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"Paul Luna, best known for teaching Atlanta to love tapas in the 1990s, operates his latest place with the sensibility of a culinary activist. He chose its location in a dreary stretch of Downtown in part for the low rent; in turn he charges the lowest possible prices for his small plates."

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Bill Addison, 50 Best Restaurants: Lunacy Black Market

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November 30, 2011

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"Virginia-Highland’s La Tavola is a multi-purpose restaurant in the best possible sense. Neighborhood hangout. Date night staple. Solo dining haven."

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Bill Addison, 50 Best Restaurants: La Tavola Trattoria

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November 29, 2011

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"His calamari in Sicilian tomato soup—kicked up with toasted garlic, pine nuts, and Vermentino wine—is the only squid starter in town that I still crave. The black spaghetti with rock shrimp and spicy sausage shocks the palate awake. Listen up for specials; risotto strewn with crabmeat and herbs, if you’re fortunate enough to catch it, will leave you sighing."

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Bill Addison, 50 Best Restaurants: La Pietra Cucina

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November 28, 2011

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"Octopus is a hot ingredient nationally, but Atlanta has been in tentacle utopia for years thanks to Kyma. The restaurant grills it to crisp smokiness and serves it over a simple pickled red onion salad with a splash of red wine vinaigrette. Opa, y’all. Buckhead Life Restaurant Group owner Pano Karatassos opened Kyma in 2001 as a paean to his Greek heritage, and it continues to outshine all his other Buckhead ventures."

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Bill Addison, 50 Best Restaurants: Kyma

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November 22, 2011

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"Who but Kevin Rathbun would have the cojones to build a steakhouse in a former Clorox factory on the overgrown industrial fringe of Inman Park—two full blocks away from his thriving flagship? While the short drive from Downtown helps draw business travelers, it’s also our finest example of the chef-driven chophouse."

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Bill Addison, 50 Best Restaurants: Kevin Rathbun Steak

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November 21, 2011

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"Dinner is the jackpot meal at JCT, when the kitchen best executes the recalibrated Southern standards dreamed up by chef-owner Ford Fry and his new chef de cuisine, Adam Evans. Lately they’ve been dazzling with the humble chicken."

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Bill Addison, 50 Best Restaurants: JCT Kitchen & Bar

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November 18, 2011

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"Samgyupsal, the Korean word for grilled pork belly, sounds inscrutable. Picture instead a restaurant featuring tabletop cooking and mobbed with foodies. Meats—pork belly and boneless short rib headline, but shrimp, scallops, duck, and mushrooms are also available—sizzle on domed grills, watched over by easygoing, competent servers."

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Bill Addison, 50 Best Restaurants: Honey Pig

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November 17, 2011

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"The exceptional down-home food served at this funky Roswell bungalow belies Bill Greenwood’s classical culinary training in the hotel system. If you engage him in a conversation about his cooking, Greenwood is much more apt to discuss French mother sauces than recipes from Southern grandmas."

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Bill Addison, 50 Best Restaurants: Greenwood’s

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November 16, 2011

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"With all the hubbub about farm-to-table cooking, why not drive the forty-five minutes from Downtown to a restaurant on the same property as an organic farm?"

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Bill Addison, 50 Best Restaurants: The Hil

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November 15, 2011

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"Nearly a decade ago, the space that currently houses Holy Taco was Iris, an urbane American bistro with a raucous bar scene that I thought was exactly the restaurant East Atlanta needed. But Holy Taco showed me what the neighborhood really deserves: a risk-taking chef whose diverse, punchy, and affordable menu better reflects the community."

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Bill Addison, 50 Best Restaurants: Holy Taco

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November 14, 2011

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