Restaurant Reviews


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Monday June 8, 2009 01:02 PM EDT
Sochu finally comes to Edgewood Avenue | more...

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Monday June 8, 2009 09:00 AM EDT
Shochu finally comes to Edgewood Avenue | more...

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Friday June 5, 2009 09:00 AM EDT
Concentrics moves in to the Glenn Hotel | more...

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Monday June 1, 2009 01:30 PM EDT
Guilty pleasure fills the former Piebar location | more...

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Monday June 1, 2009 09:00 AM EDT
Guilty pleasure fills the former Piebar location | more...

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Friday May 29, 2009 01:37 PM EDT
Quatrano and Harrison’s Westside meat market | more...

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Friday May 29, 2009 09:00 AM EDT
Quatrano and Harrison’s Westside meat market | more...

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Monday May 25, 2009 09:00 AM EDT
Searching for treasure on Cobb Parkway | more...

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Friday May 22, 2009 01:00 PM EDT
The loud and the beautiful | more...

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Friday May 22, 2009 09:00 AM EDT
The loud and the beautiful | more...

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Friday May 15, 2009 01:00 PM EDT
Beyond pub grub | more...

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Monday May 11, 2009 05:28 PM EDT
Waiting for GA-dough | more...

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Friday May 8, 2009 01:00 PM EDT
Soul-food-inspired fine dining | more...

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Monday May 4, 2009 02:00 PM EDT
Props for the Japanese dinosaur on Cheshire Bridge | more...

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Monday May 4, 2009 09:00 AM EDT

Ah, the Japanese steakhouse, the ultimate in gee-whiz dining. For many, Japanese steakhouses are the default choice for birthday/date night/family get-together eating. There’s a chef who kind of acts like a clown! It’s sort of ethnic, but the food is totally safe and familiar! We don’t have to talk to each other because there’s someone throwing spatulas around!

Nakato’s been the king of...

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Friday May 1, 2009 09:00 AM EDT
Gary Mennie debuts his menu in the Georgian Terrace hotel | more...

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Monday April 27, 2009 04:35 PM EDT
Craft’s less-formal younger sibling | more...

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Monday April 27, 2009 09:00 AM EDT

The idea of tuna in a jar hits a kind of conceptual sweet spot in my mind. Somewhere between fresh and canned, just between highbrow and lowbrow, tuna in a jar makes me happy before I even get to eat it. And then it makes me happier.

At Craftbar, Craft’s less-formal downstairs neighbor, Tom Colicchio’s more casual sensibilities shine. Familiar ingredients and preparations make for simple,...

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Friday April 24, 2009 01:00 PM EDT
Plus a visit to the Mercantile | more...

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Monday April 20, 2009 09:00 AM EDT
Reviewing restaurants is a tricky game. We want to be fair, to give credit where it’s due, and to be respectful of the heart and hard work someone has put into a business. For that reason, we have guidelines — at CL we never do a full starred review before a restaurant has been open one month. A month isn’t a lot of time, and I often feel as though it’s not enough. A restaurant can take a few... | more...

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Friday April 17, 2009 01:05 PM EDT
And a look at the state of Atlanta pizza | more...

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Friday April 10, 2009 09:00 AM EDT

Enrico Liberato is the new chef, the pizzaiolo, at Fritti. Like everyone else obsessed with pizza in our city, he had to visit Varasano’s Pizzeria (2171 Peachtree Road, 404-352-8216) in the new sky-scraping Mezzo building in Buckhead.

Varasano’s, in case you’ve been living contentedly under your homemade Chef Boyardee pizzas, has received more media buzz than any restaurant in memory. Jeffrey...

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Monday April 6, 2009 04:15 PM EDT
Tasty China’s food has gone through some major changes. | more...

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Monday April 6, 2009 11:52 AM EDT
Comfortably numb in Marietta | more...

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Friday April 3, 2009 09:00 AM EDT

“Excuse me while I go to the restroom,” I told Wayne.

“Again?” he replied.

It was my third visit during our meal at Spoon (749 Moreland Ave., 404-624-4713) in East Atlanta. The same people who operate Spoon on Marietta Street on the Westside have opened this Thai restaurant.

My continual visits to the bathroom had nothing to do with the usual reasons. I was already weeping and sneezing 24...

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