Eating Around Georgia Tech: Crazy Cuban

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Jul 132010


Crazy Cuban opened a few weeks ago on 14th Street, just a block or so from the Silver Skillet. It's a very dedicated shop: all sandwiches and for the moment only lunch. The owner did tell me that they plan to expand hours as the students start to flow in.

A cuban sandwich, in case you haven't had the pleasure of a formal introduction, is a sandwich with ham, pork, and cheese as the main attractions, along with a special type of sandwich roll. The Crazy Cuban's version is pretty good---warm and succulent. As an accompaniment, they serve Zapp's potato chips, which I really like because they actually taste like potatoes, unlike too many of today's extruded chips. This neighborhood has needed more straightforward lunch places and Crazy Cuban fits the bill.

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Flying Biscuit Cafe

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Sep 092009


I've heard so much about the Flying Biscuit Cafe that I knew I had to try it. I finally got there this weekend. I went to their original location, fairly near Inman Park. It's an authentically funky spot.

I ate at the take-out counter to speed things up. I had biscuits and gravy and a side of sausage. Quite frankly, I was slightly disappointed. On the plus side, the gravy was full of chunks of sausage. But it was too thin for my taste. Gravy needs to be substantial---it is the glue that holds the ribs together during a hard day's work. I also found the biscuits to be a little too homogeneous and without the flaky structure that comes from hand working. It certainly hit the spot, but I think that some other locations around town that I've written about, such as Country Kitchen and Silver Skillet, have better (and more authentic) biscuits and gravy.

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Did I mention the pie?

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Mar 062009

I had breakfast again at the Silver Skillet with colleagues Bernhard Rinner and Sudha Yalamanchili.  My meal consisted of biscuits and gravy plus lemon icebox pie.  This may seem like an odd combination to some people---actually, it probably seems odd to most people.  But I like biscuits and gravy and I like their icebox pie.  Why not have them together?

Biscuits and gravy is emerging as a key test of one's tolerance for Southern cuisine.  Many people consider gravy to be disgusting physically and a heart attack waiting to happen.  Sauce is one thing, but many people who love sauce can't extend their sympathies to gravy.  I think one reason for this reaction is the thickness of the gravy, which makes it far too easy to visualize clogging up one's arteries like something out of a Roto-Rooter commercial.  When you throw in the sheer quantity of gravy that Southern cuisine demands and those without experience in the region simply recoil.  All I can say is they don't know what they're missing.
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