Festivals The second annual Food That Rocks, a Celebration of Sandy Springs

The second annual Food That Rocks, a Celebration of Sandy Springs is set for Saturday, May 6! For one night only, more than 20 of Sandy Springs’ favorite restaurants will be rocking the big tent in Hammond Park, in the heart of Sandy Springs. This all-inclusive event will provide you with food, wine, beer, and cocktail tastes from local mixologists, local musicians, and benefit Sandy Springs-based charities Second Helpings, Ian’s Friend Foundation and the Georgia…

Food Hampton+Hudson in Inman Park

Hampton + Hudson is in the changing, growing and competitive Inman Park area of Atlanta. This restaurant is unique; it’s one of those community bar and restaurants that is very versatile. The crowd changes during the day or time of day. I was excited to hear they completely changed their menu and hired a new Executive Chef, Savanna Sasser, who was the Top chef at Twains in Decatur. I decided to go around the evening…

Food Rize Artisan Pizza + Salads

Rise Artisan Pizza + Salads was started by John Smith, a Harvard Business graduate, in 2016 with their first location in North East Atlanta in Poncy Highland area. Their second opened in Sandy Springs in Spring 2017. The Sandy springs location is located on the corner of Roswell Rd and Hammond Dr. Inside has a very open feel. They have outdoor seating facing Roswell Rd., including booth seats and regular cafe and bar style facing…

Food Amalfi Pizza: Real Italian Pizza !!

Amalfi Pizza is a traditional Neapolitan pizzeria centered on two 6000-pound wood-burning brick ovens imported from Italy. Co-founder and operating partner, Greg Grant, developed an authentic Italian menu that will include Neapolitan-style pizzas and appetizers, salads, pasta dishes and original desserts. Besides traveling to Naples and throughout the entire region to find the best ingredients, both Stephen de Haan and Greg Grant studied with the Italian Pizzaiolo Maestros at Pizzeria Mattozzi, established in 1830, and…

Wine and Cider UrbanTree Cidery … Atlanta’s First Cidery!!

Cider drink, it’s here again! Cider is a drink made from apples. In the United States, cider is a drink made from apples, which rarely contains alcohol, and if it does contain alcohol, it is usually called hard cider. Meanwhile, sweet cider in the USA is an unfermented drink made from apple juice. Either hard or sweet flavor, cider has become a staple drink consumed during early colonial America and across the world today as…