Once upon a time, it was Dave's 27th birthday and he decided he wanted to go out for barbecue for the occasion. We didn't know where to go, since we still don't know all of the best places in Atlanta and thereabouts. So, Uncle Joe came up with three suggestions: Fat Matt's, Dreamland, and Daddy D'z. We chose Daddy D'z and went on out to find it.
What we found when we got there was a rundown little building with lots of art on the outside and windows. The inside matches the outside, adding lots of little sports knick knacks, a big screen tv (the old kind), and a funny Three Stooges picture. The waitress told us to sit wherever we wanted, so we sat at the table right next to the tv and counter. The menu offers many delectable sounding things like Fried Green Tomatoes, a Slab of Ribs, and Pulled Pork Sandwiches.
The birthday boy ordered the Rib Tips plate with potato wedges, corn-on-the-cob, and a square of cornbread. Uncle Joe ordered the Sampler Plate, which included: six que wraps, two ribs, beef, pork, and collard greens. I ordered Beef Brisket with fried zucchini, mac n' cheese and a grilled piece of white bread. We also got an order of Fried Pickles to share.
And the verdict is...*dun dun dun* DELICIOUS! The meats were so juicy and tender and smothered in some seriously yummy bbq sauce and the fried things were--duh--fantastic! Everything from the look and feel of the restaurant to the nice staff to the finger lickin' good food came together to make a truly marvelous bbq experience in Atlanta! I'd recommend it to everyone! A real hole-in-the-wall joynt (they spell 'joint' that way on the sign) with great food to back it up! It's located on 264 Memorial Drive in Atlanta, GA 30312 and also have a website: www.daddydz.com.
Craving some delicious little confection like, say, a Mango Mousse Cake? Well, have a got a place for you!
Dave and I were driving around in...well, somewhere around Alpharetta (I don't know all the little cities and boundaries, yet) and trying to find a place that our GPS suggested. It sounded delightful, a gyro-pizza-pasta joint and we wanted to try something new. Alas, Garmin is a liar! It has been doing this to us a lot, actually. Sometimes it will say something is there and it's just a bunch of trees that have obviously been there longer than the stupid GPS has been around. A lot of times, it will say something is on the right side of the road when, in fact, it's on the left. And no, it's not because it needs to be updated--we tried that. It took a few hours to update and it's still stupid! Anyways, in an effort to find somewhere else to eat, we pulled into a parking lot to ask Liza (what we call the GPS when it has a British woman's voice) to find us something else.
We found ourselves in a cool little strip-mall type thing and there it was, White Windmill Bakery. It's located at 3585 Peachtree Industrial Suite 166 in Duluth, GA (apparently this is the second location). They had lots of lovely little breads and such on a large table display just before you get to the counter, like the delicious pumpkin danish thing we bought. Then, oh the wonders to behold at the counter! So many beautiful and tasty-looking things and miniatures of a few of them! We hadn't eaten lunch, so we bought two little sandwiches and a mini dessert to share. The sandwiches weren't amazing or anything, just normal chicken and tuna salad, but I really don't expect much from those things (they are not baked and this is a bakery). The dessert, however, was delectable! We selected a mini Mango Mousse Cake and it was everything I was hoping! Visually, it was stunning and then it had a few different textures in it that made it interesting and very enjoyable. I really wanted to buy everything in the little cold display case, but I'm pretty sure that's never a good idea...maybe...anyways, here's a picture of the little piece of loveliness to tantalize you!
