Tag: Peachtree Center
5 Atlanta events you won’t want to miss: July 17-23
Peach-themed dishes galore at Peachfest, RuPaul’s Drag Race brings season 11 queens to the city, and the Atlanta Open hosts some of tennis’ best players.
Going to Dragon Con? Peachtree Center has a ton of new restaurants—and a lot of construction
You'll find brand new Cuban sandwiches and kale salads at Peachtree Center this year, along with quite a bit of construction. Here's what you need to know for Dragon Con 2018.
No architect ever loved Atlanta like John Portman
"All I ever wanted to do in Atlanta was create something that would elevate the city.” Remembering the iconic architect, who died December 29 at age 93.
10 things about Atlanta that Baby Driver got wrong
Don’t get me wrong, filmed-in-ATL Baby Driver deserves its glowing reviews and big box office. But why didn't Edgar Wright pay just a little more attention to the details about Atlanta?
Falafel frenzy: We stacked up 4 of Atlanta’s fast-casual favorites
In a hurry for lunch and sick of pizza, burgers, or burritos? We compared four fast-casual falafel spots to see who offered the better quick lunch.
Behold the awesomeness of Atlanta in the 1980s
Well, one thing you conclude watching the PR extravaganza that is "Atlanta: A Visual Postcard," is that everyone had really long attention spans back in the day. Who'd sit through fifteen minutes of chamber of commerce fluff today? Yeah, I thought so.
The gun lobby and Tony the Peachtree Center pizza guy
When I worked at Peachtree Center more than a decade ago, there was a very nice Italian man named Tony who ran a pizza shop in the food court. He had a running joke with me, my co-workers and other people we knew nearby. When we talked to him about tasks we had to accomplish, problems we were having, etc., he would often pause dramatically and burst out with "Eat more pizza." To the guy selling pizza, the solution to all of life's problems was obviously for you to buy more pizza. From him.
