South City Kitchen
1144 Crescent Ave.Atlanta, GA 30309
Midtown
404-873-7358
www.southcitykitchen.com
Hours: Lunch: Sun.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Dinner: Sun.-Thurs., 5-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 5-10:30 p.m.
Entrées: $17-$29. Full bar. Paid parking deck and metered street parking.
Restaurant Details
Service, from the crisp host to the über-professional waiters, is almost too good. How can service be too good? The waiters here push certain dishes, talk a great game about anything you ask (wine included), and leave you feeling taken care of and a tad hustled. The waiters will tell you that the fried chicken, shrimp and grits, and fried green tomatoes are the restaurant's signature dishes, and I fear that the popularity of these three undermines the quality available elsewhere on the menu. South City Kitchen achieves a lot of what it sets out to — to be a crowd-pleasing, elegant ambassador for the region's cuisine. But as the city around it has become a hotbed for upscale Southern cuisine, the original has started to feel outdated. The restaurant could take a lesson from its own original playbook and step away from the pull of nostalgia.
Price: $$-$$$ ($15 and over)
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Past Events
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Michael Feinstein Dinner and Show
- Fri., May 24 and Sat., May 25 2013
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Valentine's Day at South City Kitchen
- Thu., Feb. 14 2013
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Father's Day Brunch at South City Kitchen Midtown
- Sun., June 19, 1 p.m. 2011
