IN THE NEWS: Highlights of Creative Loafing’s Best of 2008 poll include: Best Restaurant of the Year (critics), Holeman and Finch; Best Overall Restaurant (critics), Bacchanalia; Best Overall Restaurant (readers), Rathbun’s; Best Chef (readers), Kevin Rathbun; Best New Restaurant (readers), Home Restaurant and Bar. … Cliff Bostick visits La Pietra Cucina (1545 Peachtree St. in the space formerly occupied by MidCity Cuisine) and Eros World Tapas Bar (2160 Monroe Drive). www.atlanta.creativeloafing.com … AJC’s Meredith Ford Goldman reviews Cafe 101 (5412 Buford Highway, Doraville) and notes the opening of gastropub Porter Beer Bar in Little Five Points. … Other reviews: Marlow’s Tavern (W. Peachtree Street, Atlanta), and Wallace Barbecue (Austell). www.ajc.com … ChowDownAtlanta.com visits Urban Flats Lindbergh (2450 Piedmont Rd NE Ste 100, Atlanta) and Lottafrutta (590 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta).

Compiled by Pat Embry, WhereTheLocalsEat.com

Filed under: Atlanta Restaurants | Tags: Cafe 101, Creative Loafing Best of 2008, Eros World Tapas Bar, La Pietra Cucina, LottaFrutta, Marlow's Tavern, Porter Beer Bar, Urban Flats Lindbergh, Wallace Barbecue |