224 Ponce de Leon Ave. NEMyrtle St.
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-876-1800
Serves Southern comfort food and homeyness without the treacle. The decor is simple but honest, and the layout of many rooms makes one feel like a house guest. The potent sweet tea is the real thing. The servers are as sweet as the tea. Beware the quirky expectation for diners to write down their own orders; don't wait for your server to do it; it won't happen!
7230 SW 59th Ave.72nd St.
Miami-Dade County, FL 33143
305-665-0606
Extensive and varied inexpensive lunch menu. Lots of patio seating on one of South Miami's best walking streets. The pressed duck and honey mustard chicken are excellent popular signature dishes. The place to linger and people-watch, especially as servers tend to go MIA.
7382 SW 56th Ave.bet. 74th St. & Sunset Dr.
Miami-Dade County, FL 33143
305-665-8550
Forget the home accessories store look, this casual Italian even with adequate service serves food and ambience good for family or a date, and remains quiet with appreciative fans who know about it from word-of-mouth as it is impossible to see the place from the main drag, wedged between a side street and an alley. Perfect save for the most discriminating. A secret best kept? Come if only to sample the complimentary bread with sweet eggplant dip untasted elsewhere in town.
Mary Mac's Tea Room
224 Ponce de Leon Ave. NEMyrtle St.
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-876-1800
Serves Southern comfort food and homeyness without the treacle. The decor is simple but honest, and the layout of many rooms makes one feel like a house guest. The potent sweet tea is the real thing. The servers are as sweet as the tea. Beware the quirky expectation for diners to write down their own orders; don't wait for your server to do it; it won't happen!
Lan Pan-Asian Cafe
8332 S. Dixie Hwy.84th St.
Miami-Dade County, FL 33143
305-661-8141
Parking garage dweller belies extensive menu of savory pan-Asian dishes mild to spicy. Despite removed location, good for watching street life.
Deli Lane Café & Tavern
7230 SW 59th Ave.72nd St.
Miami-Dade County, FL 33143
305-665-0606
Extensive and varied inexpensive lunch menu. Lots of patio seating on one of South Miami's best walking streets. The pressed duck and honey mustard chicken are excellent popular signature dishes. The place to linger and people-watch, especially as servers tend to go MIA.
Botticelli
7382 SW 56th Ave.bet. 74th St. & Sunset Dr.
Miami-Dade County, FL 33143
305-665-8550
Forget the home accessories store look, this casual Italian even with adequate service serves food and ambience good for family or a date, and remains quiet with appreciative fans who know about it from word-of-mouth as it is impossible to see the place from the main drag, wedged between a side street and an alley. Perfect save for the most discriminating. A secret best kept? Come if only to sample the complimentary bread with sweet eggplant dip untasted elsewhere in town.