Chef Linton Hopkins | Recommendations - Find. Eat. Drink.
Chef Linton Hopkins, Holeman & Finch Public House, Restaurant Eugene, H&F Bread Co, Atlanta, GA, Georgia, Buckhead, New American, Contemporary American, Executive Chef, Peachtree Road Farmers Market, Where to eat, Where to drink, Atlanta, New York, NY, Kentucky, Food Purveyors, Shops, Markets, Farmers Markets, Where to shop, Charleston, SC, South Carolina, KY, Louisville, Nashville, TN, Tennessee
BACCHANALIA
1198 Howell Mill Road, Atlanta, GA 30318
T: 404.365.0410 (make a reservation)
West Midtown
New American
Food & Drink
Eat | Restaurants - Atlanta, GA
I love taking friends here and sitting at the bar. You can order a la carte and get a great cheese place or sit at a table and have a full six-course experience. I think the place is wonderful. Chef/Owner Anne Quatrano is a hero of mine for how she built a culture of farms coming to restaurants in Atlanta. In this age when there is a lot of hype around food, I think she gets it.
BOCADO
Todd Ginsberg is the chef and he is extremely talented and has really good food. They are renowned for the cheeseburger, it’s delicious. It’s a double patty burger. Often I’ll get soup. I like their butternut squash soup and their salads.
West Midtown
New American
Chef Linton Hopkins | Recommendations
February 15, 2012
Holeman & Finch Public House | Restaurant Eugene | H&F Bread Co. | H&F Bottle Shop - Atlanta, GA
CAKES AND ALE
Decatur
American
Good for reservations, but also for walking in. Billy Allin is the chef and he is phenomenally talented. He is the kind of chef that is always in the kitchen and he is really solid. He and his wife own the restaurant.
CANTON HOUSE
I love going to Buford Highway for good dim sum. Canton House brought in dim sum chefs from China.
Chamblee
Chinese
FLOAT AWAY CAFE
1123 Zonolite Road, Suite 15, Atlanta, GA 30306
T: 404.892.1414 (make a reservation)
Virginia Highland
French / Italian / Mediterranean
It’s has a relaxed, every day casual nature. There is a chicken liver dish with onions and balsamic on toast. The chicken liver’s juices get into the bread, that is grilled with rosemary. It’s wonderful. Great hospitality.
HONEY PIG
It’s a Korean barbecue place, but it’s not like your grandparents Korean barbecue place. You’ve got videos on the wall showing the latest music videos from Korean pop artists. Great food and traditional Korean barbecue in a fast, casual and cool setting. I get the pork belly and they bring out slices of it. They have the griddle right there and they lay it all down with vegetables and bowls of pickles and relishes, an ice cold beer and the music is great.
Duluth
Korean BBQ
JCT KITCHEN
1198 Howell Mill Road, Suite 18, Atlanta, Georgia 30318
T: 404.355.2252 (make a reservation)
West Midtown
American
It’s open and airy and wonderful for lunch. You can get a great chicken salad sandwich, they have a great burger and beautiful deviled eggs with country ham all over them. They are just delicious. They’ve got a good bar upstairs with great drinks.
MILLER UNION
999 Brady Avenue, Suite 106, Atlanta, GA 30318
T: 678.733.8550 (make a reservation)
I love how Steven Satterfield thinks about food. I know how he buys all his food, so I trust all his sourcing. It’s honest, with passion and intelligence, warm hospitality and great wine. He’s got a great egg dish and a cauliflower cream that is delicious. He has wonderful sandwiches at lunch. He does ice cream sandwiches at lunch that are pretty iconic. Probably the best ice cream sandwich I’ve ever had.
Westside
American / Southern
SUPER PAN LATINO SANDWICH SHOP
Poncey-Highland
Latin American / Sandwiches
It’s underneath Pura Videa and also owned by chef Hector Santiago. I randomly order when I go. I like the camarones, the shrimp with spicy sauce, and the pork belly.
TOMO JAPANESE RESTAURANT
I’d take a chef here for sushi.
Buckhead
Japanese
DEKALB FARMERS MARKET
3000 E. Ponce De Leon Avenue, Decatur, GA 30030
Decatur
Farmers Market
Find | Markets - Atlanta, GA
It’s huge. The official title is “Your DeKalb farmers market.” It’s every vegetable you can imagine tied into different ethnic cuisines. You go there and you see every culture that is in Atlanta.
STAR PROVISIONS
It’s owned by Anne Quatrano [Bacchanalia, Float Away Cafe, Abbattoir]. They have a little lunch place there that is probably my number one spot. They have a cheese cave that is the best in the city. You can get soft serve ice cream with olive oil and sea salt and wonderful coffee, cakes and breads. It’s just awesome.
Westside
Market / Cafe
THE BAKERY AT CAKES & ALE
www.cakesandalerestaurant.com/bakery/index_bakery.html
151 Sycamore Street , Decatur, GA 30030
T: 404.377.7960
Decatur
Baked Goods
Billy Allin has a new market attached to his place, Cakes & Ale.
Drink | Bars - Atlanta, GA
NORTHSIDE TAVERN
It’s a good blues dive bar.
Northside
Bar / Music
PURA VIDA
656 North Highland Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30306
T: 404.870.9797 (make a reservation)
Virginia Highland
Latin American
Paul Calvert is the bartender and Hector Santiago is the chef. Great cocktails and you can get a bunch of different tastes to eat. I always get the foie gras.
WOODFIRE GRILL
1782 Cheshire Bridge Road, Atlanta, GA 30324
T: 404.347.9055 (make a reservation)
Great wine and bar program with two great bartenders Blake and Blake, the twins... even though they’re not twins. Go to the front room, you can get a full menu too.
Buckhead
New American
Charleston
Seafood / Mediterranean
Eat | Restaurants - Charleston, SC
I just love FIG.
CITY HOUSE
1222 4th Avenue North, Nashville, TN, 37208
T: 615.736.5838 (make a reservation)
Germantown
Italian
Eat | Restaurants - Nashville, TN
Chef Tandy Wilson is a great guy with great food. Similar to the way Mike Lata at FIG is exploring the Italian connection by using Southern ingredients, same thing with Tandy. He has a pizza oven and he works on his own charcuterie.
West Hollywood
New American
Eat | Restaurants - Los Angeles, CA
What I love about Animal is not that it’s all about meat, I think the vegetables and the refined sauce is what sets Animal apart for me. I had a hamachi salad that was really mind-blowing. I could have been in the best Japanese restaurant in the world. Crisp and great acid and very herbal.
MOMOFUKU NOODLE BAR
171 First Avenue, New York, NY 10003
East Village
Korean / Global / Eclectic
Eat | Restaurants - New York, NY
David Chang’s food at Momofuku is very bright with herbs, judicious use of fats, and a real savory, total mouth experience.
American / Kentucky
Soy Sauce
Find | Condiments
I’ve recently fallen in love with the soy sauce from Bourbon Barrel Foods in Kentucky. It has a tannin quality that I really like. I made a bitter orange ponzu with it and it plays off citrus really well. It’s very strong, so I don’t really use it for pure dipping, but in the ponzu it really came through.
BROOKLYN BRINE CO.
American / Brookyln
Soy Sauce
I call to task the big time pickle industry, because they put preservatives in pickles. The whole point of pickling is to preserve. Brooklyn Brine would be a classic for me for purchasing pickles. I just love it!
DUKE’S MAYONNAISE
American / South Carolina
Mayonnaise
I love Duke’s mayonnaise, it has no sugar. It’s simple, it’s eggs, vinegar, salt and oil. For me, I trust ingredients I can pronounce. I believe you should have fewer ingredients in food.
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British
Anchovy Relish
Gentleman’s Relish is something I love. It’s pounded anchovies with pepper and spice and butter and you spread it on toast.
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Who
Linton Hopkins is the executive chef and owner of Holeman and Finch Public House, Restaurant Eugene, H&F Bread Co. and H & F Bottle Shop in Atlanta, Georgia.
Why
Chef Linton Hopkins uses locally-sourced produce, naturally raised meats and hearth-baked breads for his Southern-influenced award-winning cooking. He is also the founder of the Peachtree Road Farmer’s Market in Atlanta.
Recommended By
- Chef Sean Brock (Husk & McCrady’s in Charleston, SC)
- Chef Mike Lata (FIG in Charleston, SC)
- Chef Jacob Sessoms (Table in Asheville, NC)
- Chef Hugh Acheson (Empire State South in Atlanta, GA; Five & Ten and The National in Athens, GA)