Nuevo Laredo Cantina.
I had heard about this restaurant from a few people and ended up going with coworkers one day for our intern's goodbye lunch. This restaurant is authentic and delicious, there's always a wait and the food is good. It has been voted "Best of Atlanta" by Atlanta magazine since 1992. I tend to measure a Mexican restaurant by how good their queso is...it passed the test and their tomatillo sauce was delicious as well!
Pizza Antico.
This pizza is amazing. On the westside, it's a little place where the wood ovens are all around you and they pretty much only make pizza and calzones. We went with a big group after going to Monday Night Brewing and all split pizzas. I split a verdura pizza (pictured right) that had broccoli, mushrooms, tomato sauce and garlic...it was delicious.
YEAH! Burger.
I had passed this Atlanta burger place many times but had never been inside. I got to build my own burger, my favorite. I ordered a grass-fed beef burger on a whole wheat bun with ketchup, mustard, lettuce, caramelized onions, jalapeños and avocado. I also highly recommend the truffle parmesan fries!
Bartaco.
I love tacos, especially fish tacos, and good margaritas. I found both at bartaco. We all got margaritas and beers while we waited for our table, the house margarita was delicious. We had a group of eight friends, the guys shared trays and I ordered guacamole, a baja fish taco, a mahi mahi taco and a side of the black bean salad.
Craft Izakaya. I went for my birthday to this small plate Japanese cuisine restaurant. It is attached to Krog Street Market, a really fun market to hang out at off of the BeltLine. We started with the grilled parmesan edamame and a spicy tuna avocado ball (pictured left) that came with seaweed tempura chips, both awesome and absolutely recommended. They make a delicious spicy tuna roll as well.
Penang.
One of my favorite traditions with my boss is exploring ethnic food on Atlanta's Buford Highway. We will pick a type of cuisine and go find a restaurant for lunch. My boss had given me the choice between Malaysian and Vietnamese, I chose Malaysian and we ended up at Penang. They have great lunch specials, definitely order some roti to start.
Superica.
We went to Superica for my friend's going away party before she moved to New York City. This Tex-Mex restaurant is attached to Krog Street Market and is always super busy. After waiting for a bit, we got seated, ordered margaritas, queso, salsa and chips. I could have eaten the queso and different types of salsa for my main dish, they were delicious! I ordered ceviche verde de pescado for my main dish and it was great. As part of our meal, Superica gives us black beans and rice so after my ceviche, queso, salsa, black beans and rice, I was a happy camper!
Gato.
This is a delicious breakfast and brunch place in the cute Candler Park neighborhood. Gato in Spanish means cat and it is the perfect name as all the decorations inside are of cats. We sat at the bar, diner style, watched them cook our food which consisted of sweet potato pancakes, biscuits, huevos rancheros and more. Great restuarant and fun to explore the Candler Park neighborhood as well!
Juliannas's Coffee and Crepes.
I was exploring with my friend one day when she said "I really want a crepe". We proceeded to Google crepes nearby and found this awesome place in the Atlanta Inman Park neighborhood. We ordered "The Almighty" crepe which consisted of nutella, strawberries and bananas. NOM. Can't wait to go back and try more.Genki.
I was craving sushi so my friend and I walked to the Genki in the Virginia Highlands neighborhood one night. We started with edamame and then I got a spicy tuna roll and a spicy hawaiian role. It was good, not amazing, but a solid sushi place to add to my list.
This is definitely not the end to my Atlanta restaurant exploring adventures, I'm excited to keep exploring!
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