Bacchanalia
Bacchanalia is no stranger to acclaim. It is the only restaurant in Atlanta to receive a near-perfect food rating of 29 from Zagat, and Atlanta Magazine called it the "city's top overall restaurant" as Bacchanalia was inducted into their "Hall of Fame" in 2009. The upscale interior is modern and sleek with earth tones in the dining room and deep woods and dark reds in the bar area.
Diners choose from a four-course tasting menu that changes throughout the year to reflect the freshest seasonal ingredients. Menu items may include wood-grilled lamb loin chops with glazed root vegetables, Summerland Farm mint honey and date jus or American Kobe short ribs with house-made ravioli, vegetables and wild mushrooms with a natural consomme. Reservations are strongly recommended.
Bacchanalia
1198 Howell Mill Road
Atlanta, GA 30318
404-365-0410
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Rathbun's
Chef and owner Kevin Rathbun brings a bit of celebrity to Atlanta's culinary landscape. He and his namesake restaurant have been featured on the Travel Channel's "Great Weekends," the Food Network's "Iron Chef," NBC's "Today" show and Atlanta's "Fox Five." The restaurant's main dining room has an organic feel with white walls, dark wood tones and miniature topiaries.
The extensive menu features small plates, soup bowls, raw plates, side plates, big plates and second mortgage plates. Beef, seafood, pork, poultry, veal and lamb entrees are available as well as a few vegetarian selections. Popular dishes include Australian lamb chops with aged balsamic and wild mushrooms, crispy duck breast and Thai risotto with a green curry essence, and seared ahi tuna with a soy-sesame sauce, blistered snap peas and candied shiitake mushrooms. Reservations are strongly recommended.
Rathbun's
112 Krog St. NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
404-524-8280
rathbunsrestaurant.com
Restaurant Eugene
Restaurant Eugene takes ordinary food and makes it extraordinary. The emphasis is on fresh, seasonal, locally-sourced ingredients that drive the ever-changing menu. An extensive wine menu has selections that complement each dish and continues to win Wine Spectator's "Award of Excellence" year after year.
Diners can select from the five- or seven-course tasting menu or choose appetizers, salads and mains from the a la carte menu. Appetizers range from Kumamoto oysters in hot bacon butter to crisp Berkshire pork belly with hakurei turnip and apple in a sorghum glaze. Entrees may include Wagyu beef rib-eye with parsnip and black trumpet mushrooms in brown butter or wild-striped bass with lobster, ham and lentils in a fennel broth. Reservations are strongly recommended.
Restaurant Eugene
2277 Peachtree Road
Atlanta, GA 30309
404-355-0321
restauranteugene.com
