Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Restaurants Newbie roundup
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Here are some newcomers getting a good bit of buzz:
Pacci, in the Hotel Palomar, 866 West Peachtree in Midtown is open for lunch as well as dinner now. It's steaks and Italian fare.
Five Seasons Brewing, 1000 Marietta St. (at Howell Mill Rd.), is open. Check out some pictures of the new Westside restaurant, spawn of restaurants by the same name in Sandy Springs and Alpharetta. Designer brewskies and contemporary American fare.
WaterHaven, 75 Fifth St., will open Friday in the space formerly occupied by the Globe in Technology Square. FoodieBuddha features a report on a preview dinner.
Verde Taqueria, 1426 Dresden Dr., has prompted some strongly worded email to me, but is getting mainly positive reviews on Yelp.
Taipei Restaurant, 3940 Buford Hwy., in Duluth is now employing the longtime chef of Little Szechuan, according to Christiane Lauterbach in the latest issue of Knife and Fork. Besha gave the restaurant a very positive mention last summer, when Christiane also first reviewed it. But now, according to Christiane, it is even better and she accords it a three-star rating.
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I can only speculate that the people who have had good things to say about Verde fall into one of two camps. The first group merely wants the restaurant to succeed simply because it is in their neighborhood. The second group is much more sinister. They obviously have never eaten a taco before. The short rib tacos have no flavor. The pork tacos are over-sauced and among the worst creations I have tasted. The buffalo chicken taco is reasonably good, but it is buffalo chicken and fried, so what? The fish, whether in a taco or salad, is fine, but what accompanies it offers no tangible flavors. All of the chicken is fried btw, even though other items are grilled they don't offer grilled chicken. Perhaps that is only weird to me? And, amazingly, there is no beef (besides short ribs) on the menu. The space is a good looking space and the people there were friendly enough . . . but they have a long way to go to get me to return.
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