Nab Some Now: Pumpkin and Duck Paella for Dinner at 10th & Piedmont Through November 25

10th & Piedmont executive chef Michelle Matlock rakes in autumn’s glory for her savory and filling pumpkin and duck paella. In its native Spain, paella is a chameleon dish easily adapted to show off each season’s bounty. Globally inspired yet not bound by borders, Matlock loads her version with seared duck breast, peas, cranberries, fennel, thyme and sage pumpkin stock. One paella only sets you back $14 or order 2 for $27. Take flight to Midtown for this limited-time special, only available during dinner hours through Wednesday, November 25. Like duck hunting season, this trophy of a dish will be gone in a flash.

Give Thanks for Atlanta Restaurants Nixing Feast-Fixing Stress with Bountiful Buffets and Tantalizing Takeouts

Seen the planning charts for organizing Thanksgiving dinner? One month out do this. Two weeks out do that. Set the table and the buffet. Buy the wine and thaw the turkey. Stop. Reflect. Be thankful for family, friends and Atlanta restaurants ready to gobble up any stress with all-you-can-eat buffets and scrumptious take-away entrées and sides. You’ll only need to make reservations. So blessed.

Kick off the celebration early and give thanks at Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland where they’re throwing a Thanksgiving Eve party with New Belgium Brewing Company on Wednesday, November 25. Make your way back on Thanksgiving Day for dinner service beginning at 4 p.m. featuring Big Green Egg smoked turkey and all the fixin’s. Priced at $28 for adults, $18 for young adults and $10 for children 10 and under. Reservations are recommended for dinner. Call 404-876-7249.

10th & Piedmont hosts its traditional Thanksgiving Day buffet from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Stations cover all the food groups: a carving station for roasted garlic prime rib and slow-baked brown butter turkey breast; cold station for salads, fruits and cheeses; a hot station bears roasted butternut squash bisque, Creole shrimp and stone-ground yellow grits, traditional turkey cornbread dressing, triple-cheese mac and cheese, candied sweet potatoes and more; and dessert central offers pumpkin pie, Southern pecan pie, chocolate ganache cake, apple butter crumble bread pudding, Dutch apple pie and Chantilly banana pudding. $34.95 per person. Call 404-602-5510 for reservations.

Ray’s Restaurants’ buffets give center stage to Thanksgiving staples and signature Ray’s favorites. Dine at Ray’s on the River from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. for $45.95 per adult and $22.95 per child (ages 5-10). The spread at Ray’s at Killer Creek also is available from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. and is priced at $37.95 per adult and $18.95 per child. Ray’s in the City closes an hour earlier, with its buffet running from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. and also priced at $37.95 per adult and $18.95 per child. For full menus and reservations, visit raysrestaurants.com.

Saltwood Charcuterie & Bar spotlights a family style lunch and dinner menu on Thanksgiving Day. For $65 per person, guests can enjoy a traditional turkey dinner or baked Chilean sea bass along with such selections as roasted butternut squash soup, smoked country ham, roasted root vegetables, sweet potato roulade and local apple fritters. Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; dinner, 5-9:30 p.m. Call 404-745-5000 for reservations.

Turkey to go

Let Bantam + Biddy on Crescent Avenue handle the cooking this year with a to-go Thanksgiving feast that easily feeds 10-12 hungry and grateful guests. Spread includes a 12- to 15-pound roasted Amish turkey, classic mashed potatoes, braised collard greens, sage and wild rice stuffing, homemade giblet gravy, a quart of spicy cranberry sauce, cornbread and North Georgia apple pie, all ready to heat and serve. Place orders for the $200 feast by 5 p.m. on Saturday, November 21. Pick up between 1-3 p.m. on Wednesday, November 25 at the Crescent Avenue location only. To place your order, call 404-725-5059 or email wecater@bantamandbiddy.com.
 
Make Wednesday night prep even easier or say, "arrivederci!" to tired turkey leftovers. Please the family with grab-and-go Italian fare from newly opened Bellina Alimentari in Ponce City Market (PCM). Bellina's Market in the PCM Food Hall has take-home, family style portions of lasagna and other Italian favorites to heat, eat and satiate your crowd pre- and post-Thanksgiving feast.

Feed a table of six to eight guests for $75 with a 12-to 14-pound apple-brined Thanksgiving turkey from Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails accompanied by Madeira gravy and sage-corn spoonbread. Sides of mashed or rosemary-roasted potatoes, green beans, grilled asparagus and pimiento cheese grits are available for $20 per quart. Place orders online by Friday, November 20 for pick up November 24 and 25.

Traditionalists preferring to roast or smoke their own Thanksgiving turkey will give thanks for White Oak Pastures'high-quality American Standard Bronze birds that are Animal Welfare Approved, Certified Humane and rated Step 5+ (highest possible rating) by the Global Animal Partnership. Raised completely unconfined on White Oak’s farm, they come to the table free of antibiotics, hormones and other additives—and completely delicious. Pricing is $75 for small (8-12 pounds), $100 for medium-sized birds (12.1-16 pounds) and $125 for large (16.1 pounds and heavier). Order via White Oak Pastures’ online store. All turkeys will be shipped the week before Thanksgiving (Monday, November 16 – Friday, November 20) to ensure timely delivery.

Post-Turkey Tango

After the big meal, excuse yourself from the table and ease your way to Johnny’s Hideaway to dance off the stuffing and pie. The Buckhead nightspot will open at 7 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. Reservations are accepted until 8:30 p.m. Call 404-233-8026.

Eat Up for $15, $25 or $35 During Midtown Restaurant Week September 5-13

Midtown Atlanta takes the destination dining prize next week when restaurants participating in the 10th annual Midtown Restaurant Week post special prix fixe lunch and/or dinner menus for $15, $25 and $35. Article 14, Bantam + Biddy, Chick-a-Biddy, 10th & Piedmont, HOBNOB Neighborhood Tavern and Saltwood Charcuterie & Bar are in the pool of restaurants offering specials over the dates of Saturday, September 5 through Sunday, September 13. Chick-a-Biddy, for example, will offer a $15 three-course dinner menu of pimento cheese with veggies and crackers or home-style veggie chili, a quarter of fresh Carolina chicken (piri piri, jerk or fried) and any dessert on the menu. Article 14’s prix fixe menu shows off a $15 lunch with an entrée and dessert or a three-course dinner for $35 with entrée choices of whole wheat spaghetti with kale and walnut pesto and sheep’s milk feta, grilled Georgia trout or grilled flat iron steak. View menus then make those reservations right away for this popular let’s-eat-out event. 

Appetizing Aperture

Warm your innards with a mug of cider at G's Midtown and 10th & Piedmont. It's okay to play with the cinnamon stick swizzlers. Pick one or more through January 31. 

Cold Weather "Forkcast" Nips 20% off at 10th & Piedmont, G's Midtown and HOBNOB

Chilly Willies and Wilmas, here's a toasty, tasty thought to ponder while shaving fuzz balls off those sweaters: Communitas Hospitality restaurants will cut 20 percent off your entire dinner check when Atlanta's outdoor temperature falls below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. To take advantage of this cold weather proposition, mention "The Forkcast" at Midtown restaurants10th & Piedmont, G's Midtown or HOBNOB any day our fair city's mercury drops as stipulated. Cold hard truth, "The Forkcast" cannot be combined with any other offer.

10th & Piedmont and G's Midtown's Birthday Celebration is TONIGHT!

10th & Piedmont and G's Midtown are celebrating their birthdays by gifting guests half off the price of any dinner food items today, December 10. G's Midtown is marking its first year, and 10th & Piedmont clocks in with year number two. Both restaurants are extending the half-price favor over the 5-10 p.m. dinner hours as a way of saying thank you to friends who have shared the year of meals, spirits and merrymaking in Midtown. G's Midtown karaoke night mic provides more entertainment from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. for those who want to keep the revelry going into the wee hours.

Weeknight Happy Hours at 10th & Piedmont and G's Midtown

10th & Piedmont and G's Midtown are both offering a special happy hour menu Monday through Friday evenings from 5-7 p.m. Pay half the menu price for choice starters and shareable items such as Beets & Blue flatbread, grilled Belgian endive salad, Dynamite fish tacos, lamb sliders, forest mushroom crostini, smoked salmon mousse and roasted beet hummus. The menu extends to heartier fare as well, including jerk mahi mahi, chicken and mushroom ravioli, G's pimento bacon cheeseburger and the smoked turkey melt. So how does the half-price deal translate? During happy hour, menu prices of $7-$18 are chopped to $3.50-$9. Fill 'er up and roll the savings into your favorite liquid asset.

Appetizing Aperture

You think it's cold here? 10th & Piedmont knows some Mainers who brave Maine-stream ocean depths and colder weather than Georgia will ever know to provide sweet, succulent Maine lobster tails for the Midtown restaurant's new winter menu. Chef Javier Viera treats the shellfish to some Southern heat, enhancing the tender meat and bringing color to its cheeks, err, tails. Four 2.5-ounce tails touch base on a plate along with a duo of saffron and clarified butter. Squeeze on lemon for a sunny pop of citrus and vitamin C. Visit 10th & Piedmont soon to meet and eat these guys and their warm-you-up compadres. 

Look Forward to Midtown Restaurant Week September 6-14

Oh yes, the wonderful week devoted to fantastic food has finally arrived. Midtown Restaurant Week offers brunch, lunch and dinner at $15, $25 or $25 from September 6-14 to satisfy any budget and appetite.

Midtown restaurants such as Article 14, Bantam + Biddy, G’s Midtown, 10th & Piedmont, HOBNOB and The Pig & The Pearl will be serving up some savory dishes. Don’t forget to make reservations on OpenTable! 

Frame Your Piedmont Park Arts Fest Outing with Food and Drink at 10th & Piedmont, G’s Midtown and HOBNOB, August 16-17

If you’re looking for painting, photography, sculpture, leather or metal work, blown glass, jewelry or anything handcrafted, the Piedmont Park Arts Festival is where you’ll want to be. Over the weekend of August 16-17, more than 250 artists will be in Atlanta’s largest park from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sunday. Grab a bite to eat beforehand or go for dinner and drinks afterwards at G’s Midtown, HOBNOB and 10th & Piedmont. Brunch at G’s Midtown starts on Saturday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. or catch dinner beginning at 5 p.m. HOBNOB serves brunch from 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sunday and dinner starting at 5 p.m. Let the fun begin!

10th & Piedmont Sticks It to ‘Em to Win Travel Channel Chow Master’s $10,000 in Hotlanta Fried Chicken Battle

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On a mission to find the best chicken and waffles in Atlanta, Travel Channel’s Chow Master hosts, chef Sam Demarco and director Frank Coraci, headed to 10th & Piedmont. Coming hot out the kitchen was executive chef Javier Viera’s spin on the dish. Paired with a dipping trio of hot sauce, powdered sugar and North Georgia sorghum syrup, Viera marinated chicken breast on a stick, wrapped it in applewood smoked bacon, submerged the entire thing into homemade waffle batter and then fried it to a perfect golden crisp. After competing against some of the best, 10th and Piedmont took home the title for tastiest fried chicken in Atlanta and won the $10,000 prize! Catch the Chow Masters Hotlanta Chicken episode and then head to 10th and Piedmont and try the winning dish available on the lunch, dinner and weekend brunch menus! 

10th & Piedmont Vodka Passport Program Offers Proof You’ve Traveled the World

                        Credit: Lauren Uhi-Chambers

Travel the world without leaving the city with the vodka passport program at 10th & Piedmont. On Thursday, July 17, sip your way through 25 varieties of vodkas, earning a stamp for each vodka you try. National Wine & Spirits representatives will be at the 6:30 p.m. launch party and will offer complimentary vodka tastings while 10th & Piedmont will provide complimentary snacks and a 10 percent discount for those who stay on for dinner that night. Receive a stamp in each square of your passport (not all in one night, of course!) and receive a complimentary dinner for two (maximum $50 value).

10th & Piedmont Scores Finalist Spot on Travel Channel's Chow Masters

We knew it all along, but now the world knows that Midtown’s 10^th & Piedmont has amazing fried chicken. The Travel Channel’s Chow Masters scours the nation for America's best comfort food, and they have selected 10th & Piedmont as a finalist in the fried chicken episode, which airs this Saturday, May 31 at 3:30 p.m. In honor of the airing, the restaurant is hosting a viewing party with all of the televisions and the big screen. Complimentary samples of the chicken and waffles will be passed around for guests to indulge while they watch. For more information, call 404-602-5510 or visit 10thandpiedmont.com. 

Salute Memorial Day with a Memorable Meal Out or Grab Burgers to Grill

 

There’s a lot going on over Memorial Day weekend. Perhaps you’re remembering those who’ve served our nation, enjoying an all-American baseball game or zipping back into town after a mini-vacay to welcome summer fun. Atlanta restaurants are open on Monday, May 26 to help cover meals, and Whole Foods Market stores have a Memorial Day meal bundle for those of you who just want to grill and chill.

Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland will be open late on Sunday night, May 25 to welcome the holiday and will follow up on Monday with regular hours beginning at 11:30 a.m.

G’s Midtown will be open as usual for hearty gastro pub favorites, small plates, salads, sandwiches and a well of ice-cold craft beer, wine and cocktails. Monday is trivia night from 8-10 p.m., and bottles of wine are half-price from 5-11 p.m.

HOBNOB in Midtown will be open during regular hours so drop in for lunch or dinner. On Date Night Mondays, a three-course dinner for two is $19.95 (with the purchase of two beverages) and includes a salad, entrée of a Margarita or veggie pizza or a regular or Piedmont burger plus a homemade cobbler of the day.

Hearth Pizza Tavern in Sandy Springs is ready to bake signature, crispy-crusted pizzas. Eat in and enjoy cold brews or cocktails or call for delivery. Remember, on Mondays, mouthwatering mussels and all bottles of wine are half price!

In Midtown, both Bantam + Biddy locations in Ansley Mall and on Crescent Avenue will open for breakfast, lunch and dinner on Monday. Flock-sibling Chick-a-Biddy in Atlantic Station will be open for lunch and dinner.

In downtown Atlanta, Legacy Restaurant Partners Der Biergarten, Glenn’s Kitchen, Max’s Coal Oven Pizzeria and Skylounge will all be open for business as usual. Game-X will open early for lunch at noon. All are terrific stopovers following the afternoon Braves vs. Red Sox game.

All 11 Atlanta-area Marlow’s Tavern locations will be open for lunch and dinner on Memorial Day. Stop in for a bite to eat after your weekend celebration!

In Buckhead, newly opened Smokebelly is sending up signals that something special is going in the smoker on Memorial Day. Lunch or dinner anyone?

10^th & Piedmont in Midtown extends its 11 a.m.-4 p.m. weekend brunch through Memorial Day Monday, or stop in later for regular dinner service.

Ted’s Montana Grill opens at 11 a.m. for lunch on Memorial Day and keeps on satisfying guests with powerful salads, sandwiches, burgers, hand-cut steaks and classics such as bison meatloaf or pot roast, cranberry roasted chicken, cedar plank salmon and pecan-crusted trout. Full bar, veggie burgers and a kids menu put Ted’s on everyone’s hero list.

All six Tin Lizzy’s Cantina locations are open from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Memorial Day to satisfy afternoon and evening taco and margarita cravings.

On Memorial Day, Ray’s Restaurants will follow normal hours. Ray’s on the River hours are noon-8 p.m. Ray’s in the City and Ray’s at Killer Creek will be open from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Are you on Ray’s Restaurants’ e-newsletter list? Look for their e-blast offering a 20 percent discount on Memorial Day. Must show email (paper or smartphone) to redeem.

RA Sushi Bar Restaurant in Midtown will be open as usual on Memorial Day. It’s an ideal opportunity to order from the Nicky’s Week menu to help St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Hit the deck for lunch, dinner or drinks on Monday at The Big Ketch Saltwater Grill, Buckhead’s beachy-est property. Aren’t there waves over that next dune?

Burritos have their place on your Memorial Day menu, thanks to select Willy’s Mexicana Grill locations being open on Monday, May 26. At Willy’s, each hand-rolled burrito is made to order. You decide whether to eat in or pack them up and head out on your next adventure. These Willy’s locations will be closed on Memorial Day: Peachtree Center, BellSouth, Hapeville, AT&T Lindbergh and Georgia State University.

On Atlanta’s Westside, Ormsby’s opens at 5 p.m. on Monday, which allows plenty of time for some cold brews or spirits, pub menu of hefty burgers and sandwiches, and games such as backgammon, bocce, darts, pool and shuffleboard.

On the lookout for a cookout? Over the dates of May 23-26, Whole Foods Market stores are offering a Memorial Day bundle deal: eight dry-aged burgers from Brasstown Beef, eight buns, eight slices of Cabot cheese and two pounds of smoked mozzarella pasta salad – all for just $20! That’s a savings of $15 to spend on something else, say some ice cold craft brews to go with your burgers.

Executive Chef Javier Viera Demos 10th & Piedmont Heirloom Tomato Salad at Piedmont Park Green Market on May 17

Javier Viera is the executive chef for all three Communitas Hospitality restaurants: 10th & Piedmont, G’s Midtown and HOBNOB Neighborhood Tavern. His gorgeous heirloom tomato salad at 10th & Piedmont is a crowd favorite, and you can learn how to make it at this Saturday’s Piedmont Park Green Market. With tri-colored heirloom tomatoes, hydroponic cucumbers, red onions, feta cheese, fresh basil and balsamic vinegar, it’s destined for your own “heirloom” recipe file. Viera leads the demo on the Community Center patio at 11 a.m.

Appetizing Aperture: Jerk Mahi Mahi at 10th & Piedmont

Jerk mahi mahi ($18) is made for sharing at 10^th & Piedmont. Coconut ginger rice, tropical pineapple salsa and a lime wedge make for a perfect spring dish embedded in the ”House Made Shareables” menu. Share the jerk mahi mahi with someone who’s not one – otherwise they might eat it all.