Category Archives: Atlanta

Thirsty Scenes from the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Thirsty South

The inaugural Atlanta Food and Wine Festival has been so expansive, so broad ranging, so diverse, that to even attempt to capture the totality of this festival in photos, words, video, memories is an overwhelming challenge. There has been an … Continue reading →

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The Cultivated South!?

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Thirsty South

I don’t know what a cat like Hardy Wallace is doing on the docket at a high-falutin’ seminar called “The Cultivated South,” one of the “premier wine tasting seminars” for the upcoming High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction weekend. Actually, yes … Continue reading →

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Scenes From H&F Bottle Shop, Atlanta

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Thirsty South

There is joy and there is pain. Joy, in the faces of those who have endeavored to open the doors of a long-awaited bottle shop. Joy, in the faces of those who enter and discover an air of tranquility and … Continue reading →

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Ten Sinfully Southern Reasons to Consider the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Thirsty South

Have you heard about the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival, coming this May? I had heard a little bit, but not enough to understand the full scope of what this represents for Southern food (and drink) culture, and not enough … Continue reading →

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Snapshots: Condesa Coffee, Atlanta

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Thirsty South

The coffee culture is blossoming in Atlanta, and it’s a great thing to see. Not that it hasn’t been on its way for many years (thanks to places like Counter Culture, Batdorf & Bronson, and J. Martinez & Co. on … Continue reading →

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In the Parking Lot with a Rattletrap

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Thirsty South

It’s a bitter cold January morning. The sky is gray, slightly ominous even. In an empty parking lot off N. Decatur Road in Atlanta sits a rattletrap, one of those old VW vans, a Westfalia the perfect junky color of … Continue reading →

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Local Three, Atlanta: Elvis, The Dude, & a Big Pig

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Thirsty South

Who knew that the “three” in Atlanta’s new bar and restaurant, Local Three, referred to Elvis, the Dude (from The Big Lebowski), and a very big pig? Some have surmised that it refers to owners Todd Mussman and Ryan Turner … Continue reading →

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A Tour of SweetWater Brewery, Atlanta

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Thirsty South

If you happen to find your way down the industrial dead-end of Armour Drive in Atlanta, keep your eyes open for a set of large tanks and some bright tie-dyed trucks. Sitting in this somewhat desolate stretch of warehouses, machine … Continue reading →

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The Georgia Beer Scene Is Hopping

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Thirsty South

Some interesting beer developments going on these days in Atlanta (and Georgia more broadly): First, the legality of selling growlers (a large bottle that may be filled from the tap on site) in Georgia may come to be. From AtlantaBeerMaster.com, … Continue reading →

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Shave and a Haircut, and Some Jack Daniel’s Too

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Thirsty South

When you walk into American Haircuts in midtown Atlanta or their outpost in Roswell, Georgia, you immediately get a sense that this is a contemporary take on the traditional (nearly forgotten) barbershop, and all the Norman Rockwell imagery that comes … Continue reading →

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