The Nook

After a handful of visits to this nook, there's not much to say except *sigh*". Overall, there's more misses than hits... This joint is strictly for drinking and people watching. While the patio is awesome during nice weather, I can not say so for the vittles. Let's just say no one is clicking away on OpenTable to make rez for dinner here... Oh wait, they're not on OT, wise move.

Smoked Wings - Decent sized wings and one of the better items on the menu. Spicy Coca-Cola bbq sauce had the heat level of Sprite. $10 for foul trimmings? Crooks.

Shrimp & Andouille Toast - Words can not describe this unappetizing presentation of a thing. Andouille sliced paper thin and if you stacked them on top of each other, it would be equivalent to the size of an Alka Seltzer tablet. Shrimp was devoid of all color and taste, hidden under a plethora of onions (I would hide them too). The 2 weird shaped toast was burnt and crumbled apart upon the first bite. This dish is toast.

Caesar Salad - A decent size bowl of ruffage but the dressing was seriously lacking (a hint of anchovies? It was more like a wink. I think those minnows flopped outta the bowl when the cook wasn't looking). $4 extra for grilled chicken that was barely visible. Sum it all up and it's a pretty pathetic chicken salad for $10. Save yourself the $4 and keep the chicken across the road.

Certified Angus Half Pound Burga - Certified or Certifiable? Perhaps the best item on the menu. Wow, imagine that, a burga. The comic relief comes in the form of 2 translucent slices of Gouda that eerily resembles condoms trying to unroll itself over the semi-hard meat. Nice buns.

Totchos - I heard there's a new movie coming out called Totcho Libre... It's about freeing this thing off the menu. Who sat in a think tank to come up with this... A Totchode?
Redneck Chodes - Just a hot brown mess... Whoever eats this, got more than their pork pulled.
Philly Chodes - A Philthy is delicious chopped up meat with gooey melted provolone between a pair of buns. All I got was two chunks of rubbery meat rolling off the A-cup mound of tots desperately dangling to the plate from a cheez string.

Sides of Green bean almondine, mac n cheez, onion rings were passable. I did spy The Nook Club and Roasted Chicken at another table which did looked decent... While the Chix Wrap, Quesadilluh and Medi Platter looked like it came from a kids cooking school.

The service is just a circus but with a smile. Something is rotten in the State of Denmark when the food comes out faster than your bill. I was charged double for a bottle beer which wasn't on the POS system and when the corrected bill came back, I was charged 50 cents less. The worst problem they will face with a packed house is the bathroom issue. One can each for the boys and girls... Why is there always a line for the guys? Could it be the free blowjobs by the Dyson Airblade? Valet for a friggin pub is just off the chain, they need to flush that down the bidet. Cuckoo cuckoo!

I have no doubt this joint will do well in this location across the park. The patio is their best selling point, everything else is just conversation.

1 star for the Airblade, 1 star for the patio, 1 star for the unlimited amount of popped collars and hot broads they can pack in here.

Hey, I did it all for the Nookie.

Squirt.

1144 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
(404) 745-9222

www.thenookatlanta.com