Review: Negril Village, Atlanta GA

For our dinner before Alton Brown's show, I made us reservations for Negril Village. It looked like a really nice place, and thought it'd be a little flash back to our honeymoon in Negril, Jamaica.

I was leaning towards the Jerk Chicken and Waffles, but that's what she ordered, so I went for the Curry Shrimp.

The shrimp and Jasmine rice was delicious, but a little on the light side (as in not enough) for me. I finished my plate, and after she tapped out ... I finished her plate (2 legs and a waffle). Now, the jerk chicken and waffles was absolutely amazing. Some of the best jerk chicken I've ever had.

If you're ever in Atlanta, and want a taste of Jamaica, make sure to stop in.

Review: Home Grown, Atlanta GA

I was looking for a new breakfast spot for us, and on nearly every top 10 list was Home Grown. The one that I was more interested in was that it was very high on the Top 10 Best Biscuits list.

We got there at just the right time. There was about a 20-30 minute wait, but it wasn't completely lined out the door ... yet.

I can't remember what it was called on the menu, but Dawn got scrambled eggs, sausage, cheese grits, and a biscuit. I always say it's hard to mess up eggs, so what's there to really say about the rest of the plate? She did say that the cheese grits were the best grits she's ever gotten at a restaurant. There was no need in adding salt, pepper, butter, anything. They came out seasoned and ready to be delicious.

From the moment I found them on the Top Biscuits list, there was no question what I would be ordering ... Biscuits and Gravy (with a side of sausage).

They didn't disappoint. One of my biscuits was a little over cooked and hard, but whatever, it was still really good and the size of the biscuits made it easy for me to just slide the harder pieces over and enjoy the goody (what my sister and I called the soft fluff center of biscuits when we were growing up).

When you make a run through Atlanta, make sure to stop by Home Grown and try their biscuits. They really are that good.