Chamblee, on the north side of Atlanta, started out as an industrial town. The old business district lies along the railroad tracks north of the MARTA station. It's been home to antique stores for a long time. Probably due to the new apartments that have sprung up near the station, that area is seeing a new spurt of growth in boutiques and hang-out places, even in the year and a half since I moved here. There aren't any true restaurants yet, but at least two coffee houses have sprung up. The district is still pretty quiet but business types do seem to be comfortable there, resplendent in their WiFi connectedness.
Our Texas Instruments colleague Cathy Wicks was gracious enough to host several of us at Ecco tonight. This is one of those restaurants that has been on my list for a long time. Even though it is within easy walking distance of Georgia Tech, I hadn't made it there until tonight. The menu is a combination of Italian, Spanish, and French that make use of some local Georgia ingredients. The combination of those three countries is sometimes a little forced, although the georgia ingredients (fruit, cheese) were all great and perfectly appropriate. We started out with a meat and cheese board. This actually reverses the French tradition, where cheese usually follows the main course. Everything was excellent. The Georgia cheese was a big hit, as was the French cow/goat cheese. I thought the sauscisson was very subtle and very good. The waitress said that the roast pork pasta was their signature dish, so I had to try it. It had traditional broad pasta (fresh, of course) ...
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