Any other Southerners out there ever felt an odd mix of high brow AND down home at the same time? Like caviar on a deviled egg? Then you’re in the right place. Being Two-Sided Southern has a lot to do with food.
It means you are equally as comfortable at a five-star restaurant as Waffle House. Sometimes I feel like I’m trying to ride two horses with one ass. But instead of hiding one side of me from the other, I decided to embrace it all and start this site for people like me. Those Southerners who feel torn between two worlds, but also feel at home in both as well. If you like cheese grits or fried chicken with your Champagne, and don’t apologize for it, this is the place. From fine dining to casual joints, we explore food in the Southern culture.
If you ever feel Two-Sided Southern too, then pitch a woo, ‘cause you’ve come to the right place. A place where an affinity for both cheese grits and caviar mean you have great taste.
When Chef Nobu Matsuhisa tells you Atlanta feels like waking up by the ocean—but green—you listen. “It’s a beautiful forest,” he says, describing the view from his room at the Nobu Hotel Atlanta. “When I open the curtains in the morning, it’s like green meditation.” Chef Nobu loves Atlanta.
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Read MoreTodd Rushing of Concentrics Restaurants in Atlanta is celebrating 40 years in the restaurant business. Here he talks about Two Urban Licks’ 20th anniversary and 40 years in the restaurant business.
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