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So why create a blog? Well, those close to me know how passionate I am about my food...eating food, to be more precise. 15 years ago I discovered the joy of dining in restaurants which boast a unique ambiance and delicious food. I first started tracking lists of great restaurants when I lived in Columbus, OH in the mid 90's. I was fortunate to dine at Cameron Mitchell's, Fifty-Five, Bravo, Rigsby's, Barcelona, and many more. I read in local newspapers about the best Places to be Seen, to Celebrate, to Impress, etc. and formulated my "to try" list. This hobby continued in Birmingham, AL and again when my travels brought me to Atlanta, GA ten years ago. I started a Supper Club with close friends in 2000, trying a new restaurant every Thursday night. We had one simple rule in the club, “no chain restaurants”! After three years of stomping through Atlanta's best and worst restaurants, we realized that this weekly tradition was becoming too expensive to maintain (go figure!). However, in 2005 I started making notes of my dining experiences for personal reference. To make it easy for my friends to get my recommendations, I thought I would try blogging. So...here goes!

6 Overall Rating - La Fourchette 4/24/11

3133 Piedmont Road Northeast
Atlanta, GA 30305-2516
(404) 748-1229
http://www.lafourchetteatlanta.com/

After Easter service at Buckhead church, we headed to La Fourchette with Tema, Brian, Janice, Rich & Terrie (a.k.a. T-Jo)

Ambiance: 8
The interior was clean, elegant and nicely appointed; unfortunately, La Fourchette lacks curb appeal. It would be easy to overlook this understated restaurant from Piedmont. The signage didn't help either.

Food Quality: 6
We were welcomed with deliciously warm bread...perfect with butter.
Their roasted eggplant appetizer was delicious!




The entree portion sizes were great, but the food wasn't very good. I had the Grilled Loup de Mer was okay. The fish was overcooked, but the mussels were good. The sauce was average, the lemon flavor overpowered what could have been a nice complementary sauce for this dish.








Greg's Duck Leg Confit was bland. The duck seemed to have been simply basted in oil without seasonings, it needed more sauce or for the duck to have been prepared in the sauce.







Janice and Tema's mushroom pasta was very good, but unfortunately, they had 86'd the the potato gnocchi and in place of it they served the dish with tagliatelle. I could only imagine how wonderful the dish would've been with the potato gnocchi!

Service: 5
Our service was efficient, but they weren't very friendly.

Value: 4
Overall, I found the menu to be overpriced for its food quality. We were generally underwhelmed with the food.
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