Gabriel’s Restaurant & Bakery is in the same strip center where Chicken and the Egg is located. It is a short waddle down the sidewalk to enter Gabriel’s magical world of desserts. The case is full of beautifully iced hummingbird … Continue reading →

The somewhat upscale yet very reasonably priced Chicken and the Egg is sort of a cross between a(Muse.), Lupo di Mare and Blue Coast (if you’re not from Rehoboth Beach/Bethany Beach areas, this will mean nothing). The place is very … Continue reading →

The tiny town of Hiram, GA looks like a back-lot movie set for Western and cowboy films. I was tempted to look behind the building façades just to make sure they weren’t propped up with two-by-fours. The place is charming, … Continue reading →

The Westside Urban Market is a bustling enclave of design stores, sandwich joints and upscale restaurants just west of Peachtree Street and Northside Drive in downtown Atlanta. Nestled in among the warehouses, furniture boutiques, 18-wheelers, lighting stores and flower shops is … Continue reading →

Don’t even try to drive there. Even our cab driver (an Atlanta native) got lost. But when you finally do open the front door, your Quixotic search will have been worth it. Though the name could be suggestive of who-knows-what, it … Continue reading →

Things started out so nicely when I was planning my first experience at Bone’s Steakhouse (in Buckhead, on Piedmont, just a few doors down from the intersection with Peachtree). The woman who took my reservation (I called them directly) was lots … Continue reading →

In spite of its name, Chops Lobster Bar is considered one of the premier Steakhouses in the country. After much grueling research, I have determined that that is quite possibly true (continued studies will, of course, be necessary). I love … Continue reading →

Well, it looks like a diner (lots of clean, brushed chrome, glass, and cobalt blue neon), and tastes like a diner (comfort food, but with a suspiciously whimsical twist), and sounds like a diner (a busy, open kitchen with white-coated chefs scurrying … Continue reading →

Jim ‘N Nick’s has 5 locations in Georgia, but The Foodie is most familiar with the Jim ‘N’ Nick’s installation in Hiram, about 30 or so minutes outside of metro Atlanta. You can tell when you turn the corner that … Continue reading →

Sometimes after a hard day there’s nothing better than a quiet bar with friendly servers. One of the best is the Onyx, right smack in the lobby of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Buckhead. Thirty-foot ceilings, overstuffed chairs (spaced far apart) and little … Continue reading →