Dining

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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Wang Saen Suk Hell Garden (Chonburi, Thailand)

A giant white buddha guards the entrance to both heaven and hell. At least, that’s the case in Chonburi’s bizarre Wang Saen Suk Hell Garden — a theme park designed to expose mom, dad, and the kids to the glories of heaven …...

February 1, 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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Krog Street Market (Atlanta, GA)

(Photo Credit: KrogStreetMarket.com) I read the text message from my friend, J. I pause. I read it again. “Let’s have dinner at Krog Market.” I shake my head. He wants to have dinner at a Kroger? I picture our party of four piled...

January 27, 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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Vermont Guided Tours (Burlington, VT)

When in or near Burlington, VT, you couldn’t ask for a friendlier local guide than Greg Doremus, who operates Vermont Guided Tours. We enjoyed his company, and he did a particularly good job of presenting local history and working it casually...

January 26, 2015
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American Flatbread (Burlington, VT)

It’s always nice when Trip Advisor steers us right, and this is the case when it steers us to American Flatbread, where the local cider is cold and the pizza is piping hot (a good thing, on a day when the high is around seven degrees). My...

January 18, 2015
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The Junction (Essex, VT)

We’re at The Essex, a “culinary resort” in Essex, Vermont. Everyone raves about The Junction, so we make reservations for Saturday night and prepare to tuck in for Chef Alex’s six-course tasting menu. At first, things...

January 18, 2015
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