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ON THE ROAD
Travel: There are many Georgia entries on Jan
and Michael Stern's Road Food website (www.
roadfood.com) to try and visit, and one of the
closest is The Blue Willow Inn (294 N. Cherokee
Rd., in Social Circle, 770-464-2131). Considering
how famed The Blue Willow Inn is—it won a
Southern Living readers' choice award as among
the best in the South—you might think it's been
around since the olden days. Well, the mansion
it's ensconced in is about a century old. but the
restaurant itself opened in 1991. While the au
thenticity is more highbrow than at most buffet-
style, all-you-can-eat places, it's no less present.
Yes, there is china to eat off of. and all rooms
are decorated within an inch of their life with
William Morris-ish wallpaper and knickknacks
scattered around. It's sort of like being at your
rich grandma's, and, similar to that atmosphere,
you will feel a bit guilty arriving in less than
spick-and-span condition, so use the air condi
tioning in the car.
It seems as though a lot of folks in the area
have a regular reservation right after church, so,
while formal-wear certainly isn't required, some
sprucing up would be appropriate. Depending on
which room you're seated in, reaching the buffet
may require significant amounts of maneuver
ing, and returning to your table with a laden
plate even more. But it's worth it. What was
consumed? Fried green tomatoes with red tomato
chutney (a house special with zip), macaroni
and cheese, green beans, lima beans, cornbread,
biscuits (both in the bread warmer; the former
muffin-shaped, savory and with a beautiful
crust, the latter soft, yeasty and fragrant), fried
chicken, baked chicken (two different kinds),
chicken and dumplings (on the soup bar), col-
lard greens, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn on
the cob, lemon meringue pie, apple pie, pecan
pie and chocolate cake. There was plenty more
that neither I nor my dining companion could
make it through. Desserts are particularly famed,
and jockeying for position around the table will
require whatever vestigial basketball defensive
skills you have, plus a quick and sure hand with
a pie server. The lemon meringue was tops, while
the rest were tasty but nothing compared to
the pie at Paul's. So what is Blue Willow? It's
a place to stuff yourself beyond reason, a place
of both extreme politeness and excess, a place
that manages to embody at least one element
of the modern South about as well as possible.
The prices aren't cheap for a buffet (Si6.95 on
Sunday), but you're paying for more than just
food. Reservations are strongly recommended.
More information can be found at www.bluewil-
lowinn.com.
Also: Despite its convenient location to my
humble abode, I hadn't been to Peppino's Pizza
(2597 Milledge Ave., at the intersection with
Whitehall Road, 706-613-1616) since its days
downtown as a home of cheap pitchers and soc
cer decorations. The no-longer-new building is
classier but weirder, with two giant urns flanking
the door and booths roofed with terracotta tile
inside. Much like Little Italy, its sister opera
tion, things work simply and quickly. Grab a
menu, step up when there's an opening, receive a
number and get your food when it's called. Slices
are nothing fancy (the tomato sauce is always
a little bitter), but they're simple, inexpensive
and decent, and while the subs could use some
mayo, you can practically feed a family on one.
Peppino's takes credit cards for orders over S5,
is stocked with Pepsi products and keeps hours
every day but Monday.
What Up?: Not to suggest that I have some sort
of death kiss, but Marie's, the barbecue place
on Milledge recently covered, seems to be closed
cr at least undergoing renovation, with a new
sign out front that says Betty's. Aromas, in
Five Points, has added fancy liquors to its bar
selection, with high-end vodka, cognacs and the
discriminating gourmand's choice single-malt
scotches. Calientitos on Lumpkin will, according
to the sign in its window, be open by press time.
The behemoth of a building next to Hodgson's
Pharmacy in Five Points may soon contain a
Wow Cafe & Wingery, a chicken-based franchise
out of Louisiana that also serves fajitas, wraps,
quesadillas, fried shrimp, milkshakes and burg
ers on Texas toast, an intriguing concept indeed.
Correction: In the What Up? section of the May
31 Grub Notes, about changes at Clocked!, this
column stated that "servers are missing their
tips, but presumably are being paid minimum
wage now," In point of fact, everyone on-staff
was already making more than minimum wage
before the new counter service began. Apologies
for the mistake.
Hillary Brown
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