Week: Thur.
June 23rd
Under the tightening grip of our wounded economy, many local
top tier restaurants are finding creative ways to lower menu
prices. Iris has resorted to a small plates menu Monday through
Thursday, Restaurant Eugene is reportedly offering a casual,
less expensive patio menu and Woodfire Grill has transformed
the front bar area into what they are now calling The Café at
Woodfire Grill, where all menu items are priced between four
and twelve dollars.
Immediately upon entry you will notice a difference. Candlelit
café style tables now fill space along the front walls
and windows. The bar has been extended to make room for tempting
displays of artisan cured meats, gourmet salads, jars of marinating
olives and a spit-polished shiny red Berkel
slicer.
Inside the display case you’ll find pleasantly stringy
Basque tuna salad, roasted red peppers, spicy chickpea salad
and assorted meats brought in by Franco Boeri, former owner
of Salumeria Taggiasca.
Tuohy offers three pizzas on the café menu; we experimented
by ordering one topped with chorizo, peppers, manchego cheese,
cilantro and chile oil. Possibly the best pizza I’ve ever
eaten, certainly the best I’ve had in recent memory.
Before getting it on with Franco’s meat assortments, do
an order of wood-roasted clams bathing in herb butter broth – you
won’t be sorry. And if you’re feeling hydrated enough – try
Tuohy’s salty sausage. Be forewarned – it’s
house-cured and one bite will instantly suck every ounce of
liquid out of your body, turning your tongue into sandpaper.
But so worth the fourteen glasses of water it requires.
Also, I’m told that Jonathan St. Hilaire will soon be
adding café style desserts to the menu, uncomplicated
offerings for takeout and dine-in. |
Gabriel Bartholdi cranks the ole
Berkel
Type of Cuisine: Upscale
Cafe
Address/Tel: 1782 Cheshire Br. Rd, Atlanta
Tel: 404-347-9055
Recommended: Chorizo Pizza, House Made Sausage,
Artisan Cured Meats and Cheeses, Basque Tuna, Wood-Roasted
Clams
Pricing: $4 - $12,
Hours:
Sun - Thurs: 5:30pm - 10pm
Fri & Sat: 5:30pm - 11pm
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