Posted by Foodie Buddha
on December 23, 2011
Good news for we fans of Café Agora, a Buckhead gyro and Mediterranean spot where I’ve popped more foodie cherries at than I can count. In July, the Atlanta Business Chronicle broke the news that Café Agora was adding a satellite location in Midtown. At the time, ABC reported that Agora hoped to be open at 92 Peachtree Place by late September. As is common place with these sorts of things, that didn’t actually happen.
Fast forward a few months to present day, and it SEEMS like change is just around the corner. Word around the campfire is that owner Mr. Ozelci (but you don’t need to call him that) hopes to have Al’s Café Agora Midtown open in the early parts of February. I can wait nary another day as I have yet to find a Greek/Mediterranean/Turkish restaurant in the area that can hold a candle to CA. Their gyros burst in the mouth with flavor as pronounced as pop rocks. Beyond that, who doesn’t love to watch the jovial Al feed his customers as spoons goodies from a meze plate into the mouths of customer after customer? Seriously – the dude likes to feed people as if he’s teaching a baby how to eat! Don’t be scared … just go with it.
Also, Agora is finally starting to expand its mother ship, which TNT told us about last year. The build out shouldn’t take long, but I have no time frame for when its actually going to be completed. All I know is that Café Agora is expanding, and Atlanta will be better for it.
Café Agora Address & Information
262 E. Paces Ferry Rd NE,
Atlanta,
GA 30305 ·
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Cuisine: Greek, Mediterranean, Turkish · Price Range: $$
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Posted by Foodie Buddha
on August 23, 2011
While it’s far from the most expensive thing in town and there are certainly more elevated restaurants in the city, Buckhead’s Café Agora always finds its way onto my list of favorite/best/suggested eats in Atlanta. Not much has changed with the food since I used Agora as an early guinea pig in my writing career. Though I did have a worse than usual experience during one of my many recent visits, it was only a negligible drop-off and a temporary one at that.
But all that’s neither here nor there. The meze platters still kick ass, the mixed grill (below) almost always finds itself to my table, and the beautifully presented gyro wraps show that the “law of diminishing returns” does have its exceptions. But despite all of my fervor for Agora and familiarity with it, there was one thing I did not know was possible there until last week.
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Posted by Foodie Buddha
on April 24, 2009
It started with a stare … tepid at first. Gradually, a brow furrowed, the lips quivered, and the eyes turned on me … I had sinned. Mortally sinned for that matter. Her hand shot across the table and into the left over tin foil cone, the former home of my gyro. Seconds later her hand emerged. Like King Arthur and his sword or Link and his Triforce, the woman held her prize up for all to see. The meat glistened momentarily only to be summarily swallowed. We all have our purposes in this world … in the case of this delectable morsel … it was to inspire.
Hit up that link to see what Madame Chow had to say about my beloved Café Agora.
Café Agora Restaurant Address & Information:
262 E. Paces Ferry NE Atlanta, GA, 30305 // P: 404.949.0900 // Cafe Agora Website // Cafe Agora Menu
Posted by Foodie Buddha
on December 30, 2008
From the archives (11.09.08)
A good buddy of mine joined me for lunch at Café Agora this past Friday; the experience was yet another in a long line of tasty meals at this Mediterranean eatery. With the demise of Shipfeifer, Agora is now the only spot in the ATL I go for a quality gyro and tasty Turkish food. While there are a handful of options in the burbs (that’s you Alpharetta), this is the best place in town and well worth the drive from Midtown. Overall, I rate the food here very highly, but there are two or three problems with the experience that prevent the perfect score.
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