Oct 202009


La Parilla is on Howell Mill Road at I-75. The atmosphere is very different from Cantina Nuevo Laredo---this is much more of a sports bar vibe. There are plenty of monitors around showing ESPN. They have a large bar area as well as a semi-outdoor seating area.

I've eaten there twice now: a combination plate on the first visit and chicken fajitas on the second. Both visits were competent. This isn't the place you go if you crave a highly authentic Mexican experience, but it is certainly a fun place with good food.

Sep 212009


I'd been planning to visit Mykonos, at Clairmont and I-85, some time but I was never in the neighborhood at the right time. Today's horrible weather provided me with the perfect excuse---I wasn't going anywhere, so I might as well have dinner. I apologize for the lousy quality of the picture of the sign, but I took it while being drenched.

The atmosphere is sports oriented. It's designed as a place to hangout but doesn't suffer from the lousy lighting of a bar. Several TVs provide the requisite ESPN. I tried the gyros, which is advertised as Atlanta's biggest and best. It was pretty good---I was more than satisfied.

Apr 162009

Fox Bros. is one of the many fun establishments in the Inman Park area. It's atmosphere is definitely more upscale than, for example, Daddy Dz's. The vibe is proto-sports bar, with TVs tuned to ESPN.

I tried the beef short ribs, which is not a traditional BBQ dish. But it was excellent. The meat was very tender but with just enough of a tug to give you the texture that meat eaters crave. The sauce was very subtle---neither too sweet nor too spicy. The most surprising aspect of the meal was the fried okra. Most fried okra in these parts is made of slices of okra. Fox Bros. breads and fries the whole okra pod. I consider this a noble but not entirely successful experiment. The green beans, however, were excellent. They were cooked with meat that imparted a nice but not overpowering flavor. They make you feel as if you are eating healthily; whether or not that's the case is something that I will leave to the medical professionals.

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