A new Decatur, Georgia restaurant focusing on pasta, pizza, seafood and farm-fresh produce is the subject of a recent USA Character Approved Blog post.
I remember a Southern Sunday dinner years ago, at my Aunt Veta’s house in Mississippi. I can’t even recall now why we were visiting, but I remember the meal. It was mid-afternoon, and there were more than a dozen of us crowded around a long, oilcloth-covered table on her screened in back porch. And there were three kinds of meat!
Fried chicken, barbecued pork chops and a ham all vied for my attention—and all got it, in turn. I was in carnivore heaven. Much of Southern cuisine still reflects this meat-focused view, especially with the farm-to-table movement and its emphasis on nose-to-tail eating driving a lot of restaurant kitchens. But a pair of chefs just outside Atlanta are taking a less meat-centric approach at their new restaurant, No. 246.
Local farm produce plays a huge role on No. 246’s Italian-inspired menu, as do pastas, pizzas, cheeses and seafood. And while you will find plenty of meaty choices as well, you won’t find deep-fried or barbecued anything. Instead, wood oven roasting is a favored cooking method, and fresh herbs abound. To find out more about the chefs behind No. 246—and about the restaurant’s quirky name—check out this recent post on the USA Character Approved Blog.