Thankful- 2015

Happy Thanksgiving! 

As always, I love hosting dinner parties, but I really love Thanksgiving and having as many people to our house as possible. This year we had both sides of the family over and loved everyone's company.

{Made my first winter Sangria- super delicious}

I hope everyone had a wonderful time with their family and friends!

South City Kitchen- Restaurant Challenge

South City Kitchen (southern), the first restaurant that was on our list for our restaurant challenge(Prior post on "the challenge") . Richard and I had both been prior, but Cole and Ashley had not been yet. We made reservations for Saturday, November 14, 2015 for the Vining's location. SCK- Vinings

For our "First Flavors", we shared two items:

 Pork BBQ- scallion-grit hoe cake, sweet red bbq, horseradish slaw AND

Pimento Cheese- celery, house made pickles, benne seed crackers. 

 Salads:

Ashley and I ordered Mama J's Local Lettuces: seasonal vegetable with balsamic vinaigrette.

Cole and Richard both ordered: the Caesar: garlic- grist croutons, fried okra, Parmesan

Our Main Dishes: 

Cole and Ashley both ordered the Springer Mountain Farms Fried Chicken with smashed bliss potatoes, collar greens, and honey-thyme jus, but Ashley ordered hers without the bone (she's so smart). 

Richard ordered the Burger from Southern River Farms, pimento cheese, butter pickles, old bay fries, and bbq mayo. 

I ordered the Hanger Steak with preserves tomato butter, baby potatoes, and braised peppers and onions. 

Restaurant Challenge -Atlanta Style

Since Cole and Ashley have moved to Atlanta over a year ago, we have had our moments where we are trying new and trendy restaurants, but we also got stuck in our ruts of going to the "classics". We decided to make a list of 10 restaurants that we wanted to try. Of the 10 choices, only a two of them have been previously eaten at by one couple- all four of us couldn't have eaten there for it to make the list. Here it is in no particular order:

1. South City Kitchen (southern)
2. Lusca (seafood)
3. Sotto Sotto (Italian)
4. 1 Kept ( southern)
5. Fox Brother's BBQ
6. Umi (sushi)
7. Antico Pizza (Italian)
8. 4th & Swift (farm to table)
9. St. Cecilia (seafood)
10. Gunshow (fusion)

Here's to wining and dining at some of Atlanta's favorites!