Best Southern

New Southern cooking is a trend we applaud, and this year has certainly seen a rise in the number of chefs and restaurants embracing regional cooking. But chef Linton Hopkins of RESTAURANT EUGENE was one of the first, and nowhere can you see the marvelous results better than in his $29.50 three-course Sunday suppers. Elegant comfort food, such as Creole fried chicken livers, fried chicken or bacon-wrapped Georgia trout, make you proud to live in the South, in a city that's taken local cooking to such fantastic heights. less...

When we want the culinary equivalent of old-time religion, we make a beeline up Ga. 400 to chow down at the church of Bill Greenwood. His GREENWOOD’S ON GREEN STREET is always full of congregates worshipping plates of sage-strewn pork chops, Georgia trout with lemon-chive butter and the heavenly broccoli casserole, worth a pilgrimage in its own right. His pies — particularly apple, cherry and chocolate cream — make you wanna shout, “Amen!” And just like Sunday morning services, you need to show up early for dinner if you want a good seat. less...

If the fictional Aunt Pittypat ran a restaurant, this would be it — not the eponymous tourist trap downtown. Sweet old ladies show guests to tables. Waitresses address customers as "Honeychile" and "Darlin." The menu offers old favorite dishes and tea-room standards: from salmon croquettes and pot likker to Lady peas and Jell-O salad. less...

Tree-shaded tables, an organic garden and a pedigreed clientele go hand in glove with the first-rate New Southern cuisine served in this series of elegant trophy rooms masquerading as a Chastain Park stable. Dave Berry's upscale menu offers treats such as properly fried chicken, pork barbecue on corn bread, wonderful chicken-liver salad, wood-grilled Georgia trout, Southern-style vegetables, hot biscuits and the signature Kentucky oatmeal spice cake. less...