Thank you Pizza Hut for making all of our lives a little better. Now if you could only make better pizza! Make sure you watch until the end so that you can learn how to do the dance! No word on whether or not this technique will spread to America and our beloved delivery drivers.
[Thanks to El Guapo for the email]
The Kind Pie, John Dodrill’s Buckhead pizzeria, has outgrown its little kitchen only location at 252 E. Paces Ferry. Dodrill’s last day of business there was this past Saturday, and he is currently looking for a new space. While the temporary hiatus is disappointing, this seems to be a positive move. The new location, which Dodrill hopes will be in the Buckhead neighborhood, will include a larger kitchen and indoor seating. Keep an eye on TKP’s twitter page or their website.
Big ups to reader Max W. for the tip.
When I first walked into Rusto’s Pizza on Cheshire Bridge, I had an inkling of hope that Atlanta was about to have yet another respectable pizzeria to deal with. By the time I walked out (or at least shortly thereafter), I was ejecting food from my mouth post haste while debating whether to simply toss the rest of my personal sized pie or use it as a deterrent against potential muggers. I went with the former. While the food was bad enough, the true kicker was the laughable attempt by owners Russell Wooten and Greg “Somebody” to promote their business through less than honest methods.
Just a short time ago, The Sweet Auburn Curb Market (SACM) in Downtown Atlanta was an afterthought in the cityscape. Then, late in 2009, Grindhouse Killer Burgers got things rolling. Since then, SACM hasn’t looked back. In the midst of this buzz, The Greek Gyros and Pizza has hopped on the wagon and opened its countertop restaurant. As dumb luck would have it, they opened just a few hours before the dude who feasts and I showed up. I’d like to say that our visit was entirely impromptu, but alas, it was not! We had planned this excursion late last night. We both think it fun to see where things stand from the get go. So far, the Greek is looking pretty good.
Hello to The Kind Pie in Buckhead. You see, crave worthy deliciousness is something we all obsess about. While achieving that meditative state is difficult and rare, when we do stumble upon such wonderful morsels of yum, those of us lucky enough to have the time will do what we can to feed that obsession [case in point: 3x visits in nine days]. Amongst foodies in the Dirty, nothing seems to draw us out more than the opportunity to expand our waistlines and spike our cholesterol at the mercy of the pizza gods.
Being the creatures of habit that we happen to be, many of us have started to make our way over to The Kind Pie. Within 24-hour of my initial notation on the place, @EggRollStan started abusing TKP’s gratis delivery service, The Bliss followed shortly thereafter, and Live to Feast oozed all over it just a few days later. At the tail end, even the mainstream media is on the trail (ATL Mag’s Bill Addison has been over for a meal). While we wait for further dissemination by foodies, cavorters, and grublets alike, early impressions from this guy are that TKP should easily be considered amongst the best pizza pushing drug dealers in the city.
As I work through my full First Impressions review of The Kind Pie, I thought now is as good a time as any to mention that Varasano’s Pizzeria is getting ready to go late night on the weekends. Starting this weekend, V’s will keep their ovens running until 1 AM on both Friday and Saturday nights. Also, you’ll find pizza guy Jeff Varasano is in the process of putting some Sicilian pies on the menu. Things keep on trucking for Atlanta’s most talked about pie man … we’ll see what else comes out of this Peachtree Hills pizza oven!
Varasano’s Pizzeria Restaurant Address & Information:
2171 Peachtree Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30309 // 404.352.8216 // Varasano’s reservations // Varasano’s website // Varasano’s twitter
I should be writing about this …
but instead I’m watching this …
So I’ll be back on …
In the meantime people – if you have a chance to get to The Kind Pie in Buckhead… DO IT!!! AND DO IT NOW … the pizza is amongst the best in the city … and inspired by Brian Spangler of Portland and his take on the cuisine! This place deserves to blow up … it’s just that good!
Late in February January, The Kind Pie opened up as Atlanta’s newest pizza restaurant. As their tagline says, this is “pizza with a conscience conscience.” However, their menu includes a good number of Italian appetizers, a few salads, and some inviting sandwiches. Not surprising, you’ll find top quality products that lend themselves well to the concept. In fact, they put out some gluten-free pizzas that appear very popular early on. Though I have yet to actually step foot inside the restaurant, located in the heart of Buckhead, I did have a chance to sample some sandwiches for dinner (last night by the time y’all see this go up). Though the consumption conditions were less than ideal, things are looking good for TKP, and I’m looking forward to giving them a full look-see in the near future.
Pizza is the hot-button topic of Atlanta’s food scene. Walmart is the hot-button corporation of the American business scene. Now, these two have come together for surprisingly pleasant results. The mega-chain is now a ubiquitous fixture on our country’s landscape, they don’t really take care of their own, and they seem to suck up most any small business … then promptly spit them out.
So while they have a reputation for being the end-all, be-all of corporate greed (next to Enron perhaps), the company should be recognized for the things that they do right. One of those things is in regards to the all to important issue of sustainability. Walmart is actually making incredible strides towards being a sustainable organization.
Why the weekend notation here? Because one of the sustainable items in their cache is their pizza box … and that’s something we should all get behind. So here’s a little vid that chats up the box … when you’re done watching, you can actually check out all sorts of info from their yearly “Sustainability Milestone Meeting.”
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In any other city, or even at any other time in Atlanta, Max’s Coal Oven Pizza would have a fighting chance. Fair or not, two or three names have dominated our pizzascape during the last 12 months and change. Fighting for the table scraps that is our attention, Max’s has setup shop in Downtown Atlanta as one of the newest eateries from the Concentrics Restaurants Group.
To separate themselves from the crowd, Max’s has employed the only coal burning pizza oven in the state; and, it seems that the restaurant has hinged its reputation on this oven. In addition to claims of a better flavor (more on that in a bit), Max’s purports that “the coal oven promotes environmental sustainability by burning anthracite coal.” Unless Max’s knows something that is unknown to every country on earth, then that seems like a bit of poetic license if I ever saw it. I wanted to make sure that I wasn’t crazy, so I went on a little internet search. Here are a few things I found that seem to imply that Max’s claim is a bit specious. Leaving that where it should be left, we showed up at Max’s with every hope that delicious pizza awaited.
