Christine Van Dusen, founder of Atlanta-based Linchpin Media, is an award-winning journalist with 13 years of experience writing and editing for numerous national publications. Her areas of expertise include dining, travel and music.
MSN City Guides has published its list of the Top 10 BBQ Restaurants in the U.S., and Atlanta's Fox Bros has made the cut.Here's what MSN had to say:"Jonathan and Justin Fox, identical twins...
The creators of two popular Thai restaurants in Atlanta — Nan Thai Fine Dining and Tamarind Seed — are planning to open a third eatery. This one will focus on Thai barbecue and open later in 2009 in the spot...
Verde Taqueria, a new and busy taco place in Brookhaven, caught my eye on the way home from checking out heavy bags at Sports Authority (I was in the mood to punch things, but that's a story for another...
When I'd read here about the delicate calculations Jeff Varasano devised in order to create the perfect slice, I couldn't help but wonder whether his planned pizzeria would live up to the hype.This was a guy who...
You're staring at the restaurant menu and know you can order veggies instead of fries, to go with your sandwich. Veggies or fries? Veggies or fries?The first option is, of course, the healthiest and nutritionally smartest. Unless of...
Pub frites. It's really just a fancy name for French fries (or Freedom fries, if you're still on that kick). But the high-falutin' moniker works at Leon's Full Service, a new restaurant and bar in Decatur...
It seems that tapas favorite Pura Vida was the victim of thirsty vandals on Saturday night, according to this report from Atlanta Magazine's Bill Addison and his blog, Covered Dish."Apparently the perpetrators heavily damaged the restaurant's...
This former cotton storage factory could have the sprawling feel of a cafeteria, what with all the long tables in the wide-open, single-room floor plan. But the soft lighting, distressed brick, T-shirt-clad staff (friendly, fast...
Software engineer Jeff Varasano has gone to great lengths in his quest for the perfect pizza, "refining his technique over the past eight years and via umpteen thousands of pies," according to an AJC profile that ran in...
After two "hot" restaurants failed at downtown's Glenn Hotel, Atlanta's Concentrics Restaurants is giving it a go. The company — responsible for local favorites One Midtown Kitchen, Two Urban Licks, Trois and Parish, among other eateries...