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Podcast: Our dining team talks tacos and the Atlanta restaurant scene

Velvet Taco offers more than 20 tacos that feature flavor combinations inspired by international cuisines. Ligaya Figueras / ligaya.figueras@ajc.com

Credit: Ligaya Figueras

Credit: Ligaya Figueras

Velvet Taco offers more than 20 tacos that feature flavor combinations inspired by international cuisines. Ligaya Figueras / ligaya.figueras@ajc.com
By Shane Harrison
Aug 26, 2021

This week, we’ll hear from the AJC’s dining editor Ligaya Figueras and contributor Wendell Brock.

Our dining team will be talking about some of the interesting things that are happening on Atlanta’s dining scene and how that’s affecting the AJC’s dining coverage. And, if you love tacos (and who doesn’t?), you won’t want to miss this week’s episode. Find it at ajc.com/podcasts and at the Apple Podcast store.

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About the Author

Shane Harrison is the Arts & Entertainment editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and ajc.com. He has been with the AJC since 1990.

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