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Best Restaurant to Take Visitors

Creative Loafing has been presenting Atlanta's Best People, Places and Events since 1972. These are some of the past winners for this category:

Best Restaurant to Take Visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2019
Type of Award » Consumer Culture
Picked By » Critics

Busy Bee Cafe (Where to Eat Recommendation)

Best Restaurant to Take Visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2019
Type of Award » Consumer Culture
Picked By » Readers

Mary Mac's Tea Room (Where to Eat Recommendation)

Best Restaurant to Take Visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2018
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Critics

Trader Vic's (Featured)

It shocks me how many Atlantans haven't been to Trader Vic's. It's a kitschy Pacific Rim gem hidden below the Atlanta Marriott Marquis that dishes out Mai Tais in fish bowls. Because sharing is caring and good for the immune system. Aloha already!

Best Restaurant to Take Visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2018
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Readers

Mary Mac's Tea Room (Where to Eat Recommendation)

Best restaurant to take visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2016
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Readers

Imperial Fez Mediterranean Restaurant & Lounge (Where to Eat Recommendation)

Best restaurant to take visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2015
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Readers

The Vortex - Little Five Points

Best restaurant to take visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2015
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Readers

The Vortex - Little Five Points

Best restaurant to take visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2014
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Readers

The Optimist (Featured)

Best restaurant to take visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2013
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Readers

The Vortex - Little Five Points

Best restaurant to take visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2012
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Readers

TIE: Empire State South and JCT Kitchen

Best restaurant to take visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2011
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Readers

The Vortex - Little Five Points

Best restaurant to take visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2010
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Readers

Rathbun's (Permanently Closed)

Runner-up: The Vortex Bar and Grill

878 Peachtree St., 404-875-1667; 438 Moreland Ave., 404-688-1828. www.thevortexbarandgrill.com.

Best restaurant to take visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2009
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Readers

TWO urban licks

Runner-up
Mary Mac's Tea Room
224 Ponce de Leon Ave., 404-876-1800, www.marymacs.com

Best restaurant to take visitors BOA Award Winner

TWO urban licks

Best Restaurant to Take Visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2008
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Readers

TWO urban licks

Best Restaurant to Take Visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2008
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Readers

Watershed on Peachtree

Best Restaurant to Take Visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2007
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Readers

TWO urban licks

Best Restaurant to Take Visitors BOA Award Winner

Watershed on Peachtree

406 W. Ponce de Leon Ave. 404-378-4900 http://www.watershedrestaurant.com You've heard it countless times when visitors come to town "Where can I get a real taste of Atlanta?"

Best Restaurant to Take Visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2007
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Critics

Watershed on Peachtree

You&#146;ve heard it countless times when visitors come to town: &#147;Where can I get a real taste of Atlanta?&#148; The answer is WATERSHED. Chef Scott Peacock&#146;s cooking is classic Southern without the usual kitsch and without the excessive &#147;updating&#148; and fusion. The Tuesday-night fried chicken dinner is the quintessential Watershed experience, but the daily menu includes plenty of classics, too: salmon croquettes, okra pancakes, fried catfish and barbecued chicken. In fact, dishes like those earned Peacock a James Beard award as best chef in the Southeast this year. less...

Best restaurant to take visitors BOA Award Winner

TWO urban licks

Best Restaurant to Take Visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2006
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Critics

Son's Place (Permanently Closed)

It there&#146;s one thing your out-of-town visitors may not be able to get in other big cities, it&#146;s genuine, delicious Southern soul food, served up with a side of hospitality. Atlanta couldn&#146;t ask for a better welcoming party for those out-of-towners than SON&#146;S PLACE, where even Yankees will love the squash casserole, collards and ho-cakes. As if all that food weren&#146;t enough, the folks behind the counter are likely to clang the bell for first-timers to welcome them to Son&#146;s Place. We just hope that you love your guests, because once they&#146;ve eaten here they may never leave. less...

Best Restaurant to Take Visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2006
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Readers

Taverna Plaka

Best Restaurant to Take Visitors BOA Award Winner

TWO urban licks

Best Restaurant to Take Visitors BOA Award Winner

Year » 2005
Type of Award » Oral Pleasures
Picked By » Critics

TWO urban licks

Eating at TWO URBAN LICKS is as much about the spectacle as it is about the meal. With so much competing for your attention &#151; the frenzied bar, the giant rotisserie, the wall of windows overlooking the Midtown skyline &#151; it&#146;s easy to get swept up in the scene. Small plates with cheeky names like &#147;lamb lollipops&#148; are good for sharing and make great conversation starters, too. Atlanta may not have much in the way of tourist attractions, but an over-the-top dining spectacle like Two more than makes up for it. less...