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Midway Pub

Patio for Miles

The Midway Pub is the rollicking sort of brew house I wish I had around the corner. Case in point: there's a restored, 70-something Firebird's hood hanging in the arcade. The interior is spacious as your high school gymnasium, and the patio borders Florida. At the moment, these cats are serving a keg of get-it-while-it-lasts Tommyknocker Rye Porter accidentally shipped from Colorado. Tapped it anyway. Cleaning the tatter-tot mound from their sandwich plates is a manly, gut-busting risk, even fo ... Continue

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Strip

Glamorously Affordable

The folks at Here to Serve Restaurants are famous for their specials. Twist: All you can eat tapas for $10 on Sunday. Cantina and Noche: $1 Dos Equis on Sunday. (And that all started before Recession Frugal was chic). But here, in the kitschy, corporate heart of Atlantic Station, comes a lesser known deal that's possibly the group's most alluring: Half-price sushi rolls on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 to 7:15 pm. Much smack has been spit about Strip since it's opening several years ago. My hunc ... Continue

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Varasano's Pizzeria

Instructions Included

The half-million or so expatriate New Yorkers who call the ATL home are unified in one common bitch: the pizza sucks here. Upon its much ballyhooed opening a year ago, Varasano's Pizzeria in south Buckhead (opposite P. Diddy's mashed potato emporium, Justin's), did wonders to mollify the grumbling masses. For all the hype and accolades, I found the restaurant, drenched in rich reds at the bottom of a slow-selling condo tower, laidback and inviting. The tables come with step-by-step instructions ... Continue

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La Tavola Trattoria

At "The Table" And Dreaming

A couple doors down from the weekly $1 Dos Equis riots at Noche stands the impeccable La Tavola Trattoria. Consistently ranked among Atlanta’s best restaurants, "The Table" is the top Italian option on Virginia-Highland's eclectic spate. A product of Fifth Group Restaurants--the bunch behind Midtown stalwarts like ecco, South City Kitchen and the funky Original El Taco--La Tavola's nondescript exterior belies the bustle within. The interior emphasizes sleek without sacrificing cozy. The back de ... Continue

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Ormsby's

Nondescript But Jumping

Ormsby's is the perfect bar for a shitty February afternoon. It oozes warmth. It promotes silly gamesmanship. Upstairs is slick bar and restaurant dressed in pretty woods, while downstairs looms a fun-bunker, a cave, a huge space teaming with backgammon, Bocce, darts, pool and full-length shuffleboard. The entrance is nondescript, a single door with an "O" tucked beneath the overpriced furniture showplace Room & Board. It keeps with the speakeasy theme that's grown popular around the city- ... Continue

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Cafe Nineteen

Cafe Chameleon

Cafe Nineteen occupies a prime corner unit of Atlantic Station. And it changes. Transforms with the day. At this chameleonic cafe/bistro/lounge, patrons can soak in the charm of the mini-city's brick streets, or chortle at baggy-pants teens spilling from the nearby Regal theatre. You'd be hard-pressed to find another menu offering espresso macchiato, Frank's Hot buffalo wings, and a straight glass of Maker's on the same business day. Admittedly, I haven't been at night, but the interior seems po ... Continue

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'Que Crazy

'Que Crazy

Join Josh Green on a meticulously itemized journey 'cross the dusty Georgian badlands in pious search of the best barbecue, the finest fixings, the friendliest waitstaff and the deadliest catch. Underrated, Overly-Smoked, Texas-Style and Hard-to-Find. Josh Green has seen it all. And now he's ready to dole out his blessings and curse the rest of the BBQ joints to hell.

Sister Bars

Sister Bars

Bars! Who needs bars?! Jim Hunt does. Like a starving man needs a meal. But Jim was getting tired of his old libatory standby. Pesky newcomers, hygienic improvements. Jim deserved more, so he took to the open highway and found six sister bars that would fulfill an old desire: A place to hang his weary head, a bartender to soothe his gaping wounds and a niche that he could call his own. Join Jim on this journey, and never go thirsty again.

Solo Dining

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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Kings of Jerky

NFT makes a visit to New Beef King in Chinatown NYC to pick up the ultimate afternoon snack—beef and pork jerky.

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Links: The Beautiful & Bizarre

3/9/2010

Every once in awhile we get a link to the NFT website that is just plain bizarre. Case in point, these two links the other day. The first is totally great. Budget Travel wrote about Abbey Road and lin ...

Announcing a New Web Design

3/5/2010

In case you haven't noticed, we've been slowly rolling out a brand new look for our website, and we're really excited about the results so far. We're making it prettier, cleaner, and way more user-fri ...

It’s Always Sunny in Miami. And Philadelphia.

2/5/2010

Big news on the homefront. No, Danny Devito isn't going to guest star in a new NFT video, but two new iPhone NFT City Guides were just released today. One for the beautiful and bodacious city of Miami ...

Thanks For Coming Out!

1/26/2010

The 2010 Brooklyn Party was a smashing success with over 400 NFT fans packing into Brooklyn Bowl to roll some free frames, drink some free drinks, and pick up some free books. Thanks to everyone who m ...

Watch Out Brangelina, NFT Reviewed in EW

1/18/2010

NFT has hit the pages of the big time show biz news circuit gracing the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. NFT celebrities (at least in their own heads) Rob and Jane were interviewed for a glowing ...


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