Salt Factory Pub — The Best of TPL — This Photographer's Life

It's time for the next 5 restaurants. Yea! 1. Ok Cafe.

Duh. Ok Cafe is so great. You can go in there and get a warm, Southern, home-cooked meal at any time. There's also a sweet money tree. As I previously posted, I'm a sucker for a veggie plate, and the one at OK is the best in town. Personal highlights include: corn that's cut off the cob by hand, field peas, fried green tomatoes, green beans and corn muffins. The peanut gallery also suggested that the fried mac and cheese and fried cheese grit apps are must have items.

The three of us in the marketing office hit up the OK Cafe salad bar at least 3x a week. We eat a lot of hand-carved turkey, veggie soup and Brunswick Stew. #okcafe4ever

2. Woodfire Grill

I've had a huge crush on Kevin Gillespie ever since I saw him on Top Chef incorporating chocolate dipped bacon into his dessert. #fatkid

He was actually manning the grill the first night I went to Woodfire Grill, which may be why it was so enjoyable. I kept looking over there so often he finally offered to sign my menu (I keep it in a glass case in my living room... not kidding). Their menu changes nightly and features local organic ingredients and lots of bacon. #love

3. Salt Factory Pub

Jimmy and I love Salt Factory. It's up on the square in Roswell. Remember when we went there last year and I discovered the perfect glass of wine? The first thing I ever ate there was the cheese plate. It was hands down the best cheese plate I've ever eaten. The cheese comes with caramelized onions and whole grain mustard that will knock your socks off! The French onion soup is amazing as well.

While you wait you can walk around to all the little art galleries. It's a great way to spend a Friday night.

4. Flip

For my money, Flip has the best burger in town. I love the chorizo and fried egg burger the best. They also have great fries and sweet potato tots.

I know a lot of people feel like there are better burgers around ATL... and I'm open to the arguments. Hamburgers are so amazing... 5 Guys is incredible You just can't beat those fries, and the put A1 on the burgers. I have a slight (large) obsession with A1. The Holeman & Finch 10 PM burger might be the best burger in Atlanta, but I just can't wait until 10 PM to have dinner (yes, I do know that have them at Brunch...) Farm Burger? Great. All I'm saying that if it's 12 PM and someone asks me to go get a burger, I'm going to suggest Flip. There you have it.

Notes from the peanut gallery: Yeah! Burger, Canyon Burger, US Cafe and The Vortex have great burgers as well.

5. Cakes & Ale

I've only been to Cakes & Ale twice, but both times the food was exceptional.

It's the perfect date spot. They recently moved to the Decatur square and split the restaurant into the dining area and the bakery. It's fun to go have a glass of wine in the bakery while you wait for a table. The servers are out of this world, and I recommend listening to their suggestions.

That's it! My top 10 favorite restaurants in the ATL. To read the first half of my list please click here.

I'm happy to expound upon this topic, so please feel free to send me any and all suggestions.

-Blayne

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For those of you who have been reading this blog a while, you know I am slightly obsessed with Keith Summerour.

If you are looking for a laugh you can read this post I write about him 2 years ago titles "Keith Summerour: What makes it a Summerour?" I think it was maybe my 3rd blog post ever. Cute Blayne.

I somehow got the nerves to interview him a year later about this house. It was a wildly popular post. Read it if you like.

People like Keith's houses because it is modern without being too modern. It's clean and European and just a tad bit equestrian. I adore his work, and that is true for Glennis Beacham's new listing at 5549 Long Island Drive. It's lovely and everything a Summerour should be.

The home is beautiful from the approach. I love the arches (back right), which are so characteristically Summerour.

The heavy wooden doors are very wide (like barn doors), which provides a nice entrance to the home.

This foyer is open and welcoming.

Love this dining room with the wood windows and cathedral ceiling.

The best part about the living room is the curved/trey ceiling. Oh yea, that fireplace is pretty amazing as well. Oh heck... I love the floors and the arched hallways as well, so it's all great!

What a great kitchen! There is so much prep space with the center island, and then you can have people eating at the island closest to us in these pictures. The wood beams on the ceiling tie the kitchen to the rest of the house and echo the floors nicely.

This is the family room right off the kitchen. You can see how the wood beams are continued in here, and the oversized windows let you look out to the back (we will see that later).

This hallway leads to the master suite, and is so reflective of Summerour's style with the arched doorways, beamed ceilings and wood doors opening to the front porch.

I like the trey ceiling in the master, and all the windows allow for tons of natural light. That's also a really cool fan that I am just noticing for the first time!

Look at the archway leading to the master bath! It's interesting how it's open from the bedroom into the bath, but the shower is off to the side, so it's still private.

Let's head outside!

Not to shabby, eh?

Oh yea, this is the approach to the house. Amazing, right? It's like something out of a childhood fantasy. Once again Keith Summerour=Perfection.... duh.

To see the rest of this dream home, click here.

In other news.... (I'll make this quick... I know you only came for the houses! ha ha.)

My NYE dress came in, and I couldn't be happier!! If you don't ignore my horribly messy closet behind me I'll die. I cropped it as tight as I could. Now I get to wear this $70 dress that looks much more expensive for the Christmas party and New Years! Shhh. Don't tell anyone. Also, sorry for the confusion in the dress post. I am FOR SURE going to NYC to see Phish at MSG for NYE (wow!). I have THE BEST boyfriend ever. He got us 4 nights FREE at the Four Seasons New York and got us tickets to all four nights of Phish. He is amazing... I am a very lucky girl with a REALLY cool dress.

We finally took our Christmas card picture. This is usually painful because Ben bitches and mom and I always think we look bad. This year was a breeze! My uncle, Rod Collins, took the picture. He's very talented, especially when it comes to people. Let me know if you would like him to take a picture for you!

I discovered the perfect glass of wine. Jimmy and I went to Roswell on Saturday and ate at Salt Factory Pub, which Jimmy claims was the best place he's eaten in Georgia... so there. This glass of wine is called "Knights Valley" by Beringer. I went to Beringer when I was in Napa a few years ago and and was really impressed. I have tried a lot of their wine, but this was the best glass I've had by them.... maybe by anyone. Do yourself a favor and order a case. Since I don't know how to talk about wine, I am stealing this from The Wine Enthusiast, "an appealing wine showing likable softness and flashy flavors. The palate brings cassis, mocha, licorice, sweet tobacco, sage, Asian spice and smoky oak; finished long and rich. Notable for its superb structure." See? Told ya.

Best Restaurants in Atlanta (Part 2)

Keith Summerour, the perfect glass of wine, my NYE dress...

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