Lipizzan Stallions @ Georgia Renaissance Festival

All The King’s Horses

Another excuse to indulge in festival food! Daily performances by the stallions and their talented riders have been added to this season’s show list. All the King’s Horses is one of five new performances that have been added to the list of shows for the 2009 season.

Georgia Renaissance Festival […]

Inman Park Festival 2009

The 38th Annual Inman Park Spring Festival and Tour of Homes Saturday, April 25, 2009 — 11am – 8:30pm (( Parade begins at 2:00pm)) Sunday, April 26, 2009 — 11am – 7:00pm

Cost: Festival and festival events are free, but, the Tour of Homes tickets cost $20 per person to buy onsite.

Parking: Extremely […]

Atlanta Dogwood Festival 2009… this weekend

Atlanta Dogwood Festival 2009 — April 17-19, 2009

Back in Piedmont park… right where it belongs

Over 250 artists, an assortment of musicians from different genres, festival food and beer!! What more do you need?? Stuff for the kids? Yep. Stuff for dogs?? No… except for the Dog Disc Exhibition, but that’s for exhibition […]

Fuddrucker's

The Setting: An American burger chain/fast food restaurant geared to volume. You order in line, help yourself to drinks and take a seat while they prepare your burger. This ultra kid friendly restaurant has an assortment of game machines, gumball dispensers and kid-style activities to keep them busy while you wait.

The Service: Rushed, but, […]

Made From Scratch… at Hardee's??

Apparently Hardee’s have been making buttermilk biscuits “from scratch” for over 30 years!

A hectic weekend had us searching for a fast breakfast option. We wandered into a Hardee’s and got in line. As we were waiting in line, we saw a man in the back rolling out biscuit dough. We looked at […]

Another Visit to The Counter

Once again, The Counter exceeds expectations with perfectly crisp and golden brown sweet potato fries (even more perfect than previous visits… if that’s possible) and burgers nearing perfection. We’ve sampled quite a few burgers and they’ve proven to be impeccably prepared, cooked, and presented on every visit.

Here are a few favorite combinations for our […]

The Counter

The Setting: A new brick building with a clean, bright interior. Robin’s egg blue walls and silver chairs add to the light and airy feel of the place.

The Staff: Friendly

The Food: This might just be my favorite burger in Atlanta. You custom build your own burger.

Choose beef, turkey, veggie, or chicken. […]

Golden Krust

The Setting: This small fast food chain has a handful of locations in Georgia. Very casual in style, these Jamaican meat patty shops are geared toward speedy service.

The Staff: The staff is friendly, but, if there’s a line… you better be ready to order.

The Food: Offering a number of varieties, the meat patties […]

Taste of Atlanta — Atlantic Station

Taste of Atlanta’s 2-day outdoor food festival will take place on the streets of Atlantic Station this weekend Saturday, October 11th and Sunday, October 12th.

Over 70 Atlanta Area restaurants will be participating in this event. Live cooking demonstrations, live entertainment, street performers, food samples(available for purchase with taste coupons) and a Kid’s Avenue […]

Atlanta Greek Festival — Now thru October 5th

The Atlanta Greek Festival offers Greek music, dancing, food, pastries, coffee (Greek & regular), drinks and shopping for Greek specialty items. Jewelry, gold, ceramics, books, cookbooks, clothes, and other handcrafted items will be available in the various gift shops.

One of the highlighs at the festival this year is a special preview of […]