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  • A triptych of images from our dinner at the optimist. From left to right: whole shrimp in butter sauce over grilled bread, a seafood platter with oysters, salmon crudo, crab salad, and shrimp cocktail, and a plate with 2 butter drenched rolls sprinkled with flaky salt.

    The Optimist: The Best Seafood in Atlanta

    ByKara February 1May 16 Personal, Restaurant Reviews

    In July 2019, I took Zach to The Optimist for his birthday. It was our first time there, and I’m just going to say it up front: it’s the best seafood we’ve had anywhere. Better than St. Simons. Better than the coast. Better than a lot of places we’ve eaten on our travels. The Optimist…

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  • Antoine’s, New Orleans: How the Mighty Have Fallen

    ByKara January 6May 16 Restaurant Reviews

    I never in a million years thought I’d be giving Antoine’s one star. That’s how the Yelp review I wrote in early 2020 opens, and I’m starting this post the same way because I want to be honest about how reluctantly I got here. Antoine’s is one of the iconic restaurants in New Orleans. It…

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  • Category title card: the karacooks pepper mark above the words "Restaurant Reviews" in forest green Cinzel on a cream background.

    Restaurant Reviews

    ByKara January 1June 3 Restaurant Reviews

    Honest restaurant reviews of places I paid to eat at. No comped meals, no pay-for-play, no star ratings. About 90% love, 10% telling you the truth.

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