one midtown kitchen

[chefseanbrock]

had a great dinner at one midtown....highly recommended

Has anyone been lately???

[therese]

We've been a couple of times in the last month, once very last minute on a Saturday where we chose to sit at the bar where he does the tasting. We know him, so even though we'd already ordered from the regular menu he went ahead and gave us several of the items from the tasting menu that he was offering another party (N.B. he doesn't usually do tasting menus on Saturday, preferring Monday and Tuesday so that he's not as swamped with regular dinner service---One Midtown Kitchen is a very busy restaurant at the moment, and only a small number of diners doing full tasting menus; don't worry if you only do the regular menu, as it's also very much a Blais project).

We returned on a Tuesday about a week later to experience the full monty: fourteen courses, altogether over the top, lots of cool ideas, a bit heartier and less refined than what he was offering at Blais. Very fun as well, very interactive.

Check out the newest addition to this restaurant group, piebar. Very cool space, Blais-designed menu. I went twice during the previews, haven't been back yet due to time constraints. Looks like the deck/balcony will be nice once cooler weather arrives.

[Gifted Gourmet]

One Midtown Kitchen website

the review from accessatlanta.com (registration req'd)

Blais' additions to the menu at One, along with his deft tweaking of the restaurant's set-in-stone signature dishes, are a way-out-in-front winner. The food here finally gets the liftoff it needs to escape from the high-brow bar food niche the kitchen pigeonholed itself into years ago.  The truth is, Blais is one of the most gifted chefs in this city.... Yes, there are weird-sounding foams and bacon ice cream. The foie gras milkshake is available off the menu. But here, no one's noticing. They're too busy soaking up a cocktail and slurping back perfectly chilled oysters with a perky green tomato salsa.

Piebar website

[robyn]

I assume that this is in Atlanta - midtown - yes? Is there a website (we'll be in Atlanta - staying in midtown - in a few weeks)? Robyn

[Gifted Gourmet]

I assume that this is in Atlanta - midtown - yes?  Is there a website (we'll be in Atlanta - staying in midtown - in a few weeks)?  Robyn

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Yes .. website above .. yes...Midtown Atlanta .. yes, enjoy yourself, Robyn! and yes to this comment: The truth is, Blais is one of the most gifted chefs in this city....

[therese]

One Midtown Kitchen is indeed located in midtown, though farther north than the part of midtown that many visitors see (midtown is basically the corridor that stretches north from downtown towards Butthead, oops, meant to say Buckhead). It backs up to the north end of Piedmont Park (though the view at the moment is mostly a gravel pit due to some work the city's doing). It's on a tiny little dead end road called Dutch Valley that looks like it couldn't possibly house a restaurant. When you turn onto Dutch Valley (off of Monroe) look for the purple glow (yes, purple glow) of the lights outside. Be sure to check out the bathrooms; they're unisex, feature red lightbulbs over the doors that go on and off depending on occupancy, and are large enough for a small party. I have yet to see more than one person at a time emerge from one, but there's always a first time.

Note that the website does not mention the possibility of a tasting menu, and actually doesn't even have a correct menu: the menu listed pre-dates Blais, with only a few of those dishes still remaining. Call the restaurant if you want to do the tasting; otherwise you can book at OpenTable.com (there's a link on the restaurant website).

And while you're in town you might want to check out Soto's tasting menu, offered Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings. You have to call at least 24 hours in advance, and there are fixed seatings.

[Gifted Gourmet]

And while you're in town you might want to check out Soto's tasting menu, offered Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings. You have to call at least 24 hours in advance, and there are fixed seatings.

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eG thread on Soto in Atlanta