Celebrate Bastille Day: Eat French
I can barely make it through the original London cast’s recording of Les Mis (Patti Lupone slays me), but that doesn’t mean we can’t all join in the Bastille Day celebration.
Eating is much easier on the emotions that listening to stirring musical renditions of the French Revolution alone in your living room, trust me. And Atlanta has plenty of plats du jours for July 14.
FAB, downtown, will have a special $45 prix fixe menu from 5:30 p.m.
Other French excursions can be found at these French eateries thorugh out the area: Atmosphere, Babette’s Cafe, Trois, Violette, Petite Auberge and Anis Bistro & Cafe.
What other French restaurants do you like in the area?
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Darin
July 15th, 2009
2:15 pm
RK: thanks for the tip on Joel. I just took a look at their lunch menu online and saw that they do have some nicely-priced items that look interesting.
On the down side, I also peeked at the bar menu and saw a disturbing sight that is too common in fine dining places — crazy beer prices. $7 for a bottle of Amstel Light? There are stores in town where you can buy a six pack of it for less. Just a glass of tap water for me, please.
RK
July 15th, 2009
1:02 pm
I don’t think that Joel was doing anything special yesterday, though (I thought about it as I drove up 75 last night). For anyone that thought Joel was too expensive to enjoy, they have revamped the menu Bistro-style, and they have specials weekday nights.
For the francophiles, I would suggest going to Star Provisions and getting Delice de Pommard, a triple creme goat cheese wrapped in red-wine soaked mustard husks. At about $18 for 7 oz, it is expensive, but it is the best cheese I’ve ever had. One warning, though — Star did not have it there a few weeks ago.
Darin
July 14th, 2009
5:09 pm
Thanks for the tip on L’Ardoise, Meredith. I’ll add that to our list of places to visit in Paris.
BPJ
July 14th, 2009
4:43 pm
Obviously a few francophobes found an outlet for their venting – these jokes got pretty worn out in 2003, when France was trying to tell us that invading Iraq was a bad idea….(oops!) These rubes always forget that we were only able to win the Revolution with French help – and France was the first to offer help with the invasion of Afghanistan (the war that made sense, unlike Iraq), where French soldiers are still fighting (and occasionally dying).
Now, to get back on topic, you’ve listed the best French places in town (FAB, Trois, Atmosphere, Anis) except Joel, which I would rate the best. FAB is doing great business whenevr I go, so no, I think it will not be closing anytime soon. Babette’s is excellent, but I don’t think of it as primarily French.
Claude
July 14th, 2009
4:00 pm
What a bunch of ignorant rednecks!
Meridith Ford Goldman
July 14th, 2009
3:28 pm
RK: My sentiments exactly. Darin — ahhh … another sigh. I envy you! My favorite bistro is L’Ardoise — check it out if you have the chance.