Atlanta Food Porn

My big summer vacation this year was down to Georgia where I enjoyed quality time with my soon-to-be extended family, @QueenbeeFL, @GaryPatriot and @Shanntastical, and of course @Jerpdavis. The majority of our time in Georgia was spent in Blue Ridge where we enjoyed mountain activities, cabin Olympics and daily cocktail hour. We also spent some time in Atlanta, where @Shanntastical lives, where we had a chance to indulge in some serious southern eats.

If I wrote about each of the awesome things we ate in Atlanta, this post would be FOREVER. If I left some things out, that would just be unfair to you. Thus, please see all the food porn pics below. If you don’t have your flight to Atlanta booked by the time you finish, then I have failed. I apologize in advance for showing some half-eaten pictures. Enjoy!

Nothing better to cool you down in Hotlanta than an Arnold Palmer ice pop from King of Pops. Mouth. Watering.

One of the best meals of my life was at Holeman and Finch. These are the photo highlights from our meal, which included Deviled Eggs, H&F Hotdog, Bone Marrow, Beef Tartare, Pork Belly Buns, Homemade Carbonara, their famous Burger and more. Definitely stop in when you’re in Atlanta. They don’t take reservations, so expect to wait it out.

As New Yorkers visiting the great state of Georgia, we couldn’t resist a restaurant called Empire State South, where Hugh Acheson of Top Chef Masters is Chef/Partner. Here we indulged with Pimento Cheese with Bacon Marmalade, La Quercia Prosciutto, Braised Rabbit, Squash Gratin and more.

I stole this picture from Blissful Glutton because I didn't take my own. Bocado is home to Atlanta’s reigning best burger for good reason. Here @ATLChef, who is a friend of @Shanntastical’s, made for me the best burger and best heirloom tomato salad I ever had. 

I’m cheating a little here too. I went to Flip on a different trip to Atlanta, but had to include it because it’s that good and I am a huge Richard Blais fan. I’m not going to compare to Bocado for you because I am biased to @ATLChef – you’ll just have to go try them both for yourself!