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Thursday, March 15, 2007
Best new places to put some South in your mouth
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
We still love Atlanta institutions like Thelma’s and the Colonnade for Southern classics, but there’s a newer breed of Southern restaurants that are showcasing the flavors of the region in some ways that might catch Grandma off guard — as in JCT Kitchen’s chicken and dumplings, in which the chicken is cooked in red wine and the dumplings are actually Italian gnocchi.
Then there’s the catfish at Wisteria that’s served over green tomato and eggplant with crawfish ragout, and the Harlem Bar’s Banana Pudding cocktail served in a martini glass.
We welcome these new offerings when they’re done right, and after months of artery-clogging research we share the best Southern-inspired discoveries we’ve tasted, served by both the old guard and the new.
What restaurants and chefs do you think are doing the best job of cooking Southern food these days?
