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COVER STORY - Page 2
Southern fare hip & modern
by hud report staff &
Sweet Lowdown, an innovative restaurant and event facility offering Modern Southern cuisine, opened November 21 in the heart of Midtown... MORE
HUD'S CORNER - Page 2
Researching as 2006 fades
by ron hudspeth
hud report editor
We're about to say goodbye to 2006. Good grief, 2006?
Yours truly is working on his 37th year of pounding a typewriter in the city of Atlanta, and let me tell you -- that's alot of cocktails folks.
Here are some 2006 high (and low) lights:
•Don Sharpe , George Watson and Pete Peck, ruled the Atlanta nightlife and restaurant scene in the 1970s which began with the fabled Bucket Shop in the original Underground Atlanta. From there, Sharpe, Watson and Peck quickly spread their pub-restaurants, known for hearty food and over-the-top fun, all over Atlanta, opening The Brandy House, The Scotch House on the southside, Alexander’s Eagle on Clairmont Road in DeKalb, The Hunt Club in Cobb and The Riverhouse in Roswell... MORE
THE SCOOP - Page 3
As Atlanta Eatzi's locaitons close, former chef & GM plan new concept
William 'Ford' Fry, former corporate chef for Eatzi’s, and business partner Ray Camillo, former Eatzi’s general manger, will be opening JCT Kitchen and Bar in the space that formerly housed Sampan in the Westside Urban Market in January. “This is a classic bistro with authentic Southern style,” says Fry. “It’s the kind of homey, comfortable place where guests instantly feel at ease, whether they’re regulars or in for the first time.” JCT will be an upscale, casual, split-level space. The downstairs JCT Kitchen features a light, earth-color palate in tones of zinc, stone, sky grey and caramel... MORE
RED NECKERSON - Page 4
by red neckerson
Time to jolly up for the holidays and as an old cynic, it’s a strain. I love the Christmas season, I just don’t like shopping, mailing out cards, putting up decorations, trimming a tree, having big dinners, wrapping and exchanging gifts and listening to horrid songs such as The Twelve Days of Christmas, stuff like that. I miss the days of shopping trips with our group of radio people and music promoters that would turn into prolonged bouts of drunken debauchery. I get so nostalgic this time of year... MORE
WHAT'S SIZZLIN' AFTER DARK - Page 4
An alphabetical listing of some after dark hot spot suggestions throughout Metro Atlanta... MORE
CHEFS' CORNER - Page 5
Atlanta Cooks at Home
A new cookbook, Atlanta Cooks at Home, released in November by Melissa Libby and Associates, highlights 29 of Atlanta’s most popular chefs and their favorite menus to prepare at home. This month we feature one of the excerpts highlighting Chef Shaun Doty and his newest venture, Shaun's. The cookbook is available online at www.atlantacooksathome.com... MORE
DINING OUT - Page 5
Modern French cuisine
classical brasserie-style
by hud report staff
•TROIS Midtown restaurant spanning three separate levels
•The Red Shoe Soul food and Jazz offered on E. Ponce de Leon
•SAGA A blend of American South with South African cuisine
•Rare Another dose of soul food bound for Piedmont Road
Bob Amick and Todd Rushing (ONE.midtown kitchen, Two.urban licks, piebar, Lobby at TWELVE) have opened their latest venture, TROIS, in the heart of Midtown... MORE
RESTAURANTS VISITED - Page 5
•Tasty China
•Turnover Time
Tasty China
Hot and numbing;
Chef Chang electrifies
The dining room at Tasty China in Marietta has quickly become a promised land for a fanatical pack of Internet food junkies, salivating chefs and giddy restaurant critics... MORE
Turnover Time
For quick, cheap
eats in the 'hood'
While the big name paper critics are busy dining at popular restaurant openings like Saga, and gearing up for swanky Sweet Lowdown, I’m out sifting through humble neighborhood eateries in search of down-to-earth deliciousness. And recently, I discovered that unpretentious delicious morsel at an unassuming little to-go shop near Edgewood called Turnover Time... MORE
METRO BEAT - Page 6
'Goghing, Goghing, Goghn'
Bistro VG arrives in Roswell
•Bistro VG Replaces Van Gogh’s on West Crossville Road
•Right Wing Tavern Enjoy ‘Condoleeza Pilaf' at new Woodstock tavern
•Sidebar Buckhead Vino, ‘Tinis and Tapas arrive in Peachtree Battle
•Brookstone Steak & Grille Reopens in Acworth with family-friendly feel
by hud report staff
& contributor bo shurling
After almost 16 years of operation, husband and wife restaurateurs Christopher and Michele Sedgwick, closed Van Gogh’s on West Crossville Road in Roswell and in late November re-opened Bistro VG in the same location. The duo also owns Vinny’s on Windward, two Theo’s Brother's Bakerys and two Aspen Signature Steaks locations... MORE
RESTAURANT & BAR WARS - Page 7
Newly Opened, Coming Soon, Anniversarys & Casualites... MORE
PHOTOPLAY PAGE- Page 8
Cumberland mall grand opening: Maggiano’s Little Italy kicked off the opening of their Cumberland Mall location with the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, Smyrna Mayor Max Bacon, Make-A- Wish child Will Hennessy and Cobb County Commissioner Joe Lee Thompson in attendance to cut the official ribbon... MORE