The Marietta City FB Group loves the Crooked Tree Cafe and so do Bill Nowicki and Paul Southern. Bill and Paul experienced the brisket, sweet tea smoked chicken, potato salad, biscuits and homemade sauces. Paul called the brisket "the best I have ever had" and Bill agrees.
The owner, Jeff Haeger leveraged his many years of restaurant experience to create a menu that customers love, even through COVID.
Bill went to the Crooked Tree for breakfast, an hour after editing the podcast, he hopes you will check out some of highest quality food in Marietta.
Authentic Italian food, wine and great stories what makes for a better lunch than that? Well Bill, Heidi and Paul loved meeting Luigi Tartalione and his employees Madison and Vincent at Italia Mediterranean Grill on Cobb Parkway.
We talk Mama, laundry and cooking as well as plenty of banter including watermelon planting pranks.
Paul Southern and Bill Nowicki are joined in their search for great hole in the wall restaurants by Paul's friend, Jim Tarvin. Jim is a frequent visitor to AJ's famous Seafood and Po' Boys at 2100 Roswell Road in Marietta. We sampled several dishes and especially enjoyed the 3 lbs of crawdads and key lime pie for dessert.
There was a good crowd all around enjoying what spring has to offer in Marietta!
Paul and Southern and Bill Nowicki head to Marietta Burger Bar for a great tasting, homemade meal. We spoke with a server who explained what her life during the pandemic. As a single mom she struggled as the restaurant lost patrons.
The great news is the owners took good care of her and helped her through the toughest parts. Still, customer numbers are down and they need help from the community. Hopefully folks will increase their tipping!
Tony Cruise grew up cooking and started working at Baby Tommy's 15 years ago when he restarted his life in Marietta after a divorce.
Baby Tommy gave him the restaurant 5 years ago and Tony has worked pretty much non-stop ever since.
Tony puts in 14 hours a day, 7 days a week. On a typical Friday, he makes 200 pizzas and plans on keeping it that way for the future.
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Raul Thomas is a survivor. He pivoted back to his first love --cooking-- after Marietta's Theatre in the Square experienced the COVID shutdown. Never shying away from a challenge, he rebuilt a food truck and started a restaurant and Bodega in Tucker, near Spaghetti Junction.
Paul Southern and Bill experience the cuisine that Raul first brought to Georgia back in the 90's. From octopus to pork to jerk chicken to plantains, from street to restaurant food, Raul is connected with the Caribbean culture he grew up with in NYC.
How many people know what they want to do at age 10? Well Brannen Temple did. He wanted to be a drummer and kept working, listening and learning. He became a sought after studio musician and has played with many of the greats from Chaka Chan to Janet Jackson to the Dixie Chicks.
What motivates him is the connection that is possible by putting aside your ego and creating true connection through trust, listening and love.
He is coming to Marietta Jazz and Jokes. Come see him!
Sabra Wood was on maternity leave as a flight attendant when she lost her supervisor on United Flight 93 on 9-11. Shaken, she decided to change careers into the corporate world. Then came the 2008 financial crisis.
A single mom with no immediate prospects, she settled in Marietta and began her journey as an entrepreneur and owner of the Red Eyed Mule.
This is her story.
Bill Nowicki and Paul Southern talk broken mics, lost badges and Josh's Chicago Hot dogs and Chicago beef.
Josh bought the Taste of Chicago on Powder Springs Street from Carl and even though he is a descendant of an Old Marietta (OM) family.
He followed Carl's lead and recipes. You'll love the Chicago authentic foods as much as Paul and i did.
Mark and April run the Hunt House on White Circle in Marietta. Mark creativity cooks dishes inspired by locally sourced foods and brings in local bands to listen to when you eat.
Paul Southern, Bill Nowicki and Heidi Roy (Bill's girlfriend) enjoy a Saturday night trying all the creative foods from the Hunt House. The crawfish Monica was to die for...
Marie grew up in Haiti and went to culinary school there. But it wasn't until she moved to Marietta, that she could realize her dream of creating authentic Haitian food right here.
Paul and i tried everything from the beans and rice to goat to the crunch to the turkey and jerk chicken. While the cole slaw was pretty spicy, everything was delicious.
Marie of Marie's kitchen
Beans and rice, conch, plantains, spicy cole slaw and special sauce
Season 5 of Marietta Stories kicks off next week! The whole season is dedicated to 10 restaurants in Marietta that you may have never heard of, but you should check out.
You will also get to know Paul Southern, Bill's closest friend in Marietta as they navigate the ever annoying pedestrian crossing by the bus station.
Three entrepreneurs moved to Franklin Forest, to help build an area that is growing despite the challenges of COVID-19.
I spoke with Thomas Monti of Schoolhouse Brewery, Nathan Martin of Go Forth Goods and Dan Fisher of American Axes all of them on previous episodes, to get an update.
I believe you will be inspired by their stories, I was…
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