This past week, I caught up with a few places I'd wanted to try, and have seen amidst the blogosphere:
- Sublime Doughnuts (via some blog I can't recall): I don't normally make such a trip on a weekday, but I just haaaappeeennned to be on that side of town, so I made a side stop. These doughnuts, while about the same weight as the regular variety, are puffed to a larger, softer, size. Honey-glazed bowties are my early favorite here. It occurred to me that I haven't eaten doughnuts from a private store in over a decade. I almost forgot how much better they are.
- Nam(via Omnivore Atlanta): I've been looking for an excuse to try this place; and news of a lunch menu prompted me to order one of the pictured sandwiches (chicken variety) Friday. Other than my bias against baguettes (they're for dipping/sopping, IMHO), I found the sandwich to be light and tasty. All the non-leafy vegetables were lightly marinated, to provide some zip. Curse
- Alon's(via The Blissful Glutton): Now, I've been to Alon's many times, usually for sandwiches. While I did not buy a hamantashen as described in the linked post, I did pick up one of the gruyere scones which can be seen at top-left of the linked picture. It's effectively a slightly tart cheese biscuit, with a poppy-seed topcrust.
A further note on Nam: One of the commenters mentioned Nam's proprietors are trying to get out of their lease, and doesn't blame them. Neither do I, as Starbucks was allowed to build (or have built for them) a free-standing building as an outparcel over the past 6 months or so. Said outparcel completely obscures Nam's corner of the shopping center, is an oversized, ill-fitting, tumor of a building, and is now full of people who are completely tone-deaf to such abominations.
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