Best Southern BOA Award Winner

Year » 2005
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2005 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
Mary Mac’s Tea Room

Best Southern BOA Award Winner

Year » 2005
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2005 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
Mary Mac’s Tea Room

Best Southern BOA Award Winner

Year » 2005
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2005 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
Mary Mac’s Tea Room

Best Southern BOA Award Winner

Carver’s Country Kitchen
We love to grouse about the loss of Southern identity in Atlanta’s food scene, but the moment we step inside CARVER’S COUNTRY KITCHEN, our argument falls flat as hoecakes. Sharon Carver serves an iconic bounty of favorites, from collards and salty-but-sweet baked ham to chicken and dumplings andmore...
We love to grouse about the loss of Southern identity in Atlanta’s food scene, but the moment we step inside CARVER’S COUNTRY KITCHEN, our argument falls flat as hoecakes. Sharon Carver serves an iconic bounty of favorites, from collards and salty-but-sweet baked ham to chicken and dumplings and banana pudding. Her mac-n-cheese? Omigod. No wonder a line is out the door. But don’t worry. A spot at a table always seems to open up, and the walls are plastered with endlessly entertaining signs and sayings. Even a license plate bearing the words “Run Forest, Run” made us chuckle at that worn-out saw all over again. “1118 W. Marietta St. 404-794-4410.” less...

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Greenwood’s On Green Street
From the log cabin back room to the prodigious portions, GREENWOOD’S ON GREEN STREET emanates the essence of Southern hospitality. Crisp-crusted, juicy fried chicken, Maryland-style crab cakes in season, delicate trout and a pot roast you wish you’d eaten in your childhood are just the beginningmore...
From the log cabin back room to the prodigious portions, GREENWOOD’S ON GREEN STREET emanates the essence of Southern hospitality. Crisp-crusted, juicy fried chicken, Maryland-style crab cakes in season, delicate trout and a pot roast you wish you’d eaten in your childhood are just the beginning of the feast. Cheese grits with shrimp have a cult following, and some of us drive from intown just for the broccoli casserole. The deservedly famous pies with thick, almost cookie-like crusts (cherry is but one favorite variation) and a husky scoop of house-made vanilla ice cream could be your reward for a clean plate, but no one ever leaves here without a stack of to-go boxes. “1087 Green St., Roswell. 770-992-5383. ” less...

Best Southern BOA Award Winner

Mary Mac’s

Best Southern BOA Award Winner

Mary Mac’s

Best Southern BOA Award Winner

Mary Mac’s Tea Room

Best Southern BOA Award Winner

The Colonnade
We can’t take this category exactly literally. THE COLONNADE is more like a meat-and-two place but it fulfills the spirit of the category. Famous for its blend of gays and grays at dinnertime, the restaurant also features a parade of cosmetic oddities, including a regular diner with hair that looksmore...
We can’t take this category exactly literally. THE COLONNADE is more like a meat-and-two place but it fulfills the spirit of the category. Famous for its blend of gays and grays at dinnertime, the restaurant also features a parade of cosmetic oddities, including a regular diner with hair that looks like platinum cotton candy framing a face that recalls Baby Jane Hudson. We like the lamb shank and the fried chicken best. Lots of people love the roast turkey. Fresh greens are a good side dish and the wedge of iceberg lettuce with blue cheese dressing is standard. “1879 Cheshire Bridge Road, 404-874-5642.” less...

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Greenwood’s
The food at GREENWOOD’S isn’t Southern by the strictest sense - the pork with sage, trout with lemon butter and decadently cinnamon-laced apple pie is more Americana than strictly regional. Crab cakes in the summer are some of the best around. But is Maryland-inspired food really part of the South?more...
The food at GREENWOOD’S isn’t Southern by the strictest sense - the pork with sage, trout with lemon butter and decadently cinnamon-laced apple pie is more Americana than strictly regional. Crab cakes in the summer are some of the best around. But is Maryland-inspired food really part of the South? The feisty servers with their lovely drawls, though, who charge through the dining room with dishes stacked three high on each arm sure make it feel Southern. As does the log-cabin look of this converted house in the heart of Roswell. And don’t forget about the amazing broccoli casserole either. Label it what you will - Bill Greenwood’s welcoming, family-friendly spot is a local treasure. “1087 Green St., Roswell, 770-992-5383.” less...

Best Southern BOA Award Winner

Tie: Silver Grill

Best Southern BOA Award Winner

Mary Mac’s Tea Room

Best Southern BOA Award Winner

Mary Mac’s Tea Room

Best Southern BOA Award Winner

The Colonnade
Open since 1927, people still pack Atlanta classic THE COLONNADE nightly to gaze at gays, grays and everyone in between. The thing is, the food here is actually darn good. Folks seem to find a favorite that sticks, whether it’s the batterlicious fried chicken, the surprisingly fresh grilled trout,more...
Open since 1927, people still pack Atlanta classic THE COLONNADE nightly to gaze at gays, grays and everyone in between. The thing is, the food here is actually darn good. Folks seem to find a favorite that sticks, whether it’s the batterlicious fried chicken, the surprisingly fresh grilled trout, or the salmon cakes like your grandma made way back when. Just try not to fill up on those Parker House rolls before the wacky waitstaff brings out your meal. “1879 Cheshire Bridge Road. 404-874-5642.” less...

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Greenwood’s
As much as we like the high-falutin’ New Southern cuisine that’s come of age in recent years, we always come back to GREENWOOD’S, Bill Greenwood’s funky little shack for consistently soul-satisfying eats. The sassy waitstaff whizzes through the dining rooms balancing enormous plates of localmore...
As much as we like the high-falutin’ New Southern cuisine that’s come of age in recent years, we always come back to GREENWOOD’S, Bill Greenwood’s funky little shack for consistently soul-satisfying eats. The sassy waitstaff whizzes through the dining rooms balancing enormous plates of local pink trout in lemon butter sauce, spicy meatloaf with sauteed onions, and the best broccoli casserole ever conceived. Save room for spectacular pie, and beware the long waits on weekends. “1087 Green St., Roswell. 770-992-5383.” less...

Best Southern BOA Award Winner

Year » 2001
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2001 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
Mary Mac’s Tea Room

Best Southern BOA Award Winner

Year » 2001
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2001 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick
Horseradish Grill
4320 Powers Ferry Road 404-255-7277 and 3070 Windward Plaza Suite P, Alpharetta 770-442-3123 http://www.horseradishgrill.com/buckhead Billing itself as “a neighborhood barn & grill (the original one is located in the former Red Barn Inn), Horseradish Grill certainly looks like a showcase for upscalemore...
4320 Powers Ferry Road 404-255-7277 and 3070 Windward Plaza Suite P, Alpharetta 770-442-3123 http://www.horseradishgrill.com/buckhead Billing itself as “a neighborhood barn & grill (the original one is located in the former Red Barn Inn), Horseradish Grill certainly looks like a showcase for upscale Southern cuisine, with its genteel dining room and its own herb garden. And the kitchen stays true to Southern regional revival cooking, from its flaky biscuits to skillet-fried chicken in buttermilk batter to Kentucky oatmeal spice cake. Occasionally you’ll taste a nouveau flourish, but such flavors as the grilled Georgia mountain rainbow trout rarely stray too far from down home. less...

Best Southern BOA Award Winner

Year » 2000
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2000 » Oral Pleasures » Readers Pick
Mary Mac’s Tea Room
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 croquettesmore...
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...

Best Southern BOA Award Winner

Year » 2000
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2000 » Oral Pleasures » Critics Pick
Horseradish Grill
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 cornmore...
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...
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