The past month has been a whirlwind. Since the beginning of June, I have been in Las Vegas, New York, Denver, and Kansas. That doesn’t leave much room for trying new food places in Atlanta, so I made up for it this weekend.
Over the holiday weekend, my mom was in town to help with wedding plans. I think we ate out nearly every meal … not so good for the figure, but it was important to have my mom try all of the places we plan to incorporate into our wedding weekend. And, we did a little cake tasting too.
Here’s a look at our weekend.
Thursday
Classic Cheesecakes and Cakes (Buckhead). Mark Lotti, owner of this well-known cake establishment, was perfect. And, so are his cakes. We sampled at least six cheesecakes and four pound cakes. And the best part, we took home the extras, and the pound cake kept getting better and better each day. Coconut pound cake might not be right for a fall wedding, but I am thinking it might be O-So-Good!
Greenwood’s (Roswell). For dinner, it was Greenwood’s on Green Street in Roswell. Among the three of us, we had meatloaf, cheese grits and shrimp, and pot roast.
Friday
I am not proud of this eating day. It was a little of this, a little of that. And, all of it was not so great for us!
Krispy Kreme donuts for breakfast. (I couldn’t resist, and I didn’t know we were going to be so bad all weekend.)
Salad at the food court at Perimeter Mall for lunch. And, cannoli. (It was my mom’s first time. Unfortunately, it was at the mall food court.)
On Friday night, we stayed in so we could have leftovers from Greenwood’s and cake from Mark! But then, we went to a movie and had popcorn and soda. Oops!
Saturday
Cereal and fruit for breakfast. Points for being healthy!
Artisan Foods (Roswell) was our lunch stop. About two months ago, I met our neighbors (Hoyt and Sayuri) up the street and discovered they own Artisan Foods. Saturday was my first time visiting their shop, and I am so glad I did. I now hope they will be willing to do Sunday brunch at our house during the wedding weekend!!! Their breads are absolutely amazing and wonderful and delicious and scrumptious and … do I need to say more!?
Swallow at the Hollow (Roswell) for dinner. As always, very good.
Sunday
More points for breakfast at home.
Cake was for lunch. We had a cake tasting at Pretty Cakes by Meg. She puts wonderful, unique fillings between cake layers. We had white cake with a really nice white chocolate filling and strawberry glaze filling. Delicious! I wanted to go back for more and more and more.
For dinner, Pure Taqueria (Alpharetta). After dinner, we swore we were not going to eat another meal out. (I am hoping Pure will cater the Welcome Celebration for the wedding. What a great kick-off!)
Monday
We really tried to stick to our no more meals out, but this was our last chance for dining. We ended up with a late lunch at Nine, located on Canton Street in Roswell. This was my first time, and I will be going back – for sure! We had a very yummy chicken salad sandwich, fresh fruit, and tomato basil soup. And of course, dessert!
I hope this weekend of eating out made up for my lack of writing over the past month!
