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113 comments Add your comment
MME
February 11th, 2013
12:09 pm
Greenwood’s!
Good eating
February 11th, 2013
12:16 pm
Busy Bee
They put the good eats on you.
Cindy Lu
February 11th, 2013
12:22 pm
John’s Fine Foods Jonesboro Rd., Forest Park
Ultimate Southern food.
Rebecca B.
February 11th, 2013
12:27 pm
Good Food and great veggies at Bear Creek on 138 spur in Jonesboro, GA
hello
February 11th, 2013
12:32 pm
S & S
Mary Macs
Moderate
February 11th, 2013
12:35 pm
Colonnade on Cheshire Bridge
mm
February 11th, 2013
12:39 pm
OK Cafe
johnny fontane
February 11th, 2013
12:41 pm
The Rexall Grill in Duluth
Andrew
February 11th, 2013
12:42 pm
Stalvey’s Restaurant and Mamie’s in Covington
SS
February 11th, 2013
12:44 pm
Has to be Carver’s!
Decaturite
February 11th, 2013
12:48 pm
Our Way Cafe!
daPro
February 11th, 2013
12:50 pm
Matthew’s in Tucker.
Sands
February 11th, 2013
12:51 pm
Mary Mac’s
Phil F
February 11th, 2013
12:52 pm
Greenwood’s for sure. Save room for the home made apple pie!
c
February 11th, 2013
12:55 pm
JR’s BBQ Norcross
Old timer
February 11th, 2013
1:04 pm
Colonnade
Life in Tucker
February 11th, 2013
1:07 pm
Matthew’s all the way!
Lynn
February 11th, 2013
1:10 pm
The Busy Bee & Mary Macs
Shalc
February 11th, 2013
1:18 pm
Carvers!!
Native Atlantan
February 11th, 2013
1:25 pm
Oh jeez….here we go again. Haven’t we done these a 1,000 times?
just me
February 11th, 2013
1:28 pm
Sucks that we have this exact same list every year with the same comments and same winners….but here goes.. Big Daddy’s on Old National in College Park. Oh Wee!!
Mike
February 11th, 2013
1:35 pm
Anne ad Bill’s in Forest Park. Hands down the best.
Road Scholar
February 11th, 2013
1:37 pm
Colonnade
suga
February 11th, 2013
1:44 pm
S&S
Travis
February 11th, 2013
1:48 pm
Carver’s, OK Cafe and Colonnade.
ideas
February 11th, 2013
1:54 pm
Come and Get It in Marietta
crackbaby
February 11th, 2013
2:04 pm
Alpha Soda in Alpharetta. Order form the Daily specials menu. LOTS of choices for sides.
London Broil, Glorified Chicken, corned beef & cabbage are good. Call ahead if you want the fried chicken (which is the best north of the perimeter). IMO – the chicken & dumplings recipe needs to be replaced. Summer time tomatoes are awesome too.
Typical Redneck
February 11th, 2013
2:05 pm
Midway Meal House on Highway 9 north of Alpharetta.
Skozoze
February 11th, 2013
2:06 pm
Always Fresh in Lilburn. The sides are the best part.
Typical Redneck
February 11th, 2013
2:06 pm
Alpha Soda is a rip.
KK
February 11th, 2013
2:08 pm
Carvers
Lucy
February 11th, 2013
2:10 pm
Defintiely Busy Bee. Best soul food around.
RT
February 11th, 2013
2:10 pm
Carver’s…
Jim Fisher
February 11th, 2013
2:13 pm
Busy Bee!!!!!!!
kevin
February 11th, 2013
2:27 pm
Carvers
kevin
February 11th, 2013
2:27 pm
Carver’s
Real Southern Gal
February 11th, 2013
2:33 pm
Annie Laura’s on Hwy 85 riverdale–this is Holifield’s mom’s place- best green with turkey, mac and cheese, shoot all is good there
JSH
February 11th, 2013
2:48 pm
I don’t know about these other places, but I love the Colonnade.
Cornelia
February 11th, 2013
2:53 pm
Piccadilly in Marietta;
Best fried chicken and mac-n-cheese in town
Jacob
February 11th, 2013
2:57 pm
I love Mary Macs Tea Room. The food is always great and the service is phenominal!!!.
Carmen
February 11th, 2013
3:02 pm
Carver’s is the real deal!
pb
February 11th, 2013
3:05 pm
Tired of the same ones listed every time we have this category. How about something new? Betty’s in Conyers, GA.
J Anderson
February 11th, 2013
3:08 pm
Colonnade on Cheshire Bridge…..
T Dub
February 11th, 2013
3:14 pm
Anna Mae’s on Thornton Rd, Lithia Springs GA…The BEST!!!
lewis d
February 11th, 2013
3:14 pm
Busy Bee
FOR REAL
February 11th, 2013
3:18 pm
i would assume who ever says mary macs must not be from GA cause that place is not all that on a scale from 1-10 with 10 being the best I give it a 3 mediocre food the service is great that is why i would go back cant get that in to many places in GA anyway moving on…. Busy Bee is old time slop not that good either…Will someone please recommend some good and new for us Atliens to try cause the places listed above is old news and tasteless but most have good service not there for the service there for the food good service is a bonus to that!
phe-phe
February 11th, 2013
3:27 pm
how could yall forget k&k soul food on donald lee hollowell
Cobber
February 11th, 2013
3:29 pm
West Cobb Diner. A little fine dining take on the classics. My only complaint is the fact that they put sugar in the corn bread (ugh).
Carolina Gal
February 11th, 2013
3:30 pm
Better dining: Greenwoods for farm to table fresh goodies. The good deal: BBQ Kitchen on Virgina Avenue near the airport. Homemade stuff and 2nds if you like on veggies. Best biscuits and tea. Yes, the tea is an indicator as to whether the place is for real or not. I like the Colonnade, but some things are hit or miss. Atmosphere is old Atlanta, prior to 1990.
RC
February 11th, 2013
3:33 pm
Carvers!!