Atlanta, GA

restaurants

Octopus Bar

Zimmern said about this spot: "If Buford is the best place see the changes, Octopus Bar might be the best place to taste them. Octopus Bar is a gastropub in East Atlanta that opens when most places close. This place is serving up a personal cuisine that’s making Octopus Bar a favorite among local chefs, serving soulful, sophisticated, stoner pub-grub to the late night crowd."

Atlanta, GA

restaurants

Holeman and Finch Public House

Zimmern said about this spot: "Every day, Linton gets to create both formal dining menus at Eugene and more egaltiarian food at Holeman & Finch Public House just across the alley. In many cultures, pubs are the focal point of the community. At Holeman & Finch, the dishes are simple and easy to share. They consist of items that are found in a pantry, like house-preserved ingredients." Zimmern also calls H&F Bread Co. "one of the best bakeries in America."

Atlanta, GA

restaurants

Highland Bakery

Zimmern said about this spot: "Comedienne Margaret Cho comes to Highland Bakery for their elegant take on sturdy, Southern breakfast favorites." About the French toast: “It doesn’t get more all-American than this.” Zimmern also visits sculptor/cake artist Karen Portaleo and pastry chef Taria Camerino, who "create caricatures out of confections that only look too good to eat," like the cake pictured above.

Atlanta, GA

restaurants

Heirloom Market BBQ

Zimmern said about this spot: "The Korean and the traditionally Southern are bonded in ways that are harder to see, more exciting to taste. Heirloom Market BBQ sells food that looks like it could be [from] a classic Southern roadhouse. [But] the pork butt is steeped in the taste of Korean barbecue. Owners Cody Taylor and Jiyeon Lee share an excitement about exploring and expanding the possibilities of food."

Atlanta, GA

restaurants

Eugene

Zimmern said about this spot: “Amid Atlanta’s changing cultural landscape, there are local chefs keeping classic Southern cooking alive and well but always new using everything from brains to beets. Linton Hopkins is a James Beard Award-winning chef whose restaurants are located next to each other in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta.” Says Hopkins about Restaurant Eugene: “We can respect tradition and not lose it by creating something brand new.”

Savannah, GA

restaurants

Clary's Cafe

Andrew and The Lady Chablis had breakfast at this café. Andrew tried the pecan flapjacks and hoppel poppel, egg scrambled with peppers, onions, potatoes and kosher salami.

Savannah, GA

restaurants

Elizabeth's on 37th

Andrew and The Lady Chablis had a meal at a mansion restaurant, which includes flounder on spicy quail hash, berkshire pork chop and black-eyed pea patty.