Desta Ethiopian Kitchen
Open seven days a week, Desta Ethiopian Kitchen serves up spicy and flavorful cuisine. This casual and relaxing establishment has a section on its website where potential diners can read reviews from past patrons. Both indoor and outdoor dining for nice weather days are available. On the menu is breakfast--served all day--as well as Ethiopian delicacies, sandwiches and pastas. The restaurant also serves wine and beer. Specialty dishes include the fish tibs--fresh tilapia cut into cubes, marinated in a special blend of house spices and then sauteed with olive oil, onion, tomato, pepper and garlic; and the kitfo with collard greens--Ethiopian-style tartar steak of freshly minced extra lean beef seasoned with mitmita (a spiced chili powder) and Ethiopian spiced butter.
Desta Ethiopian Kitchen
3086 Briarcliff Road
Atlanta, GA 30329
404-929-0011
destaethiopiankitchen.com
Fortune Cookie Chinese Restaurant
Fortune Cookie Chinese Restaurant was reviewed by Zagat Survey as having "good, inexpensive" Chinese fare. The lunch and dinner menu here includes many traditional Chinese dishes, including the egg fu yung, General Tso's chicken, crispy Hunan shrimp, Mongolian lamb and pineapple duck. Don't forget to top off your meal with a fortune cookie. Fortune Cookie Chinese Restaurant is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week with a special Sunday brunch. It also offers dine-in, take-out and delivery options.
Fortune Cookie Chinese Restaurant
Loehmann's Plaza
2480 Briarcliff Road Northeast
Atlanta, GA 30329
404-636-8899
fortunecookieatlanta.com
Valenza Italian Restaurant
Valenza is an elegant and upscale Italian restaurant in the Oak Grove area. It captures the essence of an Italian cafe with a cozy and warm atmosphere. The interior has classic chandeliers hanging from the ceilings and white linen-topped tables, perfect for an intimate night out. The menu is traditional and authentic Italian, featuring antipasti, pasta, risotto and secondi menu selections. There is also a full bar, and valet parking is available.
Valenza Italian Restaurant
1441 Dresden Drive
Atlanta, GA 30319
404-969-3233
valenzarestaurant.com
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Kimberly Porter is a writer based in Miami Beach, Fla., first published in high school when she was an intern with "The Miami Herald." Since then she has interned with "Ocean Drive Magazine," graduated from Florida International University and written articles for "Social Affairs Magazine." Currently she writes articles mainly Trails Travel, GolfLink and eHow.
