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
We’ve been on a lot of brewery “tours” in the Atlanta area and have always wondered how nice it would be if the breweries could serve a little food with the beer tasting. Georgia law forbids it, but if you are a restaurant that brews its own beer, you can serve all of the food… Read More The Wrecking Bar: 1/11/13
Happy New Year! It’s the first Date Night of 2013, and to commemorate the occasion, we are headed to the restaurant that is first on many lists in Atlanta. The Optimist is the most blogged about restaurant in Atlanta as well as Esquire Magazine’s Restaurant of the Year for 2012. Because of all the great… Read More The Optimist: 1/4/13
Date Night has lived in East Cobb since 1985, and one constant throughout our years here is the lack of a good “foodie” restaurant. You can get good bagels, pizza, and frozen yogurt in East Cobb, but besides La Strada, there are not a lot of places that get lovers of food excited. This all… Read More Seed Kitchen and Bar: 12/28/12
According to the Mayan calendar, it’s the end of the world as we know it. For what the Mayans feel might be our last meal, Date Night goes to a place where fiery volcanos adorn the walls, and a wood-fired oven cooks our pizza. We are at Pizzeria Vesuvius in the Old Fourth Ward. For… Read More Pizzeria Vesuvius: 12/21/12
Our regular readers might remember the “12 Beers of Christmas” dinner that we did at Food 101 last December on Date Night #11. Food 101 is not doing an event this year, so we set out in search of another Christmas beer dinner. Lo and behold, we saw a snippet by Bob Townsend in the… Read More The Bells of Christmas at Big Tex: 12/13/12
Sometimes Date Night has to call an audible on our dinner plans. Tonight is that kind of night. We are headed for the Wrecking Bar in Little Five Points. When we get there, the special events facility above it is so packed that there is not a parking space to be had within a mile… Read More One Eared Stag: 12/7/12
Sometimes you just want a nice, quiet meal in a neighborhood restaurant where everyone knows your name. Date Night gets off the beaten path in Roswell for another good meal. We have hit many of the places on the Roswell main drag, but tonight we find ourselves in a shopping center behind the Krispy Kreme.… Read More Oak Street Cafe: 11/30/12
It’s Date Night #50 and before we get to the food, let’s look back at our first 49 dates. We have been to an incredible variety of restaurants all over Atlanta and have not repeated a single one. All but two of our selections (Botekim Brazillian and Baroni Italian) are still in business. We’ve gone… Read More Muss & Turner’s (Date Night #50): 11/23/12
Date Night heads for the Virginia-Highlands tonight in search of the best Italian food in Atlanta. Our loyal readers will remember that we last visited the Highlands on Date Night #16 back in January, when we went to Highland Tap and Murphy’s. Tonight, on Date Night #49 we have another Va-Hi sampler planned, but things… Read More Virginia Highlands Sampler: 11/16/12
Date Night returns to the West Side, and tonight we roll some balls, drink some beer and lick our fingers. We are at Bone Lick BBQ, which is an offspring of P’cheen in the Old Fourth Ward. Seems that BBQ night at P’cheen was so popular that they opened up their own BBQ place. We… Read More Bone Lick BBQ: 11/9/12
Date Night gets trendy and heads to Bocado, one of the hottest spots on the Westside. It’s not quite as hot as The Optimist (just named restaurant of the year by Esquire Magazine), where we could not get a reservation, but look for us to visit there when the hype cools down a bit. Bocado… Read More Bocado: 10/26/12
We’ve always had a lot of luck with restaurants that have “numbers” in their name. No. 246 in Decatur, Five and Ten in Athens, Nine St. Kitchen in Roswell, and 61 Main in Jasper are just a few of the “numbered” places that we have visited in the last six months. For Date Night #46,… Read More Local Three: 10/12/12
Sometimes Date Night goes just as we planned it, other times we have to ad-lib, just like in the TV business. It’s CNN’s 32nd birthday and we are working without a script. Our rundown begins with a trip to Der Biergarten for pre-show beers and soft pretzels. When we arrive there at 3:45PM, we are… Read More Ted’s Montana Grill: 6/1/12
Date night returns and tonight we are feeling a little Cheeky! Cheeky just opened its third location in the Avenue at East Cobb. It’s about 2 miles from Date Night HQ so we thought we would take our solo offspring, now home from college, and check it out. We can’t remember what Cheeky used to… Read More Cheeky: 5/25/12
Friday Date Night Date Night goes on the road to celebrate a momentous occasion! Before the main event we have time to unwind after a busy work week and share a beer at a favorite spot. In downtown Athens, GA there is a plethora of possibilities when choosing a spot for alcoholic refreshment. We like… Read More Five and Ten (Athens): 4/20/12
Date night number 25 goes for a double dip of fun as we hit the square in Decatur for a mini “pub crawl”. Join us for two scoops of good, and we don’t even eat ice cream! When on the square in Decatur, you must visit The Brick Store. This is only our second visit,… Read More The Brick Store/No. 246: 3/30/12
A few weeks ago, when we were having Date Night beers at the Highland Tap, we saw an interesting boast on their menu that they had the “best burger in Atlanta”. We did not eat the burgers there, but it got us to wondering who really did have the best burger in the city. When… Read More Flip Burger: 3/2/12
“We have nine pizzas on the menu,” the woman at the counter says to us. “You can’t change the ingredients on any of them because they are all perfect.” That boast starts out Date Night as we hit Atlanta’s hottest pizzeria. The local paper loves this place and we have two glowing recommendations (thanks, Luis… Read More Antico Pizza: 2/24/12
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