Midway Pub

Patio for Miles

by Josh Green

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

by Josh Green

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

by Josh Green

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

by Josh Green

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

by Josh Green

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

by Josh Green

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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