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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Bon Appetit and Food & Wine Give Local Props
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
BON APPETIT: the current issue has a shout out to local veggie palace Dynamic Dish
Photo courtesy of Bon Appetit
Restaurants in Atlanta can all be thankful that cutie pie Andrew Knowlton, Bon Appetit’s restaurant editor, grew up in Alpharetta. He gives lots of home-style props in the magazine, from Buttersweet Bakery’s Key lime cupcakes mention last summer to this month’s mention of veggie palace Dynamic Dish, in the Old Fourth Ward, as one of the ten best “modern vegetarian” spots in the country (it’s listed as number 3).
And not to be thought second best, Food & Wine shouts out to Decatur’s Cakes & Ale (which just keeps getting better and better each time I eat there), featuring super-talented pastry chef Cynthia Wong’s six-layer coconut cake with passion fruit filling. Funny, it was the figgy toffee pudding with creme friache I went for the last time I was in … yummers.
And in the midst of all the bad news, take heart: Scott Serpas is moving ahead with the opening of Serpas True Food, located at The Pavilion at Studioplex in the Old Fourth Ward historic district, in a historical cotton storage factory built in the 1900’s overlooking Auburn Avenue. Original elements to the building have been preserved to “ensure the look is raw and holds true to the original rustic form,” according to a press release.
The food is Louisiana meets the rest of the USA, and points beyond: shrimp andouille croquettes with mango sour rum and queso cotija; sage pork-stuffed mushrooms with parsley oil and lemon; and braised short ribs with cast iron potato and horseradish cottage cheese. Lemon-rhubarb cake with coriander cream tops the list of desserts.
An invitation-only opening party is set for January 26, with the opening date still TBA.
AND …. Laurent Tourondel’s BLT Steak is still scheduled to open in the W Downtown when the hotel opens on January 27.
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