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Eating My Words: Falling in love with a new Mexican spot in Old Fourth Ward

I think I may be in love with the new Taco Cantina in the Old Fourth Ward (480 Johns Wesley Dobbs Ave, facing Boulevard; 404-963-2146; mytacocantina.com). Before I go loco with love, let me give you a rundown o...

Eating My Words: Cliff’s picks for best eats by Atlanta neighborhood

What follows are some of my favorites in some of our city’s neighborhoods. Atlanta’s restaurant growth remains in manic overdrive. At this point, finding a good restaurant requires no more effort than throwing ...

Matt Ruppert, owner of Noni's in Old Fourth Ward

Work It! Noni’s owner Matt Ruppert on the restaurant’s path to prominence

It is only 11:30 a.m., and already a row of men in orange workshirts and one in an olive button-up are seated along the bar at Noni’s. Restaurant owner Matt Ruppert has spent his mornings in a similar fashio...

Metro Atlanta Living: Old Fourth Ward— A rising phoenix

Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward (O4W) hasn’t always been known as a trendy, cool place to live. Despite having some of Atlanta’s best “cultural” institutions, including the boyhood home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,...

Belly up to the bar with Across The Street’s Epiphany Louis

When Atlanta residents want an eclectic intown option to satisfy their Mexican food fix, or just a spot to grab a drink, the answer in recent years has often been Across The Street in Old Fourth Ward. Lesbian c...

Food: Review of 1968 Cafe 101 and The Pig and the Pearl

Once upon a time, according to internet gossip, there was a kitschy, fun burger joint on Buford Highway called Oogleblook. It was opened by the Morrison’s Cafeteria people in the late 1960s, along with one on P...

‘Stay Gay, Atlanta’: Graffiti anti-gay or queer positive?

What do you think, readers? Homophobic or radical queer cool?

Caroline Smith, a photographer and personal trainer, snapped this photo on Wednesday in Atlanta at the corner of Randolph Street and Irwin Street in the Old Fourth Ward. She said the graffiti appeared Tuesday, which just happened to be the International Day Against Homophobia.

At first, Smith, who is openly gay, says she was excited to see the photo. But then the small word “fags” at the lower right of the tag made her wonder if the person who spray painted, “Stay Gay, Atlanta,” may be being a bit ironic.

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Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Paramount Wants to Edit Elton John’s Gay Sex Scene in ‘Rocketman’

Call Me By Your Name Sequel to Hit Bookshelves in October

YouTuber Shane Dawson gets Engaged to Boyfriend Ryland Adams