Despite the name of the restaurant, this review will concentrate on burgers. (I do like the pizza, though.) Moe's is a neighborhood place at the intersection of Clairmont and Briarcliff. It's a local bar with the usual sports programs playing from multiple screens. The outside deck is particularly nice---that's where Leslie and I sat on this trip. The pizza is OK by Atlanta standards but my favorite there is the burgers. I've become a particular fan of burgers with bleu cheese. Leslie ordered the nachos, which unfortunately were an uninspiring dish of chili on top of chips.
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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