- Chicken liver pate has all the gloss and appeal of dessert
Barça Tapas & Bar
3133 Piedmont RoadAtlanta, GA 30305
Buckhead/Brookhaven
404-748-1229
www.lafourchetteatlanta.com
Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 5:30-10:30 p.m. (Bar until 1 a.m. on Thursday); Fri.-Sat., 5:30-11 p.m. (Bar until 1 a.m.); Sun., 5:30-10 p.m.
Entrées: $15-$25. Full bar. Valet parking.
Restaurant Details
Former Joel line cook Jeffrey Wall heads the kitchen at Mounir Barhoumi and Salem Makhlouf's new restaurant. Some of Wall's upscale, vaguely Mediterranean food tastes like it came from a talented, experienced chef. And some of it tastes a touch sophomoric. Wall’s dishes are often full of nuance and whimsy, as with a grilled loup de mer with leeks, mussels in the shell, a saffron emulsion and "crispy fingerlings." Service is a problem, not that servers are inattentive or uneducated -- quite the opposite. The annoying trend of pointing out "some highlights of our menu" hits extremes, with servers going over many items in agonizing detail. There’s a broken-apart-and-reassembled feel to La Fourchette, a sense that passionate but slightly inexperienced hands put the whole thing together.
Price: $$ ($10-$20)
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Past Events
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Le Caveau Burgundy Dinner
- Thu., Dec. 15, 7 p.m. 2011
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Armida Wine Dinner
- Thu., Aug. 4, 7 p.m. 2011
