AJC DINING REVIEWS

Our star rating system is different from most. It is designed to help you know what to expect for the money and time you’ll spend and the distance you’ll travel.

Good: A fine addition to its neighborhood; the food is hit and miss. Very good: A worthy destination for its genre.

Excellent: Definitive in the local dining scene.

Extraordinary: Superior cuisine, service and experience; can compete on the national stage. Ligaya Figueras is the AJC’s food and dining editor and lead dining critic. A transplant to Atlanta, she digs biscuits and collards. Bob Townsend writes about beer, food and new restaurants for the AJC, and spends too much time obsessing over bourbon. Dining critic and James Beard Award winner Wendell Brock enjoys slimy food – from okra to oysters. Wyatt Williams isa dining critic for the AJC, part-time chicken whisperer and longwinded storyteller.

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