Heading to Atlanta next week for the football NCAA championship. Staying downtown and looking for a restaurant recommendation for Monday lunch with a strong wine list particularly white burg. I know lunch and a Monday limits options. Any recommendations appreciated. Thanks and Go Irish!
you’re out of luck on this one player, there are only a few spots that could be considered deep in Burgundy and none of those will be open for lunch, much less on a Monday. Blue Ridge Grill would be a solid option as well as The Chastain, but those are in Buckhead. Downtown is a good restaurant desert.
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Rumi’s Kitchen at the Colony Square location in Midtown has a pretty good wine list and is open for lunch. It’s middle eastern food and very good. If not wedded to wine, uber to Fox Bros BBQ!
Atlanta is BYO friendly so pack some WB in the suitcase. There’s not much in the way of good wine lists anywhere, but definitely not open Monday lunch.
This is mostly already mentioned, so just a chorus at this point. If you need a deep white burgundy list for a Monday lunch, then you probably won’t find it anywhere. Also if it has to be in downtown, then you won’t find many options, probably Rays on the River’s downtown location is about all that comes to mind. If you’re willing to go to midtown or Buckhead, then the world is your oyster. I would recommend literally any of the Buckhead Life Restaurant Group’s places. I love South City Kitchen for lunch.
I would second Rumi’s but I don’t recommend Fox Bros. Otherwise you can google to your heart’s content to find lots of BYOB friendly places with reasonable corkage fees. I hope you enjoy everything except the final score
You might check Oceanaire or Brasserie Margot (in the Four Seasons) as both offer Monday lunch - they are in midtown. Have had good food, but unsure about their Wine List - as others suggest BYO may be your best White Burg option in ATL.
It’s a bit of a drive from downtown, but Canoe could be a decent option and their wine list is OK.
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Looking for an Omakase spot in ATL. Based on what I’ve found looking at Mujo and Omakase Table. Anyone been to one or both and willing to share any intel?
I was just in Atlanta last week and poured at a “private” wine club that has an Omakase restaurant next door to it called Ryokou. They’re both super new and word is that the restaurant is excellent. I don’t think the Vine Club is completely private, you can obviously check with them, and they had a good and building selection. I have not been to the restaurant but tasted with the buyer at the club and it all seemed way legit.
can’t go wrong, they’re Michelin starred.
im bumping this Atlanta thread because I was just there for the World Cup game this weekend, and I spent like three hours on Buford Highway hitting as many places as I could as fast as possible and picking things up to bring home. I stopped at Best BBQ, Lees Bakery, City Farmers Market, Supermercado Chicago, Langzhou Ramen, and Senaloense Pollo Asado.
I cant believe the amount of good food that is crammed into such a small area around Buford Hwy. Last time I was in ATL we went to Northern China Eatery and Canton House. I cant believe people dont talk about this more when they talk about food destinations. you can have the rest of the Atlanta food scene- give my Buford all day long.
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Is there any good food around Overlook / Norcross?
You are a stone’s throw from Buford Highway which should cover all your needs from a Chinese, Korean, and Mexican perspective. I live in Norcross and it is a good food desert.
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If you are near Buford Hwy at all you should go to Buford hwy for sure. I could spend several days just eating around there and not make a dent in all the good food on that single road. That being said i dont think much of it is fancy but it’s all really good.
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Any recs near Buckhead for group of 10? No steakhouses - wine bar or fun place for business dinner.
Any good/unique food suggestions near the airport ?!!
Hapeville has some okay places; Paper Plane and Volare are okay at best. Ecco and One Flew South in the airport are solid all things considered.
St. Cecilia (very good wine program), Delbar (not wine focused, great energy), Carmel (not wine focused, great energy), Lucian (very small, very wine focused), The Chastain
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Thank you - booked Delbar!
Lucian is excellent but not for 10, FYI. That’s where we have our regular dinners, but we do 4 max.