Chilling with Mike Suggs and the Saturday Crew at Pearl’s Oyster Bar, South Main, Memphis.
Restaurants
Warehouse No. 1 Restaurant, Monroe LA
I decided to eat dinner Friday night at the Warehouse Number 1 Restaurant in Monroe, Louisiana, which is built on the levee directly beside the Ouachita River. I hadn’t eaten there in nearly ten years, but it’s still good.
Another Broken Egg in Atlanta
Atlanta now has Another Broken Egg Cafe, which started in Mandeville, Louisiana near New Orleans, and is undoubtedly familiar to anyone who has been to Destin. There are now locations in Dallas, Shreveport, Baton Rouge and many other places in the south, and the food is always great.
Late Night Coffee and Dessert at @CafeIntermezzo
Open until 2 AM most nights and until 3 AM on weekends, Cafe Intermezzo is a late-night hangout for Atlanta. Intermezzo’s coffee menu alone is three pages, the liquors another four or five pages. The exquisite desserts aren’t on the menu at all- they are under glass instead, where an employe called a “tour guide” describes them in detail as you point to them and ask about them. Not a place to worry about weight, calories or cholesterol!
Atlanta’s Home For Hip-Hop, Neo-Soul And Great Food @ApacheCafe
The Apache Cafe is a unique institution in Atlanta, offering hip-hop and experimental jazz, poetry, art, desserts and french press coffees. Definitely a must-do for any fan of hip-hop music when coming to ATL.
Keeping It Real at @yeahburger in Virginia-Highlands, Atlanta
After I spoke at the conference panel, I went back to Virginia-Highlands for dinner, and found this cool place call Yeah Burger, whose slogan is “Keeping It Real.” Nice atmosphere, great burgers and reasonable prices.Â
Having A Taste of History at Zesto’s Drive-Ins @ZestoATL
Zesto Drive-Ins are an institution in Atlanta, and occasionally pop up elsewhere (Evansville, Indiana and Columbia, South Carolina come to mind), and they were “fast food” before there was fast food. Now they seem to be expanding in Atlanta, and while the classic original locations are the best for their architectural value, the new ones have an attractive retro look as well. The burgers are good too, and at a reasonable price.Â
Preparing For Day 1 of SUMC 2011 at @westeggcafe
Starting the first day of Southeast Urban Music Conference in Atlanta with a good breakfast at West Egg Cafe. June 21, 2011.
A Great Steak Dinner in the Delta at The Cowpen in Lake Village, AR
My cousin Marcy was up from Miami visiting my Uncle Owen and his wife Nancy in Greenville, Mississippi, so I drove down on Friday the 17th to see them, and we ended up going across the river to the Cow Pen steakhouse near Lake Village, Arkansas. Few restaurants have offered as perfect a meal as I had here, with a filet mignon and baked potato. Not fancy, and nothing unusual, but just classic American steak and potatoes done reaqlly well. Well, there is one thing unusual. They offer Italian and Mexican menu items as well, and I was told by those who tried them that they were good as well. Not inexpensive, although nowhere near what a similar meal would cost in a big-city steakhouse.Â
Grindhouse Killer Burgers, Piedmont, Atlanta
At Atlanta, I met my friend Fort Knox for dinner at the new location of Grindhouse Killer Burgers. I had tried the original location at the Sweet Auburn Curb Market last summer, and this one on Piedmont Road has the same great food, but with a larger location and a slightly-expanded menu. By the way, Fort Knox,AKA David Freeman is a veteran artist manager, and the hypest master of ceremonies for any Atlanta event.Â