Keoni and Bonnie

This restaurant on Canton Rd. in Marietta is the first one that I blogged about and it’s still one of my favorites!  I said I would try everything on the menu and I just about have.  The food is Meditarranean and it tastes like your Mom’s cooking if she’s a wonderful Lebanese woman!  The grape leaves are the [...]

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For our second “Dinner Club” outing, Tammy chose La Tavola, located in Virginia Highlands.  I must say it was an excellent choice!  We had seven in attendance this time but we did sadly miss Tri.  He was skiing with his brother in Vermont!
We started out with an antipasti of mixed olives, parmesean cheese, marinated vegetables and [...]

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We went to this place right after Top Flr to have another glass of wine. It’s located in downtown Atlanta on West Peachtree Place. It was a quiet Monday night so we had a chance to talk with the bartender/manager and server, Douglas and Joelle. They were so nice! They opened a [...]

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This is a great tucked away place in Midtown! I was staying at a hotel in Atlanta and the Greek restaurant we were going to check out was closed. It wasn’t meant to be! With a shake of his iphone, Keoni came up with Top Flr which was right around the corner. [...]

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I lb stew beef
1 onion, cut in quarters
1 red bell pepper, sliced
1 tbsp. chopped ginger
4-5 garlic cloves, sliced
1 tbsp. curry
1 tsp. turmeric
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp red pepper
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup red wine
1 can diced tomatoes
2 dried hot red peppers
2 potatoes, peeled and cubed
salt and pepper

Put all ingredients through dried hot [...]

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