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Cobb restaurant among OpenTable’s 100 best brunch spots in America

Hanger steak with smashed and fried potatoes and creamed collards at Chicken and the Egg in Marietta. The restaurant recently received national honors for its brunch offerings.
Hanger steak with smashed and fried potatoes and creamed collards at Chicken and the Egg in Marietta. The restaurant recently received national honors for its brunch offerings.
May 15, 2017

Breakfast poutine. Snickerdoodle french toast. Crab and crawfish omelette.

Now that we have your attention, you can get all those things at Chicken and the Egg in Marietta, which was recently named one of the country's best brunch joints by OpenTable.

The online reservation service used by an alleged 21 million diners a month listed the Whitlock Avenue eatery on its "100 Best Brunch Restaurants in America for 2017" list.

The company said it analyzed more than 10 million reviews of some 24,000 restaurants to figure out which place was most loved.

Chicken and the Egg opened in 2011 with a mantra of serving “modern American farmstead fare.”

It seems to have delivered the goods, quickly gaining critical acclaim and amassing over 1,100 reviews that yield 4½ stars on OpenTable — most of which are 5-star reviews.

The operation is run by Chef Marc Taft, who recently announced plans for three restaurants in Forsyth County: Southern restaurant CO-OP Community Table + Bar, Feed Fried Chicken + Such (which also has an outpost in The Battery) and an unspecified burger joint.

Two other Georgia restaurants also made the list: The Magnolia Thomas Restaurant in Woodstock and Grand Dining Room at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel.

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