Date night returns after a “summer travel hiatus”. We are always looking for a celebration, and when our dear friends and frequent Date Night guest stars Claudia and Randy invite us to celebrate Claudia’s birthday, we jump at the chance. Better yet, Randy has picked tonight’s location and made reservations, so all we have to… Read More Double Zero Napoletana: 7/26/13
Date Night will admit it–occasionally we eat tofu, both at home and when we are eating out. The tofu burritos at Willy’s are excellent, but the people who take our order always look at us funny when we order them. Tonight, we go to a restaurant that doesn’t laugh when you order anything vegan or… Read More Cafe Sunflower: 6/28/13
Date Night celebrates its 10,000th reader! We don’t know who you are, but thanks for reading the blog! We are also celebrating the longest day of the year. We first started doing something special for the summer solstice after we toasted it with champagne in France at the base of Mt. Ventoux on June 21,… Read More Heirloom Market BBQ: 6/21/13
Date Night returns after a hiatus of a few weeks. Where have we been? On the Bicycle Ride Across Georgia and other trips, which makes blogging very difficult. We figured you wouldn’t be interested in our visit to the Golden Corral in Brunswick last Friday night, but you will be interested in tonight’s date at… Read More The Mill Kitchen and Bar (Roswell): 6/15/13
Date Night really likes it when you can bring your own beer or wine into a restaurant, crack open your cooler, and pour away. There aren’t too many places in Atlanta that let you do that, and when we read that you can pour your own at Gio’s, we have to check it out. Gio’s… Read More Gio’s Chicken Amalfitano: 5/24/13
Date Night hears a lot of opinions about who has the best burger in Atlanta. We really like the burger at Boccado, but we have yet to have the world-famous Holeman and Finch burger in Buckhead. Our friend and regular reader Mags McDee told us to go try Moxie Burger as she thinks it is… Read More Moxie Burger: 5/3/13
Tonight, Date Night starts hungry and rolls out of the Alpine Bakery as stuffed as a manicotti. We are in Alpharetta in a shopping center that looks a lot like every shopping center in Atlanta. The three old silos next door are a nice touch that make it easy to find the restaurant. Once inside,… Read More Alpine Bakery: 4/26/13
Date Night returns to one of our favorite food cities in the country, Athens, GA. We are here celebrating our solo offspring Elliott’s 21st birthday a day early as well as his roommate Evan’s a day late. It’s been one year since our last entry from Athens (don’t worry, we have been here many times… Read More The National (Athens): 4/19/13
Date Night starts at one end of Crescent Avenue and ends up at the other end. We are in Midtown, exploring an area we really have not hit in our food travels. We need some beer, so we begin at Tap, hoping to get a cold one and an appetizer before walking down to Lure… Read More Crescent Ave. Crawl: 4/12/13
Roll out the barrel and we’ll have a barrel of fun. Occasionally Date Night will purchase a Scoutmob dinner deal, and we are usually glad we did. We are introduced to previously unknown establishments with fun package deals. Tonight we experience college campus bar ambience along with student food and beer prices. We never complain… Read More The Barrelhouse: 4/5/2013
Date Night takes you to a place where the gas is guaranteed and you are guaranteed to get gas. As we move into APRIL, it would be FOOLISH of food snobs like us to admit that hot dogs on metal rollers are somewhat appealing. Add to that a warm bun, and the prospects become downright… Read More QuikTrip: 4/1/13
Date Night is fortunate in that our work location is two miles from so many restaurant choices. We can hit Midtown, Inman Park or the Westside, which gives us many options when it’s time for our night together. Tonight we have plans to hit a spot in Midtown, but a bad accident on Spring Street… Read More 5 Seasons Brewing Company: 3/22/13
Tonight, Date Night takes in dinner and a show. After our meal, we are headed to the Fox Theater for “Million Dollar Quartet”, the show about a jam session in 1956 featuring Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins. We’ll have more on the show later, but first, let’s eat! We are standing… Read More Shout: 3/15/2013
Cue the Hitchcock music: Date Night has dinner in a slaughterhouse. “Abattoir” is French for slaughterhouse. Don’t worry, this is a really nice place, housed in an old warehouse on the Westside. This is one busy area, with Ormsby’s and Yeah Burger drawing the young crowd and Abattoir attracting those with a higher income. It’s… Read More Abattoir: 3/1/13
Date Night was out of town this past Friday so instead of our normal report we are sharing a special food event that we recently attended. The “Southern Food Tour” features some of our finest southern chefs cooking regional foods. Throw in beer from Monday Night Brewing, whiskey from American Spirits, a hot band, and… Read More Southern Food Tour: 2/22/13
When we have a busy weekend scheduled, sometimes Date Night needs an easy date, something pure and simple. Tonight we visit a simple taqueria for some pure food. There are five Pure taquerias sprinkled throughout Atlanta. We are at the Inman Park location because it’s only 2.2 miles from where we work. You would think… Read More Pure Taqueria: 2/15/13
A guy walks into a bar in Decatur and orders a lite beer. It sounds like a bad joke, but the funny thing is that it happens right next to us at The Brick Store, which has the longest and best beer list in the city. The bartender does not laugh, and is nice and… Read More The Brick Store: 2/8/13
It’s the Friday before the Super Bowl, one of the highest pizza-eating days of the year. In fact, it is considered one of the top 3 foods for the big game. We won’t be having pizza on Sunday so we decide to have ours for Date Night. We are at Westside Pizza because of a… Read More Westside Bar and Cafe: 2/1/13
Sometimes on Date Night we must revert to “Plan B” when our original ideas do not work out. Tonight, we have to revert to “Plan C” because the first two places that we want to visit are too busy and we can’t get in. We read all of the economic news, but evidently certain restaurants… Read More Olde Blind Dog: 1/25/13
When we see the words “hot and trendy” on Atlanta restaurant lists, The Spence is always included. It’s the brain child of Chef Richard Blais, who also brings us Flip Burger. Blais has become an Atlanta celebrity, finishing second on Top Chef and winning Top Chef All-Stars . Will The Spence become “top chef” on… Read More The Spence: 1/18/13
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