Savor historic Inman Park with three-course dinners from 14 restaurants.  Inman Park Restaurant Week is a splendid opportunity to experience your favorite local chef or restaurant!  Located just two miles east of downtown Atlanta, Inman Park is not only the home of gorgeous Victorian mansions and contemporary new lofts, but it is also a major culinary destination.  Restaurant-rich, the area is filled with interesting restaurants and pubs, offering everything from American, Southern, European and ethnic cuisine to your favorite pub dishes. 

In support of Hunger Action Month, which happens throughout the month of September, the Fall Inman Park Restaurant Week will benefit the Atlanta Community Food Bank. 

$15 Price
Fritti*
Pure Taqueria
North Highland Pub
Victory Sandwich Bar*

$25 Price
Wisteria*
The Albert
Il Localino
One Eared Stag*
Parish Food & Goods
Park’s Edge
Rathbun’s*
Sauced
Sotto Sotto*

$35 Price
Kevin Rathbun Steak

*= my favorites 

More info here: INMAN PARK RESTAURANT WEEK FALL 2011

Um, YES!  See you all in Inman!

xx, L

From Saturday, August 27 to Sunday, September 4, you can dine at some of Midtown’s most delicious restaurants for a fraction of the price!  Three course menus range from $25 to $35 per person, not including tax and gratuity.  And, look at the fantastic line up of restaurants:

4th & Swift
Abattoir
Atmosphere Bistro
Briza
Cypress Street Pint & Plate
Dolce
Ecco
Eleven
Escorpion
Goin’ Coastal
Gordon Biersch
The Livingston
The Melting Pot
Oceanaire
Park 75
Pasta da Pulcinella
Pozole
Ra Sushi
Rosa Mexicano
Serpas
Shout
South City Kitchen
Spice Market
Steel
Straits
Strip
Table 1280
The Nook
Veni Vidi Vici

Click here for more information on Midtown Restaurant Week + participating restaurants’ menus!

 Guess it’s time to start making some reservations… (My #1 favorite pastime.) 

xx, L

Atlanta’s Hotel Restaurant Week (HRW) will celebrate its first annual week-long evening dining event this month.  It is geared toward attracting diners to hotel restaurants – a great dining option with a number of excellent Atlanta hotels to choose from. 

HRW is expected to attract thousands of diners, so make reservations early to secure your table for this exciting food event!  There are no passes to buy or coupons to carry – diners simply make a reservation at the hotel restaurant of their choice and select from a special three course dinner menu for $25, plus tip + tax. 

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS
Park 75
Room
The Mansion on Peachtree
Livingston
Lobby
Spice Market
Paces 88
Eleven
BLT Steak
Au Pied de Cochon

Visit Atlanta’s Hotel Restaurant Week’s website for more information + to make a reservation!  Bon appetit!

xx, L

Here’s the Q+DD:
From March 28 – April 3, savor historic Inman Park with three-course dinners from select local restaurants.  Inman Park Restaurant Week is a splendid opportunity to experience your favorite chef or restaurant.  (I want to hug the word “splendid.”)

Located just two miles east of downtown Atlanta, Inman Park is not only the home of gracious Victorian mansions + contemporary new lofts, but also a major culinary destination.  Restaurant-rich, the area has more than 12 restaurant and pubs offering everything from American, Southern, European + ethnic cuisine to your favorite pub dishes.  No wonder Inman Park has become an area with an increasingly sophisticated palate!  Shucks.

This year’s restaurant week will benefit Atlanta’s own Open Hand. 

More info on the charity here: EAT WELL + DO GOOD

Participating Restaurants:

$15 Price
Fritti
Pure Taqueria
The Albert
North Highland Pub
Victory Sandwich Bar

$25 Price
Wisteria
Parish Food & Goods
Park’s Edge
Rathbun’s
Sauced
Sotto Sotto

$35 Price
Kevin Rathbun Steak

Lindsay’s Recommendations:
All of the participating restaurants + pubs are winners, but my personal IPRW picks are…(drum roll por favor)…

And, I’m dying to try Victory Sandwich Bar.

More Info on Inman Park Restaurant Week here: FEED ME, SEYMOUR!

Make your reservations today + enjoy the week! 

xx, L

But if I had a favorite Restaurant Week…Inman Park would definitely be a strong contender!

Inman Park Restaurant week began yesterday, September 20 and runs through September 26, 2010

The Q+DD: You know the drill. 3-course dinners from 13 restaurants for either $15, $25, or $35:

Participating Restaurants:

$15
Fritti
Pure Taqueria
The Albert
North Highland Pub (dinner for 2)

$25 Price
Wisteria
Parish Food & Goods
Fritti
Park’s Edge
Rathbun’s
Sauced
Shaun’s
Sotto Sotto

$35 Price
Kevin Rathbun Steak

Bonus: September is Hunger Action Month and the Fall Inman Park Restaurant Week will benefit the Atlanta Community Food Bank’s Atlanta’s Table project. Each restaurant will be offering raffle* tickets for $1.00 that will go towards the charity.

*The raffle prize will be a party for THE WINNER AND THIRTY OF THEIR FRIENDS at Shaun’s Restaurant. Chefs from each restaurant participating in Restaurant Week will prepare hors d’oeuvres and provide beer and wine for the party. Winner and guests must be 21 years or older. The Winner will be drawn on October 1 and announced on the web site www.inmanparkrestaurantweek.com.

Additional Information
Visit http://www.inmanparkrestaurantweek.com/ for menus and reservations

Bon appétit!

xx, L

Not that I’m complaining…but still.  It seems like every time I turn around it’s another RW.  (P.S. It’s impossible for me to write “turn around” w/o breaking into song in my head.  “TURN AROUND…every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you’re never comin’ round…TURN AROUND Bright Eyes!” )  Excellent.  Will have that in my head for the rest of the afternoon.  Similarly, I can’t say the word “situation” any longer without thinking of my favorite Thursday night guilty pleasure.  GTL 4 Life, yo.

mike "the situation"

Okay, okay – back to business…

My personal favorites included in this list are Ecco (don’t forget to get a bottle of my favorite wine!), Pacci and Serpas, but overall this is a nice selection of restaurants for an excellent deal.  Don’t miss out, but honestly if you do, I’m sure that it will be Midtown RW again in a month or two.  Just sayin’… 

xx, L

Many of Downtown Atlanta’s finest dining establishments were selected to take part in this fabulous food event!  There are no passes to buy, coupons to carry or cards to punch.  You simply attend the restaurant of your choice during Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week and select from a special three-course dinner menu, for $25.00 and $35.00 per person, plus tip, plus tax.  Restaurant Week runs from July 26 – August 8.  Don’t miss out!

Make a night out of it and book your VIP Hotel Package here:
http://www.atlanta.net/darw/packages.aspx

Slick + I are finally in town this coming weekend, and definitely planning to take advantage of the great deals at at least one of these restaurants:

$25 Restaurants
Avanzare (Hyatt Regency Atlanta)
No Mas! Cantina
Rise Sushi Lounge
French American Brasserie – FAB (love!!)
Paschal’s Atlanta
ROOM (Twelve Centennial Park)
Max Lager’s Wood-Fired Grill & Brewery
Peasant Bistro
Sear (Atlanta Marriott Marquis)
Meehan’s Public House
Pittypat’s Porch
Social
Spoon
STATS
Terrace on Peachtree (The Ellis Hotel)
Thrive
Truva

$35 Restaurants
Atlanta Grill (Ritz-Carlton)
BLT Steak (W Hotel)
Durango Steak House
Glenn’s Kitchen (The Glenn Hotel)
Il Mulino
Legal Sea Foods
Ray’s in the City
Ruth Chris Steak House (August 2-8 only)
Sun Dial Restaurant, Bar & View

Download menus here:  http://tiny.cc/mh5k9

You know us, we can’t resist a good deal on a great meal! 

clean plate club

Just LOVE Restaurant Week!  See y’all downtown! 

xx, L

You know, in Paris they're just "fries"

I know it’s late notice, but the INMAN PARK SPRING RESTAURANT WEEK is also 03/08 (today!) through 03/14!

The Q+DD on IPRW: You know the drill. Great restaurants at a crazy discount. One week only! Although, as a good-karma extra, this Spring, the event will benefit the Believe In Me Foundation, which supports the education and welfare of children with autism and is led by Chef Shaun Doty.

Bonus: $1 raffle tickets will be sold and will go towards the charity.  The Winner will win an hors d’ouerves, beer and wine party for 30 people hosted by Kevin  Rathbun.  Each participating chef will create an appetizer, chooose beer and wine, and celebrate the evening  with thirty of the winner’s friends.  

As in IPRWs past (view my previous post here) the restaurant discounts are in tiers:

$15: Fritti, Pure Taqueria, The Albert, North Highland Pub (dinner for 2)

$25: Wisteria, Parish Food & Goods, Fritti, Park’s Edge, Rathbun’s, Sauced, Shaun’s, Zaya Mediterranean Cuisine

$35: Kevin Rathbun Steak, Sotto Sotto

I must admit: I am SHOCKED that I can even THINK about food after the amazing amount of homemade Pizza Rolls and Milk Duds I consumed at our friend Meredith’s fabulous Oscar party last night…

= LK on the red carpet

xx, L

That said, you should know that the inaugural Buckhead Restaurant week is right around the corner! 3 courses for $25? Yes, please!

Here are a few of my favorite participants:

Anis
Anis is such a perfect little date spot! It’s this amazing little French resto in a charming little house off Grandview. They have an outside patio (and allow pups!) as well as cozy inside seating. Love!

Aria
(Or Aria’s as my mom calls it.) If you have never been, you are seriously missing out. Aria is one of my favorite restaurants in the city – it’s romantic, the food is amazing, and it’s very glam in an understated sort of way.

Bistro Niko
You know a restaurant is cool when EZ elects to celebrate her birthday there!In the bottom of the Soverign building, this chic little French bistro is the newest addition to the Buckhead Life restaurant group. The bar area is especially cool.

Capital Grille
Two words: Stoli Doli. When l lived in the Eclipse (located just behind the restaurant) this was my go-to happy hour spot. It’s a higher-end steak joint, and everything on the menu is delish, but the lobster mac + cheese will change your life and the calamari is out of this world. Their signature cocktail is the “Stoli Doli” – a martini made with pineapple infused vodka. DELISH. Plus, it has the whole country club chic thing going on and I love that.

Kyma
Another Buckhead Life participant, and Lindsay’s favorite big fat Greek restaurant. Go get your taramasalata on, yo.

Nava
I celebrated a landmark birthday here and will always have a special place in my heart for blue cornbread, prickly pear margaritas, and lobster tacos…

Other participating restaurants are Aja (it’s pronounced like Asia, FYI, not Ah-zjh-ah- I asked!), Aqua Bistro, Atlanta Fish Market, Blue Pointe, Cantina (where Lola used to be), Craftbar, Gordon Biersch, Home, Market, Paces 88, The Palm, Pricci, Prime, Ruth’s Chris, Shula’s 347, and The Grape.

You can make reservations by calling the restaurants (duh) or on Opentable.com, a sponsor of the event.

Please note that alcohol and gratuity are not included in the $25.

Happy fine dining on a dime!

xx, L

Right on the heels of Downtown and Midtown restaurant weeks comes INMAN PARK restaurant week! Check it: http://www.inmanparkrestaurantweek.com
You know the drill: 3 course meals at fabulous restaurants at fabulous prices. IPRW has three tiers – $15, $25, and $35 as follows:

$15
Pure Taqueria (ok I may be too blonde to understand this, but Pure in Inman Park won’t be QUITE open yet in time for IPRW. But they’re listed as a participant and I’ve been to the one in ‘Phretta courtesy of my fabulous OTP friends L+J and LOVED it. We were super rowdy and I was glad I had a designated driver to cart me back down to Exit #1. There is also a location in Woodstock. What is a Woodstock?)
Sauced – only on Sept 25. I don’t get it, but whatevs, I really dig their logo.
The Albert

$25
Fritti - I adore Fritti. I love their little patio, I love their thin crust pizzas, I love their calamari, I love their risotto croquettes, and I love that the chef once brought me a glass of his personal homemade limoncello…which isn’t on the menu.
Sotto Sotto – I have never had a bad time or a bad meal at Sotto Sotto. Plus – if you’re lucky, you’ll see this girl there:

She’s what you call “obsessed” with the place.

Wisteria – This place must be magical because out of all the restaurants in Atlanta, Linds elected to have her birthday there this year and it was spectacular. Witness:

Rathbun’s -sigh. Just go. And don’t forget about Krog Bar, either.
Parrish – see here
Park’s Edge
Zaya
Shaun’s (but don’t forget…Shaun’s also has $12 pasta Sundays. Talk about recessionista dining!)

$35
Kevin Rathbun Steak

Bon Appétit!

xx, L