Photo: @victoriasavas
Want to explore the world and experience the finest cultural
cuisine but don’t have the time or funds to do so? We feel your pain. Get your
fix by visiting @cityfoodie on Instagram. This page is based out
of NYC but features global food finds – many are submitted by followers around
the world.
Come sail away with Ray's
on the River at their 30th Anniversary Party on Saturday, October 9 from
5-9 p.m. Don your complimentary captain’s hat while grooving to the tunes of
Yacht Rock Revue on the shores of the
Chattahoochee. $40 per person gets you live music, hors d'oeuvre,
a complimentary drink ticket, access to a cash bar bearing fabulous drink
specials and, of course, your captain's hat. Tickets won’t be sold at the door
so go ahead and gets yours ahead of time online.
Atlanta Eats Live! on October 5 with 40 of Atlanta’s top restaurants at Verizon Wireless
Amphitheatre. Food plus live cooking demos, rock star chefs and musical
entertainment equals one delicious good time! Twin
Smokers BBQ, the newest restaurant by Legacy Restaurant Partners, will
be serving up some of its specialties and Aqua blue is
plating a scrumptious assortment of sushi. Tickets
to Atlanta Eats Live! are $45 per person and include dinner, demos, music and
parking. Even better, a portion of the proceeds
from this event benefits The
Giving Kitchen.
We all have them. And now, we
can all indulge in them on the Cookie Cravings Pinterest board. Treat yourself to
brown butter salted caramel cookies, holiday happy candy corn, white chocolate
softbatch cookies and even gluten-free chocolate thumbprint cookies.
Sink your teeth into
delectable dishes before dropping your jaw at Amaluna, Cirque du Soleil’s newest
presentation. The tent that houses this modern day circus is just a short
stroll away from some of the yummiest spots in Atlanta. Show your Amaluna
ticket at The Pig & The Pearl and enjoy a three-course
dinner for $35. Some options on this spread include deviled eggs with eggplant
caponata, smoked beef brisket and house-cut fries with Sri”ranch”a dressing.
Don’t forget to make reservations through OpenTable. Choose plantain chips, a quarter wood-grilled piri piri
chicken with two sides and any dessert at Chick-a-Biddy
for $18 when you show your Amaluna ticket. Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna opens on
Friday, October 3 and stretches through November 30.
On Saturday, October 4, the streets of downtown Crabapple
will be taken over with antiques, art, music, fun and food for this year’s Crabapple Fest. From 11 a.m.-3 p.m., mosey on down to Crabapple Road
where Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails will be serving up a refreshing Georgia
peach basil mojito or cherry limeade. All that festival fun sure does work up
an appetite, but chef Derek Dollar has you covered with a special festival
lunch menu from 11 a.m.-3p.m. Men, you don’t think we’d let you suffer through
all that antiquing and art appreciation, did you? We’ve got a seat for you at
the full bar accompanied by live music from noon-4 p.m.
A taco on this day sends a
tike to play. On Saturday, October 4, all seven locations of Tin Lizzy’s are
celebrating National Taco Day by donating a dollar for each taco sold to Bert's Big Adventure. This nonprofit organization’s goal is to send
children with chronic or terminal illnesses and their entire families to Disney
World for some much-needed family fun. With more than two dozen tasty tacos
such as the Southern Comfort, Korean BBQ and the Philly gracing the menu,
you’ll be faced with the tough decision of which ones to nosh on. Or, just make
it easy on yourself and order them all. No one will judge you since you’re just
trying to help the children!
Don your complimentary captain's hat and set sail to Ray's on the River for their 30th anniversary celebration on Saturday, October 9. Party in honor of the big 3-0 with live music from Yacht Rock Revue, hors d'oeuvre, a complimentary drink ticket and access to a cash bar with drink specials. Speaking of anniversaries, Bantam + Biddy commemorates their second year at Ansley Mall with a fall festival complete with local vendors and live music on Sunday, October 5. All that and much more in this week's Dish!
Fulfill that sushi fix and head to RA Sushi. Experience the goodness of the Tootsy Maki sushi roll. Kani kama crab mix, shrimp and cucumber rolled and topped with crunchy tempura bits and a drizzle of sweet eel sauce come together to form this scrumptious treat.
Get your caffeine fix on this
week’s Pinterest board, Coffee, coffee, coffee! Think
outside the mug and grind these beans into some
mochaca tacos, slow cooker coffee pot roast and coffee-crusted steak.
A panel of four restaurant
owners and industry leaders will discuss what it takes to succeed in the
restaurant world on Tuesday, October 14 at 1 p.m. at the Atlanta Foodservice Expo. “Atlanta Eats” host
Steak Shapiro moderates a discussion in which Cindy Shera, owner of The
Pig & The Pearl and The
Shed at Glenwood, will share her
insights gleaned over her years in restaurant kitchens.
