[quote name='lordopus99']In Atlanta for food... Atlanta Fish Market = So Good... you must go to the Varsity downtown, it's a cheap hot dog place with a lot of history
You could always visit Stone Mountain. It is real close to Atlanta. Being fall, you can get some great views. [/QUOTE]
Yeah, Stone Mountain slipped my mind. That's a great option, I go a few times a year to check out the view, watch the Lasershow etc.
Atlanta Fish Market is dang good as well. I prefer the Oceanairre in Midtown a bit, though it's more upscale and a bit more expensive. I'd liken it to Legal Seafoods but better.
Some other restaurant suggestions:
Southern Food: South City Kitchen, Mary Macs Tea Room
Brunch (on weekends): Cafe Osteria, Cafe di Sol and American Roadhouse in Virginia Highlands. Einsteins and Tap in Midtown.
Flying Biscuit is great and is breakfast all time, though the Midtown location is always packed in mornings (hour wait or so on weekends).
Miscellaneous:
Midtown Kitchen One--great food, little of everything.
Slice--great by the slice pizza place down town (kind of out of the way though).
Steamhouse Lounge--great raw oysters (think they're $5 a dozen on Wednesdays) and some other good seafood options. The "frogmore skillet" is particularly good.
Loca Luna--good spanish tapas place, turns into a bar/dance club at night.
Highland Tap--great steaks
Hankook Taqueria --Korean barbeque tacos.
The Brickstore Pub--in Decatur. Decent food, Amazing beer selection including an all Belgian Beers bar upstairs.
As for The Varsity, I don't get the fuss over it. It's kind of a novelty experience I guess, but the food is terrible IMO. The Chili Dogs are semi-ok, but the burgers stink, the onion rings are way to greasy and the fries aren't great.