Category - Dining

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Lunch at Huaca Pucllana (Lima, Peru)

We’re at Huaca Pucllana, a restaurant in Lima, Peru. As we wait on our order, I’m pleased to see the place has a nice mix of locals and tourists alike — and everyone seems happy with the food. And when our first course arrives, so are we! If...

February 28, 2015
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Theatrum (Quito, Ecuador)

After a long day of touring, we’re snagging a quick Valentine’s Day dinner at Theatrum, the wine bar and restaurant located on the first floor of Quito’s National Theater (Teatro Nacional Sucre). The atmosphere manages to be both...

February 27, 2015
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Dinner at Zazu (Quito, Ecuador)

10:30 PM We’re in Quito, Ecuador, thousands of miles from anyone who knows us. We’re passengers in an unmetered taxi, making our way back to Casa El Eden from Zazu — widely regarded as the best restaurant in Ecuador. Our...

February 25, 2015
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YummyStreet (Atlanta, GA)

We’re at Chef Russ Pysell’s house, gathered around a table with six other folks, celebrating Valentine’s Day a week early. He and his partner, Paige Kelly, greet everyone who arrives with big, warm hugs and an Axis Kiss: a custom...

February 8, 2015
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Mi Cocina (Atlanta, GA)

On a chilly Thursday night, we drop in on Mi Cocina, Peachtree Street’s own branch of the Texas-based Tex-Mex chain. With temperatures plummeting, it’s a good night for their tomato-based tortilla soup, which comes studded with chicken...

February 6, 2015
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Cook Out Fresh Hamburgers (Atlanta, GA)

Out of nowhere, it seems, a handful of bright Cook Out burger joints have popped up in Midtown. One location of this North Carolina-based chain replaced the glitzy Zesto on Ponce de Leon Avenue. Another has popped up in West Midtown, where the low...

February 2, 2015
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Peachtree Food Tours (Atlanta, GA)

Confidential to MillionMileMark.com Readers: I’m a good friend of John Hannula, the owner and tour guide at Peachtree Food Tours. Because we’re buddies, this post makes an exception to my “I don’t write about comped or...

January 31, 2015
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Tamarind Seed Thai (Atlanta, GA)

One of the pleasures of living in Midtown Atlanta? Walking to dinner. Within two blocks of our condo, there are more than twenty-five restaurants: pizza, sushi, TexMex, American fusion, burgers, pub food, chicken, sandwiches and salads … the...

January 30, 2015
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The Essex Spa and Cook Academy (Essex, VT)

When I booked us into a “Fireplace Mini Suite” at a Vermont-based resort hotel, I pictured us in a cozy room, our twin wing-back chairs pulled up close to the hearth, basking in the glow of a crackling fire. So I’m a bit disappointed when I discover...

January 26, 2015
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