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Friday, August 29, 2008
Just a Droplet
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Tastings
Worried that your alcohol consumption is veering too heavily towards beer and liquor? Interested in expressing your inner wino? In the tradition of American expansion--bigger is better, onwards and upwards, I present Tastings: A Wine Experience. A new wine bar in downtown Decatur, Tastings offers a unique way to sample the sweet libations so dear to Bacchus. Drift from tasting station to station, sampling fine wines that you really don't understand, nod knowingly when someone mentions phrases like 'too much tannins' and 'a really lovely body', and for God sakes don't spit that good stuff out. Wine drunks always swallow. Seriously, even if you're just a casual fan of wine, this is a great place to learn the basics and buy relatively cheap bottles of good stuff. It's also rumored that they have food, but if you do it right, your appetite will already be sated by plenty of pinot.
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Blinded By The Fishy Light
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Sushi Avenue
You go to the Brick Store Pub on a Friday night, 7:00 P.M., you know it's going to be packed, but you give it a shot, anyway. And they tell you it's going to be at least an hour wait. Walk over the new square, down the opposite steps, and see what the situation's like at Sushi Avenue on the Square. I'm no sushi expert, and I know Atlanta gets a lot of grief for its sushi, but I find the rolls at Sushi Avenue pretty damn good. Sure, they got the staples--California and all--as well as specialty rolls like the Decatur. For those out there who think sushi the perfect hangover cure, but wish they could get a bit more raw fish for their buck, try one of Sushi Avenue's box lunch specials. You get an enormous amount of food for a ridiculously good value, leaving you and your liver ready and able to take another self-inflicted beating.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Noble Game Big City
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Playdate
When was the last time you played a rousing game of Uno? Hungry Hungry Hippo? How about Operation? You can be a kid again and redeem yourself for the last time you got your butt kicked in Rock Em, Sock Em Robots at Playdate Atlanta. Created by two gentleman out of Detroit, Playdate is the grownup equivalent to day care, with grownup cocktails, of course. Included are the games we loved as young ones: Connect Four, Spades, Spoons, Dominoes and ah yes... Jenga. Ten dollars and a name tag with your alter ego's name on it gets you in. This party moves location each time so sign up on the website to get the update on where Playdate will be next!
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Hurricane Season
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The Depeaux Restaurant
Still sad you didn't make it to Mardi Gras this year? Pretty sure your piddling salary will keep you home next year, too? Decatur's Depeaux might be the next best thing to skipping through the vomit and piss-laden streets of the French Quarter. In a building that was originally a train station, then a skeezy dance club, you'll find Cajun food and fun the likes of which are rare to find outside Louisiana. Get you some gumbo loaded up with andouille, or a po'boy on crusty French bread, and wash that goodness down with all the Abitas you need. If you really want to spice up your evening, order yourself an infamous Hurricane, presented at the Depeaux in an appropriate, National Weather Service classification style. A Category One will do the job for lightweights, and only costs $4. A Category Five will set you back $15, but this 22 oz. concoction, already strong as hell, comes with an extra shot of Meyers, plus two shots of 151 on top. Unless you just lost your house to a hurricane, the limit on these bad boys is one per customer.
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Monday, August 25, 2008
Pad Me Down
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Thai Me Up
If you can forgive the horrible, awful, ridiculous pun, Thai Me Up is a tasty, quaint little restaurant to stop in and grab a bite of Thai cuisine when wandering around Decatur. There's no 'pan-Asian' mixing and matching here, simply authentic Thai food. Their Pad Thai might be the best I've had in Atlanta, and they offer other items you won't find in fusion restaurants, such as Num Ya noodle curry, Thai veggie crabcakes and interesting but pleasant cheese rolls. Try to make it for the early bird specials between 5-7, which knock enough off the bill to make eating early worth your while.
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Solo Dining
Eating in a public place, by your lonesome. A crime against social decency or an important step on the road to autonomy? Carrie Neal Walden knows all about solo dining; she's been doing it since before it got destigmatized. Follow her as she enumerates the seven steps to dining independence, and takes you on a journey you'll never forget.
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