Atlanta Odds And Ends

[A Pig at Large by Wilfrid:  May 20, 2016]

Sometimes, even on a business trip, there's time to wander around a city; see what's new, what's changed. I'd like to have done that in Atlanta, especially since it's so long since I last visited.

From those earlier trips, I remembered a fine dinner at South City Kitchen (still going), gargantuan steaks at a restaurant reputedly favored by Jimmy Carter, and upscale expense account fun at each of the two Ritz-Carltons.

This time around, I was largely confined to Downtown, where I had a tight business-related agenda.  Other than Miller Union (reviewed already), it was late night eating in some of the (many) sports bars.  So here's the photo dump.

That's pretty much where I was.  Surrounded by Stats, Park Bar, Hudson Bar and Grille, a branch of McCormick & Schmick's, a branch of Ruth's Chris, the rooftop Sky Lounge.  You get the picture?  There was a little burger joint called Just Around the Corner, but it closed too early.

So, Ultimate Nachos at Hudson, with extra chili.  Certainly a large portion.  Certainly packed with jalapeños.  Certainly felt them the next morning.

I know it looks grey, and there were a few spots of rain, but mainly it was muggy.  Heavy and humid already.

At Park Bar, from a list of novel burgers, about the simplest I could put together.  Beef burger with Swiss.  The fries were okay.  The patty had that precise shape which means it was pressed from a mould, not hand-formed.

Just outside Downtown, the wonderfully ramshackle Northside Tavern.  A dive and blues bar, and hey, I managed to visit between sets.

And walking back, thought of hitching a ride on a freight train.  Then had second thoughts.

Goodnight, and I hardly did you justice.