Best all-around Korean

Korean restaurants are tricky. You pretty much need to go somewhere different for every specific craving. Myung Ga Won is one of the few Korean … »more

Best barbecue

Leave it to barbecue veteran David Roberts, a co-founder of Marietta's Sam & Dave's, to open a restaurant that can take away the guilt of … »more

Best bartender

Back when Paul Calvert worked at the Sound Table, he was a great mixologist. His drinks were remarkable, but when the place filled up, the … »more

Best breath of fresh air

Predictability. It's the bane of our new restaurants. That is, most of them. But the huge exception recently is One Eared Stag. While other new … »more

Best burgers

Holeman & Finch started the back-to-basics burger trend, Bocado perfected it, and thus far, no one else has taken the crown — despite the city's … »more

Best Cantonese

It's easy to miss Bo Bo Garden, tucked into the corner of Pine Tree Plaza on Buford Highway. In a sea of mediocre or just … »more

Best Caribbean

Stir It Up takes its name from the well-known Bob Marley song that evokes hot stuff, but not cooking. While you won't get that kind … »more

Best classic cocktails

There are times when you just want a tried-and-true old-man drink. A Sazerac. A Vieux Carrè. A martini. Luckily, H. Harper Station has the hookup. … »more

Best coffeehouse

Octane isn't just our favorite coffeehouse in town, it's one of our favorite places in town. The staff is friendly (and hot). The music is … »more

Best desserts

Pastry chef Pamela Moxley has emerged as a beacon of light in the dark morass of mediocre chocolate lava cakes and soggy pies. Moxley, who … »more

Best emerging neighborhood for Mexican food

There's an unspoken exodus happening on Buford Highway. What was once our city's destination for anything and everything ethnic has become the birthplace of our … »more

Best evolution for Decatur

OK, we get it Decatur: You love beer. You love food that goes with beer. We love beer and beer-related bites as well. But variety … »more

Best food festival

OK, we admit it. We worried about the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival. It was ambitious, totally different from anything Atlanta had seen before and … »more

Best food truck

Who does that hot dog think he is, coddled in a slice of golden brown French toast and smothered in apple slaw, spicy mustard and … »more

Best health-conscious policy change

When Highland Tap opened in 1989 at the corner of Virginia and Highland avenues, it broke the tradition of super-high expensive meat with its high-quality … »more

Best ice cream

We vow never to divorce Morelli's as long as it keeps spreading the ginger-lavender and salted caramel flavors on our tongues. Over-the-top sundaes created by … »more

Best looking waitstaff

Dining is all about desire, right? Even if a meal isn't explicitly romantic, we expect it to satisfy our cravings and satiate us. The Sound … »more

Best modern cocktails

4th & Swift's bar manager James Ives' drinks employ all manner of house-made tinctures, essences and bitters, often in combinations that sound insane. Ginger-infused rum, … »more

Best new (old) restaurant

We were slightly aghast when we learned that Cakes & Ale was moving from its original storefront location on West Ponce de Leon Avenue in … »more

Best new beer

We've always been proud of our local bottled beers, it's just that there's so few of them. Well that's beginning to change, starting with Wild … »more

Best Pizza

The day someone comes along and steals the top spot from Antico Pizza Napoletana will be the day pizza is reinvented. We can't imagine better … »more

Best pre-hangover padding

Conveniently located just up the road from Edgewood Avenue's nightlife row, the late-night ramen at Miso Izakaya provides everything your inebriated heart ... well, guts … »more

Best reason for a culinary road trip

Is there any other reason to travel? For those of us who are food obsessed, the Southeast offers a ton of delicious destinations. Charleston, S.C., … »more

Best reason to date a suburbanite

It's a lot to ask us to drive to Johns Creek, but Viande Rouge makes us want to do it, and take a hot date … »more

Best restaurant

Does the best restaurant have to be the fanciest, most refined, most rarified eatery in town? Not necessarily. Instead, we think of the best restaurant … »more

Best service

In an era of "Have you dined with us before, my name is Dawn, let me explain for you what this thing we call a … »more

Best Sichuan

When Peter Cheng announced he was opening his eponymous restaurant, fans of Tasty China worried that Atlanta's first standout Sichuan spot would suffer. But seven … »more

Best spot for a first date

On a couch or a table? This is typically more of, say, a third-date question. But if you and your honey venture downtown to Lunacy … »more

Best veggie meal at a non-veggie restaurant

Here in the hallowed halls of CL's food department, we are partial to pig. But despite our affection for meat, we harbor a serious craving … »more

Best Vietnamese

"Authentic" is a word that gets thrown around so much, it's easy to forget what it means. Quan Ba 9 will make you remember. This … »more

Best wine by the glass

One of the delightful things about Fritti is its extensive selection of Italian wines. Of the list's 50 bottles, 38 are available by the glass … »more

Appetizers

Atlanta foodie Tweeter

Bakery

Bar food

Barbecue

Beer selection

Breakfast

Brew pub

Burritos

Cajun

Caribbean

Cheap eats

Chef

Chinese

Chocolates

Cocktails

Coffeehouse

Cookies

Cuban

Cupcakes

Deli

Desserts

Dim sum

Ethiopian

Food festival or event

Food truck

French

Fried chicken

Frozen yogurt

Grits

Hamburger

Hotdog

Ice cream

Indian

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Locally brewed beer

Mexican

Middle Eastern

Mixologist

New restaurant

Overall restaurant

Patio dining

Pizza

Place to dine alone

Restaurant design

Restaurant for a first date

Restaurant for late-night dining

Restaurant to bring the kids

Restaurant to close in the past year

Restaurant to take visitors

Restaurant trend

Restaurant when someone else is paying

Sandwiches

Seafood

Soul food

Southern

Steaks

Sunday brunch

Supper club

Sushi

Tacos

Tapas

Thai

Under the radar restaurant

Vegan

Vegetarian

Veggie Burgers

Veggie meal at a non-vegetarian restaurant

Vietnamese

Waitstaff

Weekly dining deal

Wine list

Appetizers

Atlanta foodie Tweeter

Bakery

Bar food

Barbecue

Beer selection

Best all-around Korean

Korean restaurants are tricky. You pretty much need to go somewhere different for every specific craving. Myung Ga Won is one of the few Korean … »more

Best barbecue

Leave it to barbecue veteran David Roberts, a co-founder of Marietta's Sam & Dave's, to open a restaurant that can take away the guilt of … »more

Best bartender

Back when Paul Calvert worked at the Sound Table, he was a great mixologist. His drinks were remarkable, but when the place filled up, the … »more

Best breath of fresh air

Predictability. It's the bane of our new restaurants. That is, most of them. But the huge exception recently is One Eared Stag. While other new … »more

Best burgers

Holeman & Finch started the back-to-basics burger trend, Bocado perfected it, and thus far, no one else has taken the crown — despite the city's … »more

Best Cantonese

It's easy to miss Bo Bo Garden, tucked into the corner of Pine Tree Plaza on Buford Highway. In a sea of mediocre or just … »more

Best Caribbean

Stir It Up takes its name from the well-known Bob Marley song that evokes hot stuff, but not cooking. While you won't get that kind … »more

Best classic cocktails

There are times when you just want a tried-and-true old-man drink. A Sazerac. A Vieux Carrè. A martini. Luckily, H. Harper Station has the hookup. … »more

Best coffeehouse

Octane isn't just our favorite coffeehouse in town, it's one of our favorite places in town. The staff is friendly (and hot). The music is … »more

Best desserts

Pastry chef Pamela Moxley has emerged as a beacon of light in the dark morass of mediocre chocolate lava cakes and soggy pies. Moxley, who … »more

Best emerging neighborhood for Mexican food

There's an unspoken exodus happening on Buford Highway. What was once our city's destination for anything and everything ethnic has become the birthplace of our … »more

Best evolution for Decatur

OK, we get it Decatur: You love beer. You love food that goes with beer. We love beer and beer-related bites as well. But variety … »more

Best food festival

OK, we admit it. We worried about the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival. It was ambitious, totally different from anything Atlanta had seen before and … »more

Best food truck

Who does that hot dog think he is, coddled in a slice of golden brown French toast and smothered in apple slaw, spicy mustard and … »more

Best health-conscious policy change

When Highland Tap opened in 1989 at the corner of Virginia and Highland avenues, it broke the tradition of super-high expensive meat with its high-quality … »more

Best ice cream

We vow never to divorce Morelli's as long as it keeps spreading the ginger-lavender and salted caramel flavors on our tongues. Over-the-top sundaes created by … »more

Best looking waitstaff

Dining is all about desire, right? Even if a meal isn't explicitly romantic, we expect it to satisfy our cravings and satiate us. The Sound … »more

Best modern cocktails

4th & Swift's bar manager James Ives' drinks employ all manner of house-made tinctures, essences and bitters, often in combinations that sound insane. Ginger-infused rum, … »more

Best new (old) restaurant

We were slightly aghast when we learned that Cakes & Ale was moving from its original storefront location on West Ponce de Leon Avenue in … »more

Best new beer

We've always been proud of our local bottled beers, it's just that there's so few of them. Well that's beginning to change, starting with Wild … »more

Best Pizza

The day someone comes along and steals the top spot from Antico Pizza Napoletana will be the day pizza is reinvented. We can't imagine better … »more

Best pre-hangover padding

Conveniently located just up the road from Edgewood Avenue's nightlife row, the late-night ramen at Miso Izakaya provides everything your inebriated heart ... well, guts … »more

Best reason for a culinary road trip

Is there any other reason to travel? For those of us who are food obsessed, the Southeast offers a ton of delicious destinations. Charleston, S.C., … »more

Best reason to date a suburbanite

It's a lot to ask us to drive to Johns Creek, but Viande Rouge makes us want to do it, and take a hot date … »more

Best restaurant

Does the best restaurant have to be the fanciest, most refined, most rarified eatery in town? Not necessarily. Instead, we think of the best restaurant … »more

Best service

In an era of "Have you dined with us before, my name is Dawn, let me explain for you what this thing we call a … »more

Best Sichuan

When Peter Cheng announced he was opening his eponymous restaurant, fans of Tasty China worried that Atlanta's first standout Sichuan spot would suffer. But seven … »more

Best spot for a first date

On a couch or a table? This is typically more of, say, a third-date question. But if you and your honey venture downtown to Lunacy … »more

Best veggie meal at a non-veggie restaurant

Here in the hallowed halls of CL's food department, we are partial to pig. But despite our affection for meat, we harbor a serious craving … »more

Best Vietnamese

"Authentic" is a word that gets thrown around so much, it's easy to forget what it means. Quan Ba 9 will make you remember. This … »more

Best wine by the glass

One of the delightful things about Fritti is its extensive selection of Italian wines. Of the list's 50 bottles, 38 are available by the glass … »more

Breakfast

Brew pub

Burritos

Cajun

Caribbean

Cheap eats

Chef

Chinese

Chocolates

Cocktails

Coffeehouse

Cookies

Cuban

Cupcakes

Deli

Desserts

Dim sum

Ethiopian

Food festival or event

Food truck

French

Fried chicken

Frozen yogurt

Grits

Hamburger

Hotdog

Ice cream

Indian

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Locally brewed beer

Mexican

Middle Eastern

Mixologist

New restaurant

Overall restaurant

Patio dining

Pizza

Place to dine alone

Restaurant design

Restaurant for a first date

Restaurant for late-night dining

Restaurant to bring the kids

Restaurant to close in the past year

Restaurant to take visitors

Restaurant trend

Restaurant when someone else is paying

Sandwiches

Seafood

Soul food

Southern

Steaks

Sunday brunch

Supper club

Sushi

Tacos

Tapas

Thai

Under the radar restaurant

Vegan

Vegetarian

Veggie Burgers

Veggie meal at a non-vegetarian restaurant

Vietnamese

Waitstaff

Weekly dining deal

Wine list