Milton’s
Cuisine & Cocktails’ monthly BBQ & Blues Sundays begins Sunday, June
29. Live music starts
at 5 p.m. and strums along until 9 p.m. When cornhole, craft brews and
cocktails, chicken, ribs, sides by chef Derek Dollar and a special barbecue
menu all come together, it is a guaranteed great time. To claim a seat call
770-817-0161. Don’t fret, if you can’t make it this month, clear your
schedule for August 24 and September 28.
If the only tough decisions in life were about mimosas and
bloody marys, the world might be a happier place. For a limited time, Article 14 in Midtown is
serving up $1 mimosas and $1 bloody marys during Saturday or Sunday brunch, 11
a.m.-3 p.m. Pair your drink with menu favorites like summer berries with Greek
yogurt and local honey ($8) or a simple garden salad ($7). You can also enjoy a
farmers market omelet with Many Fold sheep’s milk cheese ($12) or the Daily
Grind of Angus beef with aged white cheddar on brioche ($12). Sip, eat and be
merry.
Cheese really does make a meal
better, but you don’t have to take our word for it. Our “More Cheese, Please!” board is filled with
recipes that will have you grabbing your cheese shredder. Put a spin on the
classic grilled cheese sandwich with beer-battered
grilled cheese oozing with smoky bacon and melty cheese between two toasted
slices of beer-battered bread, or turn
macaroni and cheese into pancakes.
With cheese, the possibilities are endless.
Calling all chicken tenders lovers, specifically the gluten-free ones. Chick-a-Biddy offers gluten-free chicken tenders served in a basket with wasabi honey or barbecue sauce and two sides ($12). Try the Itty Biddie versions fried ($6) or jerked ($5). Elvis Presley said it best, “Love me tender, love me true, all my dreams fulfilled.” Happy eating!
Article 14 offers their Bourbon & Bites tasting on the first Tuesday of each month. For $25 per person, enjoy handpicked bourbon and small bites on July 1 from 5-7 p.m. To prepare for the event, Article 14 has seven tips for bourbon tasting: study the color, give it a swirl, sniff, sip, swallow, water it down and put it on the rocks. No need to write it down; look on the Article 14 Bourbon & Bites page for a review session.
We are all about saving you money. That’s why we are bringing you the ticket scoop on JCT.’s sixth annual Attack of the Killer Tomato Festival. Get your tickets before midnight on July 1 or shell out more money as ticket prices increase to $70 per person. Through June 30, experience the luxury of paying $55 person and $50 for Georgia Organics members. Spend Sunday, July 20 from 1-5 p.m. with more than 50 of the South’s top chefs, 19 mixologists and more than 30 farmers. The afternoon devoted to tasting tomato dishes and concoctions will benefit Georgia Organics and The Giving Kitchen. Along with festival founder Ford Fry, participating chefs include Gerry Klaskala of Aria, Lance Gummere of Bantam + Biddy and Chick-a-Biddy, Joey Ward of Gunshow, E.J. Hodgkinson of JCT. Kitchen & Bar, Chrysta Poulos of King + Duke and St. Cecilia, Joe Schafer of King + Duke, Derek Dollar of Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails, Adam Evans of The Optimist, Andrew Smith and Scotley Innis of Ormsby’s, Andrew Isabella and Drew Belline of No. 246 and Craig Richards of St. Cecilia. Mercedes O’Brien of Gunshow, Eduardo Guzman of JCT. Kitchen & Bar and The Optimist and Ronnie LeClair II of No. 246 are on the mixologist list. Head over to Goat Farm Arts Center this year for the festival and again, don’t procrastinate on purchasing your tickets. Visit Facebook for more information.
Kevin Gillespie of Gunshow is one of three finalists in the running for The Innovator Award. The finalists for the Georgia Restaurant Association Crystal of Excellence (GRACE) Awards are peer-nominated and are set apart by their exceptional contributions to the Georgia restaurant industry. Winners will be announced at the GRACE Awards Gala in November. Congratulations, Kevin!
After a long work day, sometimes that last thing you want to do is turn the stove on during a hot, summer day. Old Vinings Inn understands and has the perfect solution with their SummerFeast promotion that runs through mid-August. Whether you dine in or pick up, you can receive two complete meals for $35 – appetizer, entrée, side dish and dessert. Now that’s great tasting Southern value! Each week, the chef cooks up a new menu that consists of Southern classics that are planned around the market’s best seasonal ingredients and posted on the restaurant's website and Facebook page. Some examples include pimento cheese spread, smoked and dry-rubbed baby back ribs, summer bean salad and fingerling potato salad. Dessert items could include salted caramel torte or white chocolate shortcakes with strawberry coulis and vanilla crème. For pick up orders or more information call 770-438-2282.
Ted’s Montana Grill was the first national
restaurant company to introduce bison to the menu,
and it offers more bison menu items than any other restaurant in the world.
Before sizzling on the grill, Certified Angus Beef or National Bison
Association-certified bison is ground fresh throughout the day, dashed with
seasoning and hand-pattied. Some noteworthy menu items include
Montana Breakfast topped with American cheese, grilled ham, spicy tomato jam
and an over-easy egg; Knife-And-Fork Chili Cheese with pepper jack, cheddar,
Flying D chili, jalapeños and red onions; and George’s Cadillac with cheddar
cheese, smoky bacon and barbecue sauce.
Have your tickets to the sixth annual Attack of the Killer Tomato at The Goat Farm Arts Center yet? Snag some for just $55 per person or $50 for Georgia Organic members before the ticket price increases to $70 per person on July 1. Once your tickets have been secured, set your sights on Article 14 for $1 mimosas and bloody marys during weekend brunch for a limited time. Impressed with the menu at the Midtown favorite? Stroll over to Piedmont Park on June 28 for a demonstration from Article 14's own chef Christopher Blobaum at the Piedmont Park Green Market. All that and more in this week's Dish!
