Food: My hubby and I were out on one of our Saturday adventures when we came across Fermented Wine…read moreBoutique. We have walked by this location many times but never went inside. Today was the day we decided to stop in. We ordered the charcuterie board and were pleasantly surprised by how good it was. The wine selection is decent! I prefer sweet wines, which this location did not carry. However, my hubby enjoyed his selection. Service: Excellent! Both of the people helping us were knowledgeable and helpful!!! Ambiance: The store is simple and beautiful...

Amazingly helpful and friendly staff. Have been members of…read morethe Wine/Flight Club for years. Just a great place - a must visit.

Had my 40th birthday party with about 80 guests and wanted to have a full keg. Was referred to the…read moreTraveling Beer Tap from a friend, since I wanted a keg at my party but didn't want to mess with pumping the keg and getting somewhat flat beer as an end result. Harry is a class act. Came to my party an hour early, set up his tap system and showed people how to pour the beer all night. The Creature Comforts Tropicalia keg I bought was truly amazing with his set up, exactly like at the bar! You can 100% taste the difference. I will not even consider having another party where I pump the beer myself again. At the end of the night he broke his system down and made sure everything was cleaned up properly. No fuss no muss. Harry thanks for making my 40th birthday the night to remember that it was. Your set up took the party to another level! We will be in touch for a future party!!

We had this at one of our tailgates and it was a big hit with everyone! It was sooo much better…read morethan doing the standard kegs and pump. Traveling Beer Tap was very fair on the price, was on time, and dependable.

This place was a pleasant surprise and well worth the drive from downtown Atlanta. Kids were able…read moreto do horseback rides but also pet all of the farm animals. I loved the premade charcuterie like the little candied express beans and the cheese. The wine was great and the outdoor vibe was perfect with the kids.

We came to the Painted Horse for a Valentine's Wine tasting and it was lovely! The combinations…read morewere great and it was fun to learn about the different wines they have here. The staff was friendly and it was an added bonus that we got to see the donkey and horses! The whole vibe of this place is amazing! Very laid back, a great place for girls night!

What a wonderful little cheese shop that also sources a selection of local Georgian treats…read more There was an upcoming virtual event that I couldn't make but had called to get more details. I spoke with Mary on the phone. She was very friendly, high energy and helpful. She happened to note the shop hours for the next day during our conversation. Since I had some free time, I decided to frive out there the next day. I had the pleasant experience of meeting Mary (and her curious pooch) in person and she was every bit of the fantastic person that I spoke to the day before. I was the only customer at the time so I was privy to a brief personal tour. I received information on the various products, who made them, where they were made, etc. There was a lot of good choices in the small shop. After much debate I decide on the following items: 1. Goodson Cinnamon Sugar Pecans- delicious light pecan crunch packing a cinnamon punch. My cousin and I devoured this treat in minutes. I should have bought at least 2 bags. 2. Goodson Dark Chocolate Covered Pecans - again with the light pecan crunch. I love dark chocolate - this chocolate was not bitter or too sweet. I really enjoyed these. I wish that I had bought many bags. 3. Spottes Trotter's Spanish Salchichon - I rarely eat salami so this was a risky choice for me. It was surprisingly flavorful and not salty. Again, I opened these to share with family just in case I couldn't eat them - they were devoured. I know that they were bought with the idea of cheese pairing but I put mine in the midst of a cream cheese bagel and loved it. My only regret is probably not buying more. 4. Beehive Cheese Barely Buzzed - This cheese is rubbed with expresso and lavender. I was intrigued. It was recommended for coffee lovers and pairing with berries. Who can resist trying an award winning cheese? At my first coffee opportunity, I sampled a few slices. Delicious. Reminds me of aged cheddar with a subtle flavor...I don't know it came across as basil. Lol. I can't wait to try it with fresh berries. The final selections haven't been tried as of this writing: 5. Thomasville Tomme Raw Cows Milk Cheese. 6. Kenny's Farmhouse Gouda I've always enjoy a good raw milk cheese and a good gouda. I'm looking forward to making something delicious with them. Thus far, my only regret is buying only 1 of each of my choices. I do hope to visit again post covid to enjoy a full in person experience at a tasting/hosted event.

Before I tell you about the charcuterie Mary made for me, I have to tell you what a sweet lady she…read moreis. A real delight to work with her -- and with a name like Cheese & Mary, you have to appreciate her wit and humor. My first time trying a charcuterie here was getting in on a Valentine's special that we enjoyed as part of our anniversary celebration. It was artfully arranged and contained a mixture of sweet, savory, and hearty bites. Some of the things on the plate, I thought, this is an odd pairing, but when I ate it together, it was really good! She knows what she's doing. I'm a little sad the shop is going to close because it's really charming, but I'm okay with it since she's going to be running a virtual store and taking orders still.

Great chocolatier able to craft high quality confectioneries for special occasions. We order from…read morethem multiple times a year for our friends and relatives!

Chef Thomas Namprasong did such a fabulous job of a Thai dinner cooking experience for our garden…read moregroup. He is so informative and pleasant that it was a great pleasure to work with him. Very responsive to all questions. Highly recommend for your party or group!

Salud! Cooking School is a chain of cooking schools located inside certain Whole Foods Markets. At…read morethe time of writing this review, there are two in the Atlanta area: this location at the Whole Foods at Avalon in Alpharetta and another in Duluth/Johns Creek. I've taken classes at both locations. There are also locations in Charlotte, Memphis, and Nashville. For a friend's birthday, my friends and I participated in the class entitled "Divine Doughnuts with Dutch Monkey" on March 11, 2018. This was a doughnut-making class conducted by chefs Arpana Satyu-Burge and Martin Burge, the founders and owners of acclaimed Dutch Monkey Doughnuts in Cumming. I enjoyed the class, but it was not what I expected. At the class I participated in at Salud! in Duluth/Johns Creek, we rolled sushi: https://www.yelp.com/biz/yelps-fit-club-cmye-whole-foods-tour-sushi-making-class-duluth. Each person had a seat with their own individually portioned set of ingredients. In general, we followed, step-by-step, as the instructors in the demonstration kitchen walked us through all that was entailed in making a sushi roll, from prepping the ingredients to assembling the roll. It was very interactive and hands-on. The doughnut class was different. While it was advertised as a "hands-on" experience, the interactivity was limited to some students taking turns doing a different task in the demonstration kitchen. Therefore, this was more of a demonstration class than a hands-on class. Examples of hands-on tasks included mixing various ingredients in bowls, rolling dough, and hand-cutting doughnuts out of the dough. Most of the class time was spent watching chefs Arpana and Martin cook in the demonstration kitchen. I know a lot of cooking classes are set up in this style, sort of like watching a cooking show on Food Network or Cooking Channel, but I was expecting to be making my own doughnuts. The class cost $55 per person and lasted a little over 2.5 hours. The official class time was 2pm to 5pm. When you sign up for a class at Salud!, you must book and pay online in advance. On the day of the class, you should show up a few minutes early and check in at the Whole Foods customer service desk at the front of the store. After entering the store, the cooking class is located in the back-left, up the stairs. We were each handed a class lecture packet, a pen to take notes, an apron, and name tags. There was bottled water and snacks. The snacks included chips and dip (guacamole), a couple cheeses (e.g. brie), grapes, nuts, crackers, and toast. The class lecture packet included recipes for 2 doughnuts chefs Arpana and Martin showed us how to make: (1) cardamom cake doughnuts with apricot sabayon and (2) buttermilk cake doughnuts with lemon curd and vanilla meringue. We watched as chefs Arpana and Martin made each of the following components from scratch: buttermilk cake doughnuts, apricot sabayon, lemon curd, vanilla meringue, and almond croquant. There were only 13 students, the 2 chefs/instructors, 1 person who worked for Salud!/Whole Foods, and 4 Salud! volunteers. That meant the student to instructor/employee/volunteer ratio was very high (13:7). This was a fairly casual and intimate experience. We huddled around the demonstration kitchen, watched, listened, and asked questions. Both Arpana and Martin are soft-spoken so there were a few times when some of us could not hear what they were saying. In this case, a microphone-speaker setup might have been nice. The classroom is outfitted with video cameras and displays, but they were not in use for this class. When I took the sushi-making at Salud! in Duluth/Johns Creek, they used the cameras and displays to make it easier for the students to see ingredient prep, etc. For this doughnut-making class, I think the cameras would have been useful for several of the mixing bowls since the insides of the bowls were hard for some of us to see. After about 2 hours, the freshly-made doughnuts were ready for us to eat. They looked and tasted absolutely magnificent. These were gourmet doughnuts to a tee. Rich, luscious, and decadent. It was easy to see why Arpana and Martin have become successful. Martin finished off the lemon curd and vanilla meringue doughnuts with some blowtorch action. Arpana plated the cardamom cake doughnuts with apricot sabayon perfectly. (I think my pictures speak for themselves.) Whole Foods Allegro Coffee was served with our doughnuts. I believe normally up to 2 glasses of wine per student are served per class, but coffee pairs better with doughnuts. Thank you to chefs Arpana and Martin for conducting the class, to Shannon Marsh, Whole Foods' cooking school administrator, for organizing everything, and to the volunteers for their help. Everyone was nice. If you're interested in taking a cooking class at Salud!, be sure to sign up early because classes fill up fast. Also, grab a loyalty card. If you purchase 7 classes and you get an 8th class for free.

I'm not the biggest fan of sweets (except for my weakness: bubble tea), but I do enjoy a great…read moredoughnut every now and then. So when the opportunity to enroll in the "Divine Doughnuts with Dutch Monkey" cooking class came up as a possible way to celebrate a fellow foodie friend's birthday as a group, I agreed it was a great idea and signed up online. Since I had heard great things about Dutch Monkey Doughnuts, located all the way up in Cumming, I thought this "cooking class" would be the perfect opportunity to both learn how to make amazing doughnuts at home AND try their famous doughnuts! The class was advertised as "Hands-on" and cost $55 for a 3-hour session (actually ended up being 2.5 hours). I thought this was a steep price for a doughnut-making class (as opposed to a cooking class for a meal that would include wine), but I had incorrectly assumed that each student would be making a batch of their own doughnuts and could take some home at the end. I had never taken a cooking class at Salud Cooking School before, so I really didn't know what to expect, but I did think that I'd be making my own doughnuts. Led by Chefs Martin Burge and Arpana Satyu-Burge, married couple and owners of Dutch Monkey Doughnuts, the class size was limited to 12 students (and quickly sold out online). However, my friends appreciated that management was kind enough to allow one of our friends, a 13th student, enroll and join our class at the last minute. Upon checking in a few minutes before the class start time - 2 pm - I received a stapled packet that included recipes for the two doughnuts that would be made during this class: Cardamom Cake with Apricot Sabayon and Buttermilk Cake with Lemon Curd and Vanilla Meringue. When I made it upstairs to the classroom, I received a name tag, an apron, and a pen to jot down notes in my class packet. I also noticed there were bottled waters, coffee, and a spread of healthy snacks from Whole Foods available for students to munch on - tortilla chips, guacamole, crackers, cheese, and fruit. I appreciated this in lieu of the two glasses of wine that students at meal-cooking classes receive. After putting on my apron, my fellow students and I huddled around Chefs Martin and Arpana as they began prepping the dough for the doughnuts. I noticed they asked for student "volunteers" to help prep the dough and doughnut toppings, and I kept waiting for the part of the class where all students would have the opportunity to watch and follow along as the instructors completed each detailed step. This never happened. The entire class ended up being more of a demonstration than the hands-on learning experience that I had expected. Being short in stature, I had a hard time seeing a lot of what was going on - especially when something was being mixed in a bowl or cooked on the stove. I'm not sure why, but the instructors didn't use microphones or utilize the TV screens (connected to video cameras) installed in the classroom that would allow everyone to easily see what was going on in the kitchen. At the end, when the chefs were done making the doughnuts, each student received two beautiful, Instagram-worthy doughnuts: one Cardamom Cake and one Buttermilk Cake. The Cardamom Cake doughnut with Apricot Sabayon was honestly the best doughnut I had ever had in my life! The Buttermilk Cake with Lemon Curd and Vanilla Meringue was also delicious and came in at a close second best doughnut I've tasted. When the class was over, students were neither offered seconds nor the leftovers of the few dozen doughnuts that were made. It turned out this was because the volunteer assistants, the four of whom did not appear to do much during the class, were expected to take them (as a reward for volunteering). Personally, I didn't finish my second doughnut (we were about to go to dinner), so I asked if there was a small to-go box I could put it in to take home. Apparently, it isn't a common practice to take leftovers from Salud cooking classes home since no containers were available. Fortunately, one of the volunteers found some Ziploc bags, and I took my half-eaten doughnut in one. I really wish that this class had been advertised as a "Demonstration" and not "Hands-on," and I felt that the price should have been lower as a result. We literally received two doughnuts and didn't experience the doughnut-making process unless we had "volunteered" to do things in front of the class - and I'm not the type to be put on the spot in a group setting. Overall, based on my experience with this particular class, Salud Cooking School gets 3.5 stars. I really would have preferred for each student to make their own batch of doughnuts, or - at the very least - decorate their own doughnuts. I'm glad the doughnuts were delicious, and I definitely plan to make the trek to visit Chefs Martin and Arpana at Dutch Monkey Doughnuts for more of their amazing doughnuts!

The quality is great! The empanadas I often order in bulk for parties and the cakes are sooo good…read moretoo. The staff can be warmer, they barely greet you when you walk in some days. I also think it's the younger and newer staff so to be fair they may be learning!

Empanadas are really good. Tried beef, onion and ham&cheese…read more Great to order ahead and pick them up later.

This shop is the perfect size! Clean and the owner was friendly! I love that they source their…read morewines from a variety of countries I had the "she's always Rosé" very crisp and refreshing. Different wines to try every week.

First of all these gorgeous wine racks got my husband's attention from across the plaza…read more We walked in and both were shocked. Cole greeted us immediately with a smile and full of knowledge. I was shocked not only did they have a wide variety of countries of origin but also price! There are also some gorgeous bottles you'd buy just for the design!! From Napa to Napoli and $400 a bottle to $14.99 they've got it!!! They also have these beautiful candles made from wine bottles sampled in the store and Cole immediately jumped in to tell me all about them and that there's a class!!! Yup follow them on social media because they offer tastings, classes including candle making out of the wine bottles. We left with two bottles I can't wait to try but we definitely will be back!

Fresh baked focaccia, thin-cut manchego, peppery arugula, delicious sauces, a hint of guava paste,…read moreand that perfect tomato tanginess... this sandwich was an instant I'm-coming-back-for-this moment And the fact that it comes with a handful of chips instead of fries? Exactly how I like my sandwiches served This cute authentic café/store in Halcyon is serving some seriously flavorful paninis that make the perfect lunch spot. Pair them with one of their flavored sodas, grab a seat outdoors, and you've got yourself the sweetest little lunch date Already planning my next visit for the pastas and desserts because they looked too good to skip. If you haven't tried this hidden gem at Halcyon yet... you're definitely missing out

I saw someone reviewing this restaurant online and based on how much they raved about it, I had to…read moretry it being so close by. Ordered the Amore Mio which was what was recommended and although the menu items are not cheap, it was absolutely delicious!!! The panini is so big, we ended up splitting it. We opted for the garlic olio since my bf doesn't care for tortufolio and sun dried tomatoes as opposed to regular tomatoes. Pesto, burrata, all the meats, oh my yum!! The flavors are amazing. The only complaint from my bfs side was the prosciutto was stringier than he'd want, but he didn't spare a single bite so that says it all to me. I do like that the paninis are served with chips instead of fries or anything. Don't get me wrong, I love fries, but definitely prefer chips with a panini. Salivating just thinking about going back to try more of the menu!

PURIST PERFECTION A rare +++ EDIBLE...WHERE have you been…read moreall my LiFe! On the outer edge of sprawling Atlanta burbs and of course in an unassuming strip-mall is where this gem is. Inside, is a small artisan coffee roaster who sells perfected coffee. The name, Belux represents owners' names, Ben and Lucy. They specialize in small batch ROASTING and PROPERLY BREWED COFFEE. They sell light to medium beans and serve ONLY coffee here...no food nor over sugared coffee disasters. I had a dopio and Ben kindly added a spoonful of foam for me. It was the most fragrant shot I've ever had. I fell in LOVE. Definitely the best coffee I've had in a couple of years! Belux speaks coffee. This is the only purist coffee retailer I'm aware of in Georgia and am so thankful, albeit 45 minutes drive. Also, they are the only one to offer Gesha outside of a special event. Belux is planning to open their second location in Roswell in July :-) MY RATINGS - - - Inhumane - - Disgusted - Don't bother = Missed the Mark + Good ++ Better +++ EDIBLE...WHERE have you been all my LiFe!

Beautiful coffee shop. A little small with a counter to…read moreserve about 6. Very personalized service Don't stop by if you are in a rush, come to sit and enjoy the process and learn a bit about the coffee and the owners. Prices were a bit high but you should know that based on the coffee your choose. It's a place to go for a quiet date or to impress someone. We preferred the Panama Emerald Geisha coffee @$26 a cup.. and shared it. It was fantastic.