Morning Reads for Mardi Gras 2016!
Happy Mardi Gras! If you’re the kind of person who enjoys being happy (not all of us are; that’s okay), keep an ear tuned to WWOZ today. Here are a few places you might want to eat today:
- On The Bayou (Smyrna)
- Hugo’s (Roswell)
- Huey’s (Savannah)
- New Orleans Snoball Cafe (Decatur and Stone Mountain)
- Just Loafin’ (Atlanta and Conyers)
- Henry’s Louisiana Grill (Acworth)
- AJ’s (Marietta)
- Gumbeaux’s Cajun Café (Douglasville)
- Big Easy Grille (Atlanta)
- Parish on Cherry St. (Macon) (Hey, that’s almost the same name as my brother’s restaurant!)
- Serpas (Atlanta)
- Café Le Rue (Columbus)
- French Market Grille (Augusta)
Who else should be on this list? Bonus points if they import Leidenheimer’s bread and only use Camellias for their red beans.
Now, for those of you who are muttering to yourself about how this is supposed to be a political site, here are the (mostly political) Reads:
- DFCS acknowledges “gaps” in their performance.
- The Economist consults Sheffield Hale, President and CEO of the Atlanta History Centre, to consider how we approach monuments honoring Confederate leaders.
- Franklin Road in Marietta may be renamed “Gateway Boulevard.” I guess because “Metropolitan Parkway” was already taken? (And, from the comments on the main MDJ site, of course there’s an Old Marietta Facebook group.)
- Peach County’s sheriff testified against HB 722 yesterday.
- I am an only child / Born of the wild / Riddled to spend my time / Defending my land / (in Marietta)
- Unexplained raises in Augusta rankle both members of the city commission and Chronicle
- Young women really, really love being berated by older women, and it’s even better when older women admonish them along with Bill Maher. This oughtta end super well.
- Jhumpa Lahiri is so talented and intelligent – it’s ridiculous, and wonderful, and listening to this interview is seven minutes of alternately feeling awed and inadequate.
- This week in Hamilton: on Monday, the cast will perform live (via satellite) on the Grammy awards. And since it’s almost Lent, show me how to say no to this.
Speaking of, what are you giving up for Lent? Share in the comments.
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Teri
Teri Anulewicz is a Democrat who represents House District 42 in the Georgia General Assembly. She previously spent nearly a decade on the Smyrna City Council. A native New Orleanian and quasi-Texan, Teri graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1998. She's been a front page contributor since 2015, and she compiles each Tuesday's Morning Reads.
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Professor Longhair goes to the Mardi Gras.
I like Hugo’s in Roswell, but much prefer Adele’s. https://www.adelescajun.com/
If you are ever on Canton Street in Roswell looking for a good place for dinner, Adele’s won’t disappoint. The Pasta Adele and seafood gumbo are probably the two best things on the menu.
Shame on me – SHAME – for neglecting to include Adele’s. Their new location is marvelous and – truly bless their hearts – they were my grandmother’s favorite restaurant in Atlanta. She relocated here after she lost her home in Katrina and they were always so gracious to her. They brought her many of her favorite foods towards the end of her life, and they have a photo of her hanging at their new location. They are truly the best kind of people.
It was a pretty big oversight but I’ll forgive you.
Papadeaux’s on Jimmy Carter Boulevard near 1-85 is amazing.
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The one I forgot to include among my submissions last evening is McKinnons. I think it is “the” original cajun restaurant in Atlanta:
http://mckinnons.com/
That said, I ate at Henry’s in Acworth for the first time last week. It was everything I have dreamed of, and have dreamed about the appetizers alone twice since.
Obi’s sister and I have dined together at Gumbeaux several times, and I’ve been going there off and on about 20 years. AJ’s is a neighborhood staple for me. The Big Easy is a good spot when in the greater Westside Atlanta area. And On the Bayou is on my “do try” list as I follow them on facebook and just need an excuse to get over there one day.
My La Bouche Creole cookbook is a bit soiled. My favorite is the shrimp creole but many find it too “seasoned”. Creole started as Cajun (French Canadian food) but when the Spanish, African, Indian and Southern influences got throwing whatever fish, shrimp, oysters, meat, veggies and spices they had in a pot they had Creole, the best food New Orleans and Spanish Florida had to offer.