Pedal through some of Atlanta’s
most scenic neighborhoods in the second-annual Atlanta
Moon Ride on Friday night, June 13. Tin Lizzy's Cantina
in Buckhead is the official packet pickup location for this 6.5-mile night bike
ride that benefits Bert’s
Big Adventure. Brake at the Buckhead cantina to pick up your ride packet
and join the party with drink specials on June 12. Ride sets off Friday night
at 10 p.m. from Park Tavern bordering Piedmont Park. Thinking about signing up?
Tin Lizzy’s lovers who register online can receive a $5 registration code by using
the code "tinlizzys".
No need to
bring a present because the best present is you! Celebrate The Optimist
turning two at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 31. Shell out $4 for cans of Yuengling,
Miller High Life or Sierra Nevada Summerfest beer, $3 for Cisco Whale’s Tale
beer from the keg or pick up a fun “Punch on the Run” fish house punch in a
pouch for $8. Bring your best swing to the putting green by nailing a hole in
one to win prizes. Gringo Star and Nathan Nelson bring live music to the mix
beginning at 7 p.m.
Fun Fact: National
Doughnut Day originated with The Salvation Army back in 1938 and has since
rolled onto the first Friday of June each year. Our Get
Glazed Pinterest board pays homage to these tender golden rings and
zeroes in on the double-decker doughnut
with doughnut-hole studs at King + Duke in Buckhead. What a royal sugar rush!
Buon appetito @localitalianplate!
Monica Bosco manages to make tomatoes, garlic and Nutella go together in
a modern Italian way. If a trip to Italy is on your radar, side trip to
her blog for a list of souvenir ideas.
We knew it all along, but now the world knows that Midtown’s 10th
& 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.
Golf or tennis? The
Adopt a Golden
Atlanta 2014
Golden Open tosses both options your way on Monday, June 2. Chase your preference on the greens or courts of the Marietta Country Club. A golf scramble doles out prizes to three winning teams and to individuals for
closest to the pin, long drive and hole in one. Registration and
practice opens at 8 a.m.; continental breakfast and shotgun start follow
at 9 a.m. and a 19th
hole cookout, awards, raffle and silent auction begin at 2 p.m. Sign up online.
Tennis pros may prefer the AGA tennis benefit, a round robin format awarding
prizes to first, second and third places. A noon lunch also nets an
awards presentation, silent auction and a raffle. Register here.
If you can’t make it, you can always pitch in and make a donation.
The 10th
annual Nicky’s Week continues through Sunday, May 31 at RA
Sushi Bar Restaurant in Midtown. One hundred percent of the proceeds benefit St.
Jude Children’s Research Hospital -- that’s $1.2 million since the event began in 2005. Read about Nicky Mailliard, the inspiring boy behind Nicky’s Week,
and pick up the menu here.
Wrap
your palate around full-flavored Roth
Estate wines originating in Alexander Valley and Sonoma Coast vineyards
when Old Vinings Inn hosts its spring
wine dinner
on Thursday, May 29 at 7 p.m. Chef Don Diem plans five distinct courses, each
paired with a unique Roth Estate wine varietal. Scallops crudo paired with the
winery’s 2011 sauvignon blanc starts things off before a procession of smoked
quail and praline crumble with corn and pea shoots paired with a 2010 Sonoma
Coast pinot noir; cedar plank wild salmon and warm fava bean ragout paired with
2009 Alexander Valley merlot; veal roulade and oxtail duxelle with wilted
spinach and a Roth reduction accompanied by a 2010 Alexander Valley cabernet
sauvignon; and finally a raspberry mascarpone semifreddo with bittersweet
chocolate ganache paired with 2011 Alexander Valley Heritage red blend. The
flavorful wine dinner is $85 per person (excluding tax and gratuity) and
reservations can be made online.
More than 100
award-winning regional chefs plus sommeliers and beverage visionaries unite in Midtown this
weekend for the Atlanta
Food & Wine Festival. The culinary camaraderie of dinners, classes, demos
and sipping and sampling begins on Thursday, May 29 and keeps on cooking
through Sunday, June 1. JCT. Kitchen & Bar is hosting an
oyster roast/fish fry/Floribama-flavored Pig Out Coastal-style dinner on May 29.
Stop by the tasting tents at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 30 and try a sample of Mike
Fuller’s Parmesan scallops with lobster risotto. Friday also finds Shaun
Doty of Bantam & Biddy and Chick-a-Biddy chatting up Bantam
& Brew, a bird- and beer-based cooking demo presented by Stella Artois.
That night, Gerry Klaskala of Aria and Kevin Gillespie of Gunshow will serve up their favorites at
the About
South dinner at the Atlanta History Center. On Saturday, May 31, Orpheus Brewing
and Shaun Doty contribute to the Connoisseur’s Breakfast that’s all about “Fast
Casual.” Wrap up the festival on Sunday, June 1 with Ford
Fry and his team of Adam Evans (The
Optimist), E.J. Hodgkinson (JCT. Kitchen & Bar), Andrew Isabella (No. 246) and Joe Schafer (King + Duke) taking on Empire
Breakfasts. Also on Sunday, Kevin Gillespie talks up a spell on
Hillbilly (Appalachian) Cuisine with its locally foraged and grown ingredients,
and Jason Pellet of Orpheus Brewing taps
topics in the Southern craft brewers class. To start your Southern culinary
journey, use the event schedule
to plan your weekend and then buy tickets
online.
After
being named 2014 James Beard Best Chef Southwest, Underbelly owner/executive chef Chris
Shepherd travels from Houston to Gunshow
to be the Hired Guns guest chef on Tuesday, May 27 and Wednesday, May 28. The
Texas mega-town's diverse immigrant population -- Vietnamese, Hispanic, Korean
and Indian -- inspires this devout locavore and the Asian-leaning new American
Creole on Underbelly's menu. Seize your chance to savor Shepherd’s flavorful
flair alongside Gunshow’s featured dinner items. Save a seat: 404-380-1886.
Forward-thinking foodies will note other upcoming Southern guest chefs in the
buzz-worthy series are chef Mike Isabella of Graffiato
in Washington, D.C. on June 17-18, chef John Currence of City Grocery in Oxford, Miss. on July
15-16, chef Tandy Wilson from Nashville's City House on August 12-13 and chef
Jeremiah Bacon from Charleston's The MacIntosh and Oak Steakhouse on September
30-October 1. More on our blog.
May
is National Burger Month, and Yelp’s Burger
Binge Week is closing out the meaty month over the dates of May 26-30.
What's black and blue and read on the menu at Marlow’s Tavern locations? Marlow's
black and blue burger -- a Yelp Burger Week must-eat at the tavern’s
inside-the-perimeter locations of Sandy Springs, Emory Point, Midtown and
Vinings (and yes, you can order one at other Marlow’s locations). A brioche bun
cushions this burger boasting Gorgonzola cheese, applewood smoked bacon and
shredded romaine, served with your choice of sides for $11. Ormsby's on Atlanta's Westside takes
a different tactic, highlighting their six-ounce New Zealand lamb burger served
on pita bread with pickled red onions, tzatziki sauce, hummus and feta cheese
at $10. Bocce, backgammon, beer and a burger, anyone?
So the long Memorial Day weekend is over and it's back to the daily grind. What is there to look forward to now? Plenty! On May 27-28, James Beard Best Chef: Southwest winner Chris Shepherd takes his talents to Gunshow's Hired Guns guest chef series. Meanwhile, Yelp's Burger Binge Week continues through May 30 with some meaty masterpieces at Ormsby's and Marlow's Tavern. Wrap the weekend at the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival, one of the largest foodie events in the Southeast. Keep an eye out for talented chefs from some of our favorite restaurants showing off their skills and sharing their passion with the hungry masses. All that and more in this week's Dish!
Go
with the flow tonight, Tuesday, May 27. JCT.
Kitchen & Bar pours five great reasons to dine out at its Sierra Nevada beer dinner. Chef E.J.
Hodgkinson opens the evening with seasonal Summerfest followed by four
beer-paired courses: lightly cured cobia with spring citrus, North Georgia
ramps, watercress, yuzu and herbs paired with Kellerweis; malt vinegar-battered
Georges Bank haddock, smoked tartar and potatoes two ways paired with Bigfoot,
a barleywine-style ale; smoked and roasted pork loin and local andouille
sausage, creamed mustard and late spring vegetables paired with Torpedo Extra
IPA; and sticky toffee pudding joined by specialty beer Ovila Abbey Quad. $55
per person, excluding tax and gratuity. For reservations, call 404-355-2252 and
have a credit card handy to secure seats.
