryland’s Eastern Shore, where the South begins, feasting on crabs and oysters from the Chesapeake Bay estuaries. My father is a politician, and each summer my family traveled to a different state for the annual Southern Legislative Conference. I inhaled New Orleans beignets in a swirl of powdered sugar. I learned that North Carolinians eat tangy pork barbecue and that Texans prefer beef brisket. In 1995 I moved to Atlanta, excited to taste the city’s singular brand of Southern cooking.
Finding Solace at Restaurants’ Chummy Bars
In his book The Hidden Dimension, anthropologist Edward T. Hall defined the concept of proxemics—the cultural relevance of the spatial distances that individuals maintain. It helped me understand what felt so alienating about the United States when I moved here from Europe: I have a different sense of personal space. If I sit next to you on a sofa, I am practically in your lap. The rectangular two-tops in restaurants that put me at arm’s length from the person I’m dining with feel excruciating. I much prefer to eat at the bar, which fulfills my need for intimacy.
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