Tag: Virginia-Highland
Personal Endorsement: Sugarcoat
I don’t often spring for fancy nail treatments, but it’s hard to resist the signature sugar scrub pedicure at Sugarcoat’s Virginia-Highland location.
4 great Atlanta dining events in October
Four great events to indulge in this October, including the Brookhaven Chili Cookoff, Decatur Craft Beer Festival, and more.
How to do your zombie makeup for the Atlanta Zombie Pub Crawl
On July 25, the undead will fill the streets (and bar stools) during the annual Atlanta Zombie Pub Crawl. We asked crawl cofounder and special effects artist Luke Godfrey about how to get that “fresh from the crypt” look.
We tested Amazon’s new one-hour delivery service in Atlanta
Last month, Amazon rolled out its Prime Now one-hour delivery service to Atlanta. There are a few situations—a hangover, a colicky baby, an “Orange Is the New Black” binge—in which we could imagine being too desperate for essentials to get off the couch, let alone leave home to run errands. But could Prime Now help us out of more prosaic dilemmas? We constructed a few plausible scenarios, synchronized our watches, and placed orders at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 13, from six metro neighborhoods.
HGTV’s “Property Virgins” host Egypt Sherrod picks 3 great sidewalk neighborhoods in Atlanta
Atlanta has often been dubbed a car-dependent city. However, our region ranks high for future walkability, indicating a demand for greater density both intown and in the suburbs.
American Roadhouse
Since 1989 the restaurant has served reassuring scrambles and flapjacks to generations of recent college grads and young families—and to ageless partiers grateful for the bottomless cup of coffee.
Virginia-Highland Abode
As a family physician, David Scurlock advises patients and leads medical missions to Latin America, but he also knows when it’s time to call in the specialists.
Double Take: Virginia-Highland Nursery
The days of fussy nurseries—with elaborate Peter Rabbit murals and poufed pastel valances—may be numbered. Today’s new parents often prefer more streamlined design schemes. “It’s partly a younger generation thing that nurseries are untraditional these days,” says interior designer Sherry Hart.
Burger meister Richard Blais confirms plans for Virginia Highland hotdog concept
Twitter users were whipped into a frenzy the thickness of a foie gras milkshake over a retweet posted Tuesday by Atlanta chef Richard Blais.
Goin’ Coastal Anchors in Virginia-Highland
ATL Food Chatter: July 19, 2010
(To receive the Chatter and other culinary tidbits directly in your inbox, sign up for our weekly dining newsletter)A suburban-based restaurant group has docked their popular Southern seafood bistro in one of landlocked Atlanta’s most urbane neighborhoods. Goin’ Coastal is a back-to-basics neighborhood seafood joint from executive chef and co-owner Zach Kell and business partner Seth Hendricks. They opened their second location last Wednesday in the Virginia-Highland neighborhood. Their first restaurant of the same name opened in Canton two-and-a-half years ago. Like its suburban sibling, the new venture features a menu that embraces sustainable seafood along with seasonal, locally sourced ingredients.
