Category: Food & Drink

  • Concentrics Restaurants Opens Allora at TWELVE Hotel

    Concentrics Restaurants Opens Allora at TWELVE Hotel

    Located in TWELVE Hotel Midtown, ALLORA is now open offering Atlanta a taste of Italy!

    Celebrating the classic Italian flavors, guests are invited to slip into Allora where the art of dining and drinking is rediscovered. Blending quintessential Italian dishes with modern techniques and seasonal ingredients, Executive Chef Chris Maher offers an impressive menu filled with house made pastas, specialty pizzas, creative insalatas, small plates and more.

    ALLORA welcomes guests to sit and stay awhile in an inviting environment that showcases industrial design, warm leathers and woods, and rustic touches including an expansive central bar, chef’s tables overlooking an open kitchen, comfortable booths, and a spacious, covered outdoor patio. These sunrooms in Arizona here can bring the outdoors in, it can serve your family as a music room, game room, family room, or quiet room for reading and relaxing.

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    With a wealth culinary experience that includes The Ritz Carlton Buckhead, 4Th & Swift, and ONE. midtown kitchen, Chef Maher is best known for his outstanding handmade pastas and taking classic dishes and ingredients and reinterpreting them with a modern, and sometimes playful, approach.

    Highlights from the menu include a range of antipasto like Charred Octopus, Barlotto Bean Hummus, Peperonata, and Castelvetrano olives; Veal and Ricotta Meatballs with Parmesan Grits, San Marzano tomatoes and Grana Padano; and Whole Roasted Artichoke with Bagna Cauda and bread crumbs.

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    Also, perfectly cooked specialty pizzas such as the Carbonara with Pancetta, Cracked Pepper, Mozzarella, Pecorino Romano and a Farm Egg; Fennel Sausage featuring San Marzano Passata, Calabrian Chiles, Cherry Tomatoes, Sicilian Oregano; and a traditional Margherita pie are ideal for sharing.

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    In addition, house made Cacio e Pepe; Porcini Agnolotti; and Lemon Saffron Campanelle are among the pasta offerings while sumptuous entrees like the Roasted Branzini; Grilled Wagyu Flank Steak; and Pork Milanese are sure to please. Also,those looking to imbibe can explore a carefully curated wine list created by Todd Rushing, classic cocktails, and craft beers in cans, bottles and on draft.

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    Furthermore, complimentary valet up to three hours and two hours free parking in the parking deck are available. ALLORA will be serving breakfast Monday to Sunday from 6:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.; lunch Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; dinner and brunch Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; dinner Monday to Thursday and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.; and weekend brunch Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Finally, for more information call 404.961.7370 or visit www.alloraatl.com. In addition, stay connected online via Twitter and Instagram @alloraatl and on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/alloraatl.com.

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  • Culture Drivers Hosted By UrbanDaddy & Infiniti Event Recap

    Culture Drivers Hosted By UrbanDaddy & Infiniti Event Recap

    UrbanDaddy & Infiniti Hosted A Night To Remember!

    On Wednesday, September 27, 2017, stylish Atlantans descended upon The Foundry at Puritan Mill for Culture Drivers, an exclusive event hosted by UrbanDaddy and INFINITI.

    INFINITI Atlanta Urban Daddy Party 2017

    An interactive and boisterous night filled with art, culture, food and cocktails came together in an expectation-defying private affair. Celebrity chef Roblé Ali took center stage with his culinary innovations.
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    Celebrity chef Roblé Ali partying in Atlanta with Urban Daddy and INFINITI

    With an experience at every corner, guests also enjoyed live dance and painting performances. In addition to a special DJ performance from DJ Salah and visual demonstrations inspired by food throughout the night.

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  • STK Atlanta Introduces Malbec Mondays Kicking Off On October 16, 2017

    STK Atlanta Introduces Malbec Mondays Kicking Off On October 16, 2017

    Wine lovers can now give Mondays a new meaning at STK Atlanta during its new weekly offering, Malbec Mondays.

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    Kicking off on Monday, October 16, 2017, guests can sip on half-off bottles of Terrazas de los Andes Malbec. Executive Chef Andrea Montobbio has also unveiled new seasonal menu offerings including an array of new starters, entrees and sides.

    For more information or to make a reservation, visit www.stkhouse.com  or call 404-793-0144. Located at 1075 Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta on the corner of Peachtree and 12th Streets in the 12th & Midtown development. In addition, stay connected on Twitter and Instagram at @eatstk #stkatlanta.

    Finally, for other happenings around Atlanta, visit https://prettysouthern.com/.

  • Ninth Annual Fall Festival on Ponce Arts Festival Set for This October

    Ninth Annual Fall Festival on Ponce Arts Festival Set for This October

    Fall Festival on Ponce Will Feature 125 Displays of  Fine Art and Crafts, Food Trucks, Live Music and More!

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    The ninth annual Fall Festival on Ponce is on Saturday, October 14 and Sunday, October 15, 2017. Located in Olmsted Linear Park, revelers can enjoy the gorgeous landscape designed by one of America’s most celebrated landscape architects, Fredrick Olmsted Sr., and carefully restored by the Olmsted Linear Park Alliance.

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    This fabulous two-day event will feature over 125 displays of local and regional fine art and crafts. Hosted by The Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces, festival goers can also enjoy local gourmet food trucks, beverages, a children’s area, live, acoustic music and more. Furthermore, this event is free to attend, open to all ages and dogs are welcome.

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    For more information about the festival, please visit www.festivalonponce.com or www.affps.com. Finally, for other happenings around Atlanta, visit https://prettysouthern.com/.

  • ONE. midtown kitchen Launches The Friday Hook Up

    ONE. midtown kitchen Launches The Friday Hook Up

    Friday nights in the city just got better thanks to popular haunt, ONE. midtown kitchen.

    Perfect for a date night or a GNO, ONE. midtown kitchen has introduced “The Friday Hookup” featuring wallet-friendly shareable favorites. Revelers can kick off their weekends with a shared appetizer, entrée, dessert and two glasses of beer or wine for just $35, plus tax and gratuity.

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    The Friday Hook Up will feature rotating, top menu picks by Executive Chef Matt Weinstein. In addition, ONE. midtown kitchen’s regular menu will also be available. The Friday Hook Up is only available on Fridays during dinner and is not available for parties over four or private events. In addition, this deal cannot be combined with other offers or promotions. ONE serves dinner seven nights a week and brunch on Sundays. To book a reservation or for more more information, call 404-892-4111 or visit onemidtownkitchen.com.

    Finally, for other happenings around Atlanta, visit https://prettysouthern.com/.

  • STK Atlanta Introduces a 5-6-7 Happy Hour for Fall

    STK Atlanta Introduces a 5-6-7 Happy Hour for Fall

    Happy hour in Midtown Atlanta just got better thanks to STK

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    In the spirit of fall and getting back into our regular routines, we can’t think of a better excuse to get embrace the art of happy houring. Of course, STK Atlanta is taking Happy Hour to the next level with its new 5-6-7 offerings every Monday through Friday from 5 to 7 p.m.

    Known for its high-energy atmosphere and exceptional, signature and seasonal offerings, imbibers can enjoy $5 craft beer, $6 wine and $7 cocktails – including house favorites – that are perfect for the season, such as the Not Your Daddy’s Manhattan.  Furthermore, don’t forget every Thursday, Midtown’s sexiest steak and seafood house hosts a weekly Oyster Happy Hour featuring raw bar specials handpicked by Executive Chef Andrea Montobbio that includes $1.50 oysters and clams, $3 shrimp, $4 ceviche, and $4 snow crab claws. Eat up!

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    Find out how to make STK Atlanta’s signature Not Your Daddy’s Manhattan by following the recipe below.

    STK Atlanta’s Not Your Daddy’s Manhattan Recipe

    STK Atlanta cocktail Manhattan

    Ingredients

    • 2.5 oz Bulleit Bourbon
    • .5 oz Fernet Branca
    • .5 oz Carpano Antica
    • 3 Dashes Angostura Bitters
    • 2 Dashes Peychaud Bitters
    • 1 Luxardo Cherry

    Procedure

    First of all, rinse martini glass with Fernet Branca. Add bourbon and vermouth into mixing glass, add ice. Stir and strain into martini glass garnish with a luxardo cherry.

    For more information or to make a reservation, visit www.stkhouse.com or call 404-793-0144. STK Atlanta is located at 1075 Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta on the corner of Peachtree and 12th Streets in the 12th & Midtown development. Stay connected on Twitter and Instagram at @eatstk #stkatlanta.

    Finally, for other happenings around Atlanta, visit https://prettysouthern.com/.