Exploring Atlanta – For Newcomers and Natives
I have a confession: My name is Maura, and I’m a tea-a-holic. I’m a daily tea drinker. Chick-Fil-A is my “dealer” of choice, and it helps that there’s one located right around the corner from my house. My Twitter friends tease me about my check-ins, my clients give me gift cards to feed the need, [...]
Did you check out the first-ever Street Food Happy Hour at Ticket Alternative in June? It was a rainy night, but street food fanatics and enthusiasts were on hand enjoying delicious offerings from Tamale Queen, the King of Pops, and Wild Heaven beers, as well as jamming to some live music at Atlanta’s most AWESOME [...]
Dear friends of 365Atlanta, I hope you’ve enjoyed the past 17 months of 365Atlanta.com! I’m so grateful for all you who read the blog, LIKE the page on Facebook, follow @365Atlanta on Twitter, say hi when we meet and just generally support my fun explorations of Atlanta! There’s no sign of stopping – I’m always on the [...]
My first taste of Indian food was in graduate school. A good friend of mine introduced me to it in a little Indian restaurant, in an old converted Rax, around the corner from our apartment building. I wasn’t sure what to expect and I certainly didn’t expect to find a new favorite cuisine, one that [...]
It’s no secret that my favorite Irish pub in Atlanta is Fadó in Buckhead – delicious food, the best Guinness pour in town, and the friendliest people you could ever hope to meet. Tonight, you can find out another reason it’s one of my favorite places – you can help them help one of their [...]
Decatur welcomes its newest restaurant, No. 246, with an evening in support of one of Atlanta’s favorite causes, the Atlanta Community Food Bank. No, 246, which just opened to the public last Wednesday, is a new partnership between Chef Ford Fry (owner and executive chef of JCT. Kitchen and Bar) and Chef Drew Belline (formerly chef de cuisine [...]
If you know me (and many of you do), you know that I. Love. Shoes. If you, too, have a thing for beauty with which to adorn your tootsies, then you should check out the Ann Roth Shoes Mid-Summer Espadrille Sale. This weekend, Saturday, July 16, 2011 from 12:00 until 4:00 PM, you can shop [...]
Looking for a good mid-week to-do? Check out the Taste of East Atlanta – Thursday, July 14, 2011. From 5:00 until 9:00 PM, you can sample eats from some of the best restaurants in East Atlanta. The list of participating restaurants includes: The EARL, EAV Farmers Market, Flatiron, Grant Central, Graveyard, Gravity Pub, Holy Taco, Joe’s Coffee, Midway Pub, Nawlins, Olivia’s Cafe, So Ba [...]
One of my favorite Mexican joints in Atlanta is The Original El Taco, one of Fifth Group Restaurants’ delicious eateries. Their monthly Mi Casa Su Casa dinner series continues next week, on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 from 6:30 until 8:00 PM, with a celebration for your tastebuds of the delicious, authentic seafood you can only [...]
Calling all Southern Belles and Beaus! Tonight – Saturday, July 2, 2011 at the 7:00 PM game – the Atlanta Braves will celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Gone With the Wind at Turner Field, as they take on Baltimore Orioles. In partnership with the Atlanta History Center and the Margaret Mitchell House, the Atlanta Braves [...]
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