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Cliff Bostock: Le Fat impresses with classic Vietnamese dishes

Not a week goes by that I don’t dine on Vietnamese cuisine, my absolute favorite in the world. So I was excited, to say the least, when Guy Wong, owner of the renowned Miso Izakaya, announced he was opening Le ...

Cliff Bostock: Winner, winner, chicken dinner

It’s official. As of two years ago, Americans are eating far more poultry than red meat. The shift began about 10 years ago when scientists linked beef consumption to heart disease and cancer. Now, its prices h...

Cliff Bostock: New places for Cinco de Mayo dining

It’s time to drench yourself in margaritas with the illusion that you are celebrating an especially important day in Mexican history. I’m talking about Cinco de Mayo, which commemorates an 1862 battle in which ...

Cliff Bostock: Catching up with three favorite lunch spots

This is a catch-up week—blurbs of some recent meals with friends at three favorite restaurants. All are in the middle price range, at least at lunchtime.Himalayan Spice: This restaurant is unique in Atlanta...

Cliff Bostock: El Taco Veloz, Ssam Burger take you off the eaten paths

A couple of years ago, Anthony Bourdain—the self-styled “badass” of foodie TV—came to Atlanta to tour the city’s hotspots. Like him, I can’t resist cheap, spicy, and kinda seedy. So, among the 20 places he ment...

Cliff Bostock: The Cockentrice ‘most certainly worthy of enthusiasm’

I am sitting with my friend Tommy at the new Cockentrice (99 Krog St., 470-428-2733, www.thecockentrice.com) in the Krog Street Market. The dining room, adjacent to a cozy bar, is decorated with cured meats and...

In search of nostalgia, and the perfect burger at the Shake Shack

I spent my teen years in Sandy Springs. There was one shopping center on Roswell Road when we first moved there, along with two restaurants and a bowling alley. That was it. The area, populated by white people,...

Cliff Bostock: Gravy opens in Cockpit’s former space, offers up Southern-style menu

Remember the Cockpit? No, you probably don’t. The gay bar, which closed in November after three years, was in Grant Park, not a mile from my home, but light years from the Midtown scene. The sleazy name was a j...

Cliff Bostock: Krog Street Market a destination for extraordinary meals

The Krog Street Market (99 Krog Street, www.krogstreetmarket.com) in Inman Park is in nearly full swing at last. The development in a huge 1920s warehouse building contains what is being called a “food hall.” T...

Cliff Bostock: New restaurant Last Word delivers the goods

Christmas has released its annual stranglehold on our throats. Thank you, Jesus.This year, I was totally not in the mood and my friend Bette and I ended up at the inexpensive Hong Kong Harbour on Christmas ...

Food: Cliff Bostock reviews Ladybird Grove and Mess Hall

“Ugliness is so grim, and a little beauty, something that is lovely…can help create harmony, which will lessen tensions.” Lady Bird Johnson, wife of our 36th president, Lyndon Johnson (1963-69).Lady Bird w...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Gay Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Slams Facebook for Allowing False Political Ads

Presidential Candidates Discuss LGBTQ Plans at HRC Town Hall

Activists Arrested in Sit-In Outside of Supreme Court during LGBTQ Employment Cases

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Olympic Gold Medalist Kerron Clement Comes Out

Billy Porter May be Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother in New Musical

Queer Restaurant? Of Course!