Saturday, August 30, 2008

Parish Foods & Goods

After a morning of watching the DragonCon parade down Peachtree, our heads hurt from deciphering fantasy characters and our feet were sore from standing for 3 hours on a narrow curb.

Chang made a great recommendation: a new restaurant in Inman Park called Parish.


Think of a restaurant modeled after an eclectic New Orleans restaurant. It is part of the Concentrics Restaurant family - one Eric and I are familiar with and they consistently offer wonderful food. This was no exception.

You begin with beignets. Delightfully fried (so I'm told), chewy, doughy, sweet goodness.


An introductory salad: local spinach, local strawberries.


Thick, rich gumbo.


Homemade andouille sausage.


A crab, asparagus, artichoke omelet.


Shrimp & red mule grits.

It was a wonderful restaurant. True to the big N.O. And they have a lovely market downstairs, to get your cajun to-go, single beers to-go, and a coffee bar with fresh baked tarts, cookies, and croissants.