Where can you get the best cornbread in and around Atlanta?
We have our winners.
YOUR PICKS
1) Harold’s
You said: “If you have to ask what cracklins are, then you haven’t really gotten out much. Go to Harold’s and try their cornbread. Then, you will admit that it’s the best on the planet. Go ahead…I’ll wait…”
2) The Colonnade
3) Greenwood’s on Green Street
5) Eats
OUR PICKS
1) Watershed
AJC dining critic Meridith Ford Goldman says: “Inspired by the great Edna Lewis, Scott Peacock’s spoon bread at his Decatur restaurant Watershed is among one of the most heavenly things to eat on earth. Okay, maybe the most heavenly thing to eat on earth.”
2) Harold’s cracklin’ bread
3) Thelma’s
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155 comments Add your comment
Lou
July 8th, 2009
3:35 am
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Tom
July 8th, 2009
4:36 am
Greenwood’s on Green Street in Roswell. I’d kill to know how he does makes those things.
Bubba
July 8th, 2009
4:42 am
Flying Biscuit, of course.
Keith
July 8th, 2009
5:33 am
The best corn bread is at my mamma’s house. She makes the best cracklin’ corn bread! She has also made “confetti” corn bread that has the different colored bell peppers in it .. as well as “jalapeno` ” corn bread – best crumbled up in a glass of cold buttermilk.
Betsy
July 8th, 2009
5:55 am
Harold’s and the Collonade
OTP
July 8th, 2009
6:33 am
Nobody, NOBODY beats Greenwoods.
Randy
July 8th, 2009
6:46 am
Harold’s and The Colonnade. The Colonnade’s Cornbread Muffins and a glass of tea would make anyone a fine meal. Harold’s, throw in a bowl of that stew along with a stack of their Cornbread, a meal fit for a King.
If you have never eaten at either place, you’re missing something special. Look ‘em up and drop by for lunch.
fatgal
July 8th, 2009
7:15 am
Best cornbread in Atlanta is at Colonnade, Harold’s, and Old Hickory House at Northlake. OHH is probably the best of the 3 — split and covered with black-eyed peas, alongside fried okra & collard greens. Heaven.
Hugh Howard
July 8th, 2009
7:25 am
Harold’s
Rickie Walker
July 8th, 2009
7:33 am
I have been in Oregon for over a year & couldn’t wait to get to Harolds BBQ fod my cornbread & pork plate.
Gahorn
July 8th, 2009
7:42 am
My house, made by my wife in our iron skillet.
jsop
July 8th, 2009
7:45 am
Harolds…nuff said!!
JACK
July 8th, 2009
7:50 am
SINCE I CAN’T FIND PERKERSON’S SELF-RISING CORN MEAL ANYMORE(THEY MUST BE OUT OF BUSINESS0, THE BEST CORN BREAD CANNOT BE MADE. FOR A CHAIN, CRACKER BARREL IS AS GOOD AS ANY.
Big Jon
July 8th, 2009
8:01 am
Harolds BBQ – Craklyn CornBread – with Harold’s own Liguid Gold Brunswick Stew will have an antheist speaking in tongues in a matter of minutes.
woody
July 8th, 2009
8:06 am
Oh yes Harolds is true. You can see the pork.. Love it.
LT
July 8th, 2009
8:14 am
Sorry to the folks that like it, but I have to agree with Marcus on Harold’s – didn’t care for the food, incl. the cornbread. My vote for sweet cornbread is Roaster’s. Vote for non-sweet is The Vortex. They throw it on the griddle & it comes to you hot, soft & buttery. Yum!!!
The Professor
July 8th, 2009
8:20 am
Start with 2 cups White Lily Buttermilk Cornmeal, 1&1/2 cup of buttermilk, 1/4 cup of oil, 1 egg, 1/4 cup of melted butter and the secret ingredient ……. 1 cup of sourcream. Do not overmix, batter should have some lumps. Overmixing will give you a tough heavy texture and that whereas great southern cornbread is moist and soft on the inside with a nice crust. You must bake this in a greased cast iron skillet!! Bake at 425 for 25 minute. You all can thank me later.
louie
July 8th, 2009
8:24 am
since my mother passed, i make the best but it is not as good since you can’t buy perkerson’s cornmeal anymore. as far as restaurants go; matthews and collonade
Anne
July 8th, 2009
8:35 am
what makes GREAT CORNBREAD if you use YELLOW CORN MEAL…..That is what makes GREAT cornbread….
Sam
July 8th, 2009
8:35 am
The Pickrick had the best fried chicken and cornbread, both.
G
July 8th, 2009
8:37 am
HAROLD’s. HANDS DOWN
Shanta
July 8th, 2009
8:39 am
Fox Sports Grill for that old school cornbread with pieces of corn in it and light sugar or Boston Market for their cornbread loaf…a hint of sugar and always soft!
Ain
July 8th, 2009
8:45 am
Harolds BBQ is the best!
JD
July 8th, 2009
8:48 am
Harolds!!!!!
jim
July 8th, 2009
8:49 am
The thomas Restaurant at the Farmer’s Market in Atlanta is authentic and also makes biscuits. Melvin, one
old famous establishment on Northside, use to work for the Thomas family and learned his talant from them.
Danielle
July 8th, 2009
8:56 am
South City Kitchen and Fox Sports Grill. I nevere finish my meals at either place because the cornbread is so tasty!
True atlantan
July 8th, 2009
9:05 am
My mom’s cornbread is the best! If I could sell that stuff I’d be famous! The key is the 100 year old iron skillet that she bakes it in.
Becky
July 8th, 2009
9:14 am
Three Rivers corn meal, one egg, diced onions and buttermilk..Mix all together..Heat a cast iron skillet with oil and once theoil is hot, pour a small amount into the other mix, stir, then pour into skillet..Needs to be kinda thick..Cook in preheated overn at 450 for about 20-25 minutes..Best in the state…I also cook it the same way with hot peppers & shredded cheese..
DeeDee
July 8th, 2009
9:18 am
Cornbread is not the same since Perkerson’s corn meal left the shelf! Todd, where do you find Pine Mountain corn meal. By the way, Harold’s cornbread is pretty darn good!
6Digitballin
July 8th, 2009
9:43 am
i love me some corn bread with fried pig feet and chitterlings bits in them! that’s how mom made them!
BETTYBJ
July 8th, 2009
10:47 am
My friend Patricia Dowdy in Forest Park, Ga mades the best corn bread in the world. It taste good even if you freeze some for another day. Of course you know her chicken dressing is good because it starts from great cornbread
Joy
July 8th, 2009
10:54 am
After mine…..Vittle’s on South Cobb!
Mario
July 8th, 2009
11:43 am
Amelia’s corn bread rocks!! She just happens to be the inspiration for this well thought out debate! : )
Teeia
July 8th, 2009
12:45 pm
Gladys Knight & Ron Winans’ Chicken and Waffles. If you like sweet Cornbread.
Kathy
July 8th, 2009
4:37 pm
Okay Cafe…oh so yummy!!
mr bodine
July 8th, 2009
4:55 pm
No doubt…..Harold’s by a mile! Mmmmmm…that cracklin’ cornbread!
AnnieR
July 8th, 2009
5:01 pm
EATS and Picadilly Jalapeno cornbread, YUMMY!!!
E
July 8th, 2009
5:13 pm
Well, if it contains sugar, it isn’t cornbread, A corn muffin, maybe. But Cornbread it isn’t.
As far as the best in Atlanta, I think our restaurants are sorely lacking. If it isn’t made in a skillet with hot grease and buttermilk and no flour, just cornmeal, it isn’t good. Greenwood’s muffins are OK but a little soft in texture – they may sneak some flour in. I had Harold’s once and it was tasty too but is cracklin-cornbread (not plain cornbread). If I remember correctly, I think you can get good “hoe cakes” (cornbread fried in little patties like pancakes) at Son’s Place that were very tasty.
If anyone knows where there is real, cornbread in ATL other than my kitchen, and by the looks of the comments a few other home kitchens, let me know. Heard good things about Carvers but haven’t been yet. Do they get the cornbread right there? I am not optimistic!!
Laura
July 8th, 2009
5:28 pm
Henry’s Louisiana Grill!!! (Acworth, GA). And be sure to try the Ooh La La to go along with it!
cookie
July 8th, 2009
5:31 pm
Harolds is great. The first time I went there – I took one bite of the cornbread and it took me back to my childhood. It takes lard to make real cornbread.
jennifer
July 8th, 2009
5:37 pm
the farmhouse at serenbe has the best cornbread hands down!
Visnja
July 8th, 2009
5:50 pm
OK Cafe
c
July 8th, 2009
5:53 pm
big daddies soul food old national highway
Big Cee
July 8th, 2009
6:09 pm
The best has to be Harold’s. I have been eating there for over forty years, and it is always as good as Tthe last time!!!
Barry
July 8th, 2009
6:29 pm
Roasters! (Lenox, Alpharetta & Sandy Springs)
Lou
July 8th, 2009
6:54 pm
Watershed. Also Buckhead Diner.
Showchef
July 8th, 2009
7:00 pm
Harolds does have terrific cornbread…if you don’t know how to bake your own. I use Martha White Hot Rise… it’s the best in my book.. but there are also a few other good cornmeals that work quite well. Dear Edna Lewis also made wonderful crackling cornbread! I’m certain that all in Heaven now have fantastic cornbread! Just for the record…I can’t stand sweet cornbread… That’s what dessert is for.. Good Cornbread should be served with REAL BUTTER and just enjoyed! I also like using the black iron skillets that are seperated into triagular pieces… that way everyone gets some crunch. Yum….
Terry
July 8th, 2009
7:15 pm
Instead of oil use butter and do.add just a touch of sugar,
Launi
July 8th, 2009
7:15 pm
Smokehouse BBQ in Alpharetta has by FAR the BEST BEST BEST cornbread!! Cornbread muffins, real corn mixed in… it’s AMAZING!!! Their food is amazing, too… it’s the best!
M. Craig Weaver
July 8th, 2009
7:33 pm
Here’s how I make cornbread: http://mcraigweaver.com/recipes/cornbread.htm This is my own recipe for Cornbread Muffins. It makes a relatively sweet cornbread, similar to what you might find in some restaurants.