Best Restaurants in Atlanta — Southern Food, BeltLine Dining & Buford Highway

Best Restaurants in Atlanta

Atlanta’s food scene is one of the most dynamic in the South — from the James Beard Award winners to the international corridor on Buford Highway to the BeltLine restaurants redefining neighborhood dining.

Southern & Soul Food

Mary Mac’s Tea Room (Midtown) — Since 1945. The definitive Atlanta Southern restaurant. Fried chicken, pot likker (collard green broth with cornbread), fried green tomatoes, and banana pudding. Everyone from business executives to tourists eats here.

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Best Restaurants in Nashville — Hot Chicken, Southern Food & Fine Dining

Best Restaurants in Nashville

Nashville’s food scene has exploded. What used to be “meat and three” country cooking has become one of the most dynamic restaurant cities in the South — James Beard nominees alongside hundred-year-old lunch counters, hot chicken that’s become a national obsession, and neighborhoods where every block has a restaurant worth trying.

Hot Chicken — The Nashville Original

Nashville hot chicken is a style of fried chicken seasoned with a cayenne-based paste that ranges from warm to genuinely painful. It’s Nashville’s most famous food export and every visitor needs to try it at least once.