Krog Street Market
First off, I recommend working up a HUGE appetite before you ever set foot in Krog Street Market. In fact, fasting for a week or two sounds about right. We walked the Beltline for 45mins from Ponce City Market to get into combat mode. Needless to say, our little stroll didn’t prepare us for the onslaught of food options thrown at us at the market. Consistently called one of the top food markets in the US, it’s a must do on your Atlanta adventures.
Our first stop on the Krog Street Market food-a-thon was Superica, one of Ford Fry‘s fun tex-mex joints. It was barely noon, but hey…cocktail hour somewhere, right? We ordered margaritas, followed by a silly amount of food, given this was only the start. The fare was delicious, I loved the campechana with tostada (sort of a shrimp & salsa cocktail). I should have stopped right there. But when on a mission to ‘explore’ as much as possible, we had to continue our tour de force slightly buzzed. After Texas, China. Noodles and dumplings were ordered at Gu’s Dumplings, the first authentic Szechan restaurant in Atlanta. After that a stop at Fred’s Meat and Bread, to try a ‘light’ cheesesteak and a cauliflower and eggplant Banh Mi, with Fries I still dream about. Things turned into a competitive sport after that. We still made it to Recess, a restaurant that claims to serve up ‘delicious food that makes you feel good’–if you haven’t already eaten your way through half the market that is. The final pièce de résistance was the Little Tart Bake Shop‘s croissant-like pastry, called a Kouigin-Amman. It is a Breton cake, described in the New York Times as “the fattiest pastry in all of Europe”. Yes. I ate that, too.
Go, check out this amazing food market and make your own discoveries. And don’t eat a full meal at the first stop.
Hours:
Sun 8am – 9pm
Mon – Thur 7am – 9pm
Fri 7am – 10pm
Sat 8am – 10pm
Warm thanks to the fun and fabulous Hotel Clermont for hosting me while I explored Atlanta, a city that keeps getting better with each visit.
