A little Southern hospitality goes long way around town
Published on: 03/15/2007
TIME FOR DINNER, y'all. Lunch ,too.
This year's Spring Dining Guide is putting some South back in your mouth. We're celebrating Southern food big time, taking a long look at the area's best soul food, meat-n-threes, barbecue — there's even a round up of cocktails, biscuits and sweets.
ELISSA EUBANKS/AJC Staff
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In addition, you'll find, as always, my list of the top 10 restaurants in the city (this year there are a few savory surprises).
Don't forget to take a peek at newcomers to see what's coming up in the next few months.
I've also compiled a list of the so-called "new South" restaurants — Atlanta's savviest Southern kitchens — and I delve into why the heck Southern cuisine is going upscale.
It's a lot to take in, but you'll manage. We've done the footwork for you — so sit back on the veranda and relax. It's time to eat.
— Meridith Ford
HUNGRY? DIG INTO THESE LINKS:
Welcome to our Spring Dining Guide
See & hear it: What's so Southern about that?
Blog: Best places for Southern food
Southern food's high-fallutin again
The seven: Savvy Southern fare
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