Norcross.Talk

By Jake

March 24, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this

At some point in the day, lunch or dinner, I would have gone to Paizano’s in Norcross: just down the street from the Station cafe.
There is a reason that an Italian friend of mine who owns two restaurants in Atlanta makes a monthly trip to Paizano’s for pizza. Of course, your choices were far from bad, too.

By Woody Bass

March 24, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this

Jake: As far as downtown Norcross is concerned… Paisano’s is on my To Do list… along with Dominicks and Iron Horse Tavern.

By Katie

March 24, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this

Lupitas on Beaver Ruin is good. The food is great, the staff is friendly and the owner is almost always there to greet you. We go there every week—not saying what day though. Iron Horse tavern is over rated, their beer is good though.

By Sandy_G

March 24, 2008 11:52 AM | Link to this

I agree with Katie, Lupita’s on Beaver Ruin has great Mexican food and a friendly atmosphere. We’ve been going there for years and it’s always good.

We also love Paisano’s for their pizza and Eggplant Parmesan, but Dominicks is just about the best italian food I’ve ever eaten. It’s a little more expensive, but worth every penny.

Another good place to eat Chinese is Golden Buddha on Beaver Ruin Road. If you like your Chinese food with a little kick, they’ll spice it up for you. Again, good food, friendly staff, good service and great atmosphere.

By Katie

March 24, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this

Oh forgot. Their Tacos de Carne Sada are very authentic. They make their own corn tortilla’s, get them with corn, not flour—you’ll definately go back for seconds.

Yummy!!!

By PoliticalMan

March 24, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this

How many calories did $40 buy? I few weeks of that stuff and your blood will be sludge.

By Woody Bass

March 24, 2008 1:55 PM | Link to this

PoliticalMan: I refused to weigh myself before/after…and I certainly wouldnt wanna know what my blood sugar was… but to be honest… it was alot of food.. but not tooooo far off my diet (ok well the breakfast was a bit.. but I made up for it at dinner).

By Cindy

March 24, 2008 8:48 PM | Link to this

I could do $40 for a week and not even be limited to Norcross…and stay in an acceptable range for caloric intake, sugar, fat…etc.. of the average person.

Breakfast: Banana or Lean Breakfast Pocket Lunch: Healthy Choice frozen brick dinner Dinner: Wendy’s, Taco Bell, McDonalds, Zaxby’s, Chik-fil-a

By Woody Bass

March 24, 2008 11:05 PM | Link to this

Katie/Sandy Ok.. Im gonna have to try Lupitas now. I hope their margaritas are as good as the food sounds! :)

By LT50.00

March 25, 2008 8:26 AM | Link to this

Wow Woody, really packing it away.

Are you and Rick Badie having a race to a BMI of 40?

I think you should try Tierre y Mar in Lilburn. Ignore the 13 health rating.

Oh yeah. Do you think you could blog about the homicide rate for Gwinnett this year? I think we are up to 5 or 6.

LT5000

By the Lone Wolf

March 25, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this

Once again, LT brings rain to the parade.

Do you ever have anything positive to say???

By Cindy

March 25, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this

Lonewolf, if you like LT5000’s post here, you’re missing a real treat over on Rick Badie’s latest blog…

By Big D

March 25, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this

There are so many different cuisines in Norcross, too, that it’d be a shame not to try some out. Mi Pilon on Buford just east of downtown Norcross has pretty good Dominican fare with a lunch special plate daily. There are supposed to be some good Indian places in Global Mall (?) on JCB next to Pappadeaux, but I haven’t made it there yet. Can’t argue too much with the ones you did go to, though. I’d love to find a really great breakfast place to go to.

By Mark

March 25, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this

$10.03 for breakfast? I had no idea blog writing paid so well…..

By LT5000

March 25, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this

Cindy and Lone Wolf,

Certainly there has to be a more pressing issue in Norcross than Woody’s rising cholesterol level.

LT5000

By Cindy

March 25, 2008 9:18 PM | Link to this

LT5000, That wasn’t an attempt to throw you under the bus. I was just sayin’…

By Bruce Wilcox

March 25, 2008 11:56 PM | Link to this

Cindy LT has a very limited range, bashing illegals and bashing bloggers, that’s about his entire range.

I can never get pass Dominicks, ah, just like New York.

By Cindy

March 26, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this

Hi Bruce,

Well i can think of 1 more that LT5000 likes to rant about…but to each his own. LT5000 is alright…

Remember Bruce…you promised. I didn’t even get into Badie’s blog about patriotism…I didn’t want to dirty it up or have my name show up on it at all and disgrace the subject. I do have an opinion and stuff to say, but sometimes things are best left unsaid. Especially if you type it out on a blog…you can’t really unsay it.

Haha…when I said that, I could hear the voice of Paulie (the bird) from the movie “Paulie”.

By LT5000

March 26, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this

When Brucie isn’t bashing America, he can be found cruising Jimmy Carter for his daily intake of Mexican “chorizo”.

I guess you people don’t expect much from you bloggers.

Like I said, much more pressing issues in Gwinnett, especially Norcross, than where Woody stuffs his face and Rick Badie’s continual error filled articles.

So Woody is prepared to spend $1200 on just take out in Norcross?

LT5000

By Cindy

March 26, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this

LT5000, I never said I don’t expect much.

It is however their blogs and their choice of what to sound off about. As it is also our choice whether or not to comment.

I figure they has this under control long before I showed up, and in my absence, they probably could still manage.

What a boring world it would be if all we ever got from these guys/ladies and were able to discuss was politics or bad news items. As with other things in life…I like to mix it up sometimes. I for one would not check up on what ya’ll say if all I ever saw was negativity.

Remember, Garbage In = Garbage Out. You have to feed your mind with good stuff too.

And poor Woody was dragged over the coals lately too…he probably was looking for a more-neutral subject for this week.

By Katie

March 26, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this

Since when do blogs have to be about negative things or ‘pressing’ issues? Can there not be a variety? We can’t always be focusing on the negatives, if you do that you are one depressing person and not someone I want to talk to or be around. Later…

By reader

March 26, 2008 10:24 AM | Link to this

LT5000—-

Perhaps you should apply for a job at AJC and write about pertinent issues in GC? I’m not being sarcastic. Sometimes, you just have to do it yourself. It’s obvious that you care about your community. Give the local journalists something to contemplate.

Blog responses will be the immediate and best indicator of what is pertinent among residents. However, identifying the problems is not enough. That would be way too depressing.

By Cindy

March 26, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this

I think that’s a mighty fine idea as well.

By LT5000

March 26, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

Basically Badie and Woody are trying to hold onto their jobs.

They will never write anything that has a modicum of substance to it.

The readers should demand more. Who cares where Woody is stuffing his face? Does that tell me anything about Norcross? No, it tells me Woody needs to haul his fat butt to the gym.

Badie and Woody’s blogs are supposed to be about the community, not what they deem pertinent.

Gwinnett and Norcross have a lot of pressing issues and nobody writing about them.

And yes, I am talking about Illegals, Code violations, the CID and a skyrocketing crime rate.

LT5000

By Cindy

March 26, 2008 11:09 AM | Link to this

I thought blog writing was volunteer stuff…applied for and chosen, but not a job.

LT5000, you do have stuff to say…why don’t you see about getting a blog here, for real? I think reader is on to something here. I remember seeing a while back where they were looking for more Gwinnett County bloggers.

By Cindy

March 26, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

Forgot to include this:

if you do get a blog of your own, it needs to come with a disclaimer, “not for the faint of heart…if you can’t stand the heat, stay out of this kitchen.” or something to that effect.

By reader

March 26, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this

LT5000—-

So far, you have two supporters of your potential blog…and I don’t even reside in GC! However, most communities experience the same frustrating issues. Go for it. The worse thing that could happen is that they turn you down.

By Katie

March 26, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this

LT, how is eating at local restaurants not a community issue? Can we not blog about our experiences at local food/watering holes? It may make the community stronger if we are more willing to try out places our ‘neighbors’ recommend. People might spend more time at local places rather than going to Buckhead or other areas. Who knows, you or I may run into Woody at one of these restaurants. I’m just saying that community issues are more than just politics, they can be anything other as well.

By Bruce Wilcox

March 26, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this

I forgot a great newer Polish Resturant that I forgotten the name of, it’s on the corner of Peachtree Industrial and Medlock Bridge, I still think it’s Norcross.

The place is nice, good wine menu and those who never tried polish food before are in for a real treat.

Cindy I live by the old rule, “Bash onto others, as they have Bashed unto you”. As far as the discussion on patriotism, I was basically debating one person, certainly not LT, I just cannot lower myself to LT’s level anymore.

By Woody Bass

March 26, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this

LT Be patient. And I did write about the community… Im not going to write about politics/immigration/crime every week. There are all sorts of ways I can cover the community… and this is just one of them.

By Cindy

March 26, 2008 1:42 PM | Link to this

Bruce, Is the restaurant Gimza?

By Bruce Wilcox

March 26, 2008 1:52 PM | Link to this

Yes, thanks. A really nice place.

By Cindy

March 26, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this

Bruce, I guess we killed the blog?

By Bruce Wilcox

March 26, 2008 9:03 PM | Link to this

Maybe everybody is just full.

By Cindy

March 26, 2008 9:19 PM | Link to this

I’m full. But none of it came from Norcross. Snellville Kroger. ha. :)

By LT5000

March 26, 2008 10:27 PM | Link to this

Woody,

You barely write about politics. And you never write about immigration and crime.

If you have attended the CID meetings, you would know that these are the issues that are the greatest concerns to the community.

By the way, they finally did clean up the graffitti at Pirkle and Singleton.

LT5000

By Woody Bass

March 27, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this

You barely write about politics. Not exactly true.. but I will admit not as much as I would like.

And you never write about immigration and crime.

Definitly not true.. I just dont write about it as often as you would like.

By the way, they finally did clean up the graffitti at Pirkle and Singleton.

Good! Ill have to drive by this evening to check it out.

By LT5000

March 27, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this

Uh Woody.

Feel free to provide me the dates of when you have written an article about crime or immigration.

Not just a mere mention, a real article.

LT5000

By Last American

March 27, 2008 5:18 PM | Link to this

Someone recommended the Golden Buddha. Please do not go there. The white meat chicken has a yellow ring around it. Not even sure if it is chicken. They also have Mexican cooks. I stopped going there years ago. Also, do n ot go to the Amazing Wok on Indiana Trail.

By Bruce Wilcox

March 27, 2008 8:33 PM | Link to this

Give it a break LT, if you had your way all three blogs would be what you like to whine about the most. Believe it or not there are other people that rather discuss other things, things happening outside, in the real world.

LT, I hate to say it man, but if you’re that afraid in your own neighborhood that you wet your pants going to the mailbox, it is time to move.

I wouldn’t say that to many people, but in your case, well, in all honesty, all you are is a whiner. More than a few have suggested ways to handle the problem, one get off your butt and paint over it, others told you who to contact, yet you rather whine.

LT, you have lost any credibility you may have had.

By Bruce Wilcox

March 27, 2008 10:24 PM | Link to this

You want to buy it for me LT, go ahead if you’re brave enough or man enough, just drop it off in person.

By Pen

March 27, 2008 10:47 PM | Link to this

Breakfast at Chick-fil-A, lunch at the Bleu House Cafe, and dinner at Ted’s.

Lunch at Grace 17:20 is also wonderful.

By LT5000

March 27, 2008 10:53 PM | Link to this

Brucie,

Name the country and bring the papers renouncing you US citizenship.

LT5000

By Bruce Wilcox

March 27, 2008 10:57 PM | Link to this

Bleu House Cafe, not familar with it, is it in Norcross?

By Umbudsman

March 28, 2008 5:57 AM | Link to this

Calm down children, you’re acting like little boys arguring over a ball in the school yard. Can we get back to topic, please???

LT, if you spent as much time OUT in your community as you do here complaining, I’d bet Gwinnett would be in a much better place.

By Katie

March 28, 2008 6:19 AM | Link to this

Bruce, We went to Dominick’s last night. The food is good but the atmosphere was, let’s just say, ‘my poop doesn’t stink’. We’ve been there many times, and it’s full of people who think they are much more important than they really are. It kind of ruins the experience for us. Whether they are locals—I didnt’ see any neighbors in there, or people driving from other places, people don’t have to act so snobbish. They do have good food though, have to give them that.

By Katie

March 28, 2008 6:19 AM | Link to this

Woodie We went to Dominick’s last night. The food is good but the atmosphere was, let’s just say, ‘my poop doesn’t stink’. We’ve been there many times, and it’s full of people who think they are much more important than they really are. It kind of ruins the experience for us. Whether they are locals—I didnt’ see any neighbors in there, or people driving from other places, people don’t have to act so snobbish. They do have good food though, have to give them that.

By LT5000

March 28, 2008 7:05 AM | Link to this

Um-butts-man,

I do spend time in the community of Norcross. Not just helping my neighbors, but also reporting code violations to Code enforcement.

Like graffitti mentioned above. Please read before you spout, or you just end up looking like an idiot.

LT5000

By Cindy

March 28, 2008 7:10 AM | Link to this

LT5000, what are you doing here so early? cool…

By Umbudsman

March 28, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this

I have been reading the posts, and you come across as a little baby who doesn’t get his way.
When you don’t get your way, you insult people-which makes you appear even more juvenile. You must be in your early 20’s or something, and if that’s the case we can forgive you. If you are an older adult, you’re just pathetic. Ha ha, um-butts-man, ha ha ha, you’re so funny.. That’s the best you got?? Psst. I’m female. NEXT!!!

By LT5000

March 28, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this

Umbudsman,

Sorry to hurt your feelings.

Now you can go back to sitting around in you bathrobe stuffing your face with bon bons.

In a few weeks, you can probably fit into Woody’s clothes.

LT5000

By Bruce Wilcox

March 28, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this

Katie I always hit Dominick’s early in the week and early in the evening and never run into that crowd. You may even find some locals there.

Have you tried the Polish restaurant Gimza, seems like a good crowd and the food is great.

By Katie

March 28, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this

Bruce, we’ll try that next time. It really is a good restaruant. The garlic bread is awesome—but don’t breathe on anyone after.

By PoliticalMan

March 28, 2008 7:50 PM | Link to this

Don’t the AJC/GC bloggers get paid? I think so.

By Bruce Wilcox

March 29, 2008 1:50 AM | Link to this

If they don’t PoliticalMan will you buy them dinner? If so where?

By Katie

March 31, 2008 6:27 AM | Link to this

Woody, Have you gone to Lupita’s yet?

By charliejoe

April 30, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this

LT, Your racist, insulting diatribes never fail to amuse. Why don’t you tell your fellow readers about your obsession with the Latin ladies (e.g., Latin Sl&^s Vol. 1,2,3 and 4)…and how the fact that these scumbag illegals are hogging them all and not letting guys like you and me have them at our disposal. Most behavior and attitudes can be explained by following the money and the poonanny.

By GA Resident

May 23, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this

The Norcross Station on May 20th got a 27 on its health inspection. They cleaned up their act and on the 23rd got it up to a 91 on a re-inspection, but still — a 27?!?

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy - Ken Weatherford is a complete richard.

By Ellen

May 24, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this

Can someone tell me about parking in downtown Norcross when there are Fridsay night concerts? Is it difficult to find a parking space? Suggestions for where to park?

By Ellen

May 24, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

Can someone tell me about parking in downtown Norcross when there are Fridsay night concerts? Is it difficult to find a parking space? Suggestions for where to park?

By Ellen

May 24, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this

Can someone tell me about parking in downtown Norcross when there are Fridsay night concerts? Is it difficult to find a parking space? Suggestions for where to park?

By Richard

December 14, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this

Yea, and the health Inspector got cut loose soon after. Maybe it wasn’t their act that needed cleaning up? Don’t assume everything you read is true, especially when the government is involved. Sometimes it takes a Richard, to survive 15 years in this business.