Omnivore - Revisiting some cheap restaurants

• James Camp
• Home Grown

Here are some updates on inexpensive restaurants I’ve recently revisited:

Noni’s: Our server told us that this O4W restaurant will be making some significant menu changes soon. Among the additions will be — surprise! — hamburgers. This doesn’t exactly fit the theme of an Italian restaurant, but it probably fits the young crowd quite well.

I had my usual for dinner here — a Caesar salad and the chicken-eggplant parmigiana. The latter, I’m afraid, was quite a deviation from the usual. The chicken breading was soggy and the eggplant was cut into small pieces.

Wayne was sorry to see his favorite, the peas and pecorino, off the menu, but enjoyed the meatball-filled wedding soup and a plate of pasta.

Home Grown GA: The breakfast-and-lunch spot recently acquired a smoker and the hickory-roasted chicken I ordered was A-plus-good. It was served with a strong, hot barbecue sauce. Wayne ordered a sandwich of pimento cheese, bacon and fried green tomatoes — something that’s escalating its appearance on menus all over town.