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Though entrenched in a former meatpacking warehouse, James Beard Foundation Award of Excellence for best Southeastern restaurant recipient Bacchanalia embodies a Northern California-style emphasis on organic homegrown ingredients and seasonal tasting menus. The entry, housing gourmet market Star Provisions, opens to the airy dining room. Unfortunately, to secure a table requires a reservation made an average of a month in advance. Whether gawking or dining, few people walk away without some of Bacchanalia’s famed locally produced cheeses. Smaller crosstown sister restaurant Floataway Café is more easily experienced on short notice.
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Stuffy service doesn’t take away from the fact Chops offers not only some of the city’s best cuts of broiled beef, but also the freshest shipments of Maine lobster and lump crab. What better way to cut into your expense account than cutting into a thick, juicy steak? Whether settling in the wood- paneled main dining room or the art deco lobster bar, know that you’re swapping air(s) with top power brokers. Steak tartare, served up with condiments tableside, is the dish on everyone’s lips and tongue… till they swallow, then nothing’s left.
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Located nomadically between Midtown and Buckhead, MidCity Cuisine is equally caught between American cuisine with European accents. It may not be in a neighbourhood, but it exudes neighbourhood restaurant. The project of Atlanta celebrity chef Shaun Doty, MidCity Cuisine celebrates spare, smart dining from the earth tone dining room to the open kitchen and all it produces. The mildly inconsistent menu contrasts family-friendly fare – PB&J panini and Niman Ranch hot dogs – with gourmet – hanger steak with chickpea fries and fettuccine with chicken livers. Homemade Kit Kat’s and Sunday night all-you-can-eat pizza are celebrated.
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Only steps from Centennial Olympic Park and most major convention centre hotels, Ted’s Montana Grill is the epitome of local mogul Ted Turner’s bullish – in this case bison-ish – ventures. A rustic Rocky Mountain tavern, Ted’s Montana Grill offers buffalo and beef in 20 tender, freshly ground American-sized portions, plus pot roast, chili and more. Slide in a deep booth and savor a glass bottle Coke. More than anything, onion rings shouldn’t be missed. Sure, there are infinitely more upscale Atlanta steakhouses – Chops, Bone’s, Ruth’s Chris – but there’s little more Atlanta than Ted.
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