Fingers chapping hard from this unwelcome wintery weather? Maybe it's time to treat the digits to a little love. Every Tuesday this month, Entebello is offering BOGO manicures. So grab your girlfriend and get grooming.

Stewper Bowl Party at Opera - 4 PM

$5 in advance, $10 at the door. The 2 Live Stews from 790 the Zone host the bowl party with a live DJ and giveaways.

Pig Roast Super Bowl Party at the 57th Restaurant - 6 PM

$15 buffet, includes Whole Roasted Pig, Pulled Pork, BBQ Chicken, Baked Potato Salad, Baked Beans and Cole Slaw. Sweetwater and Miller Lite pitcher specials.

Super Bowl Sunday Menu at TAP

TAP`s Famous Pub Burger $12-

All American Chili Cheese Dogs $10-
Macho Nachos $9-
Bowl of Chili & Jalapeno Cornbread $8-
Charred Tomato Salsa & Chips $5-
Georgia Hot Boiled Peanuts $3-
Numbers Ale $3-
Team Shots $5-

Super Bowl Sunday at Meehan's Public House (12:30 PM - 12 AM)

$0.20 Wings

$3.50 Coors Light Draught
$3 Touchdown Kamikaze Shots
$3 Bacardi-O & Bacardi Razz Shots
$2.25 Miller Lite Bottles

Max's Coal Oven Pizzeria Tackle Superbowl XLIV

All you can eat pizza buffet for $15 per person ($6 for children under 10). Half price pitchers of beers, all day.

Friday

Winter Mix 2 Exhibit at Jack Art Gallery (6 PM)

Cupid's Crush at Whiskey Park (9 PM - 3 AM)

Saturday

Atlanta Snuggie Pub Crawl in ViHi (1 - 8 PM)

Art Papers Annual Art Auction (7-10 PM)

High Museum: Free Admission for Fulton County residents

Oak and Tannins at Fuse

Chinese Southern Belle Saturday Express Demo: Asian Noodle Crazy (1 PM -4:30 PM)

Sunday

Kyma $7 Sundays

Champagne Brunch at the 57th Restaurant

Photo & Source Guide: Thrillist Atlanta

While there hasn't been a Super Bowl appearance for the Dirty Birds since they were dancing it, you've still gotta host/attend/crash a Big Game brouhaha. To ensure you're full/not-thirsty, we're giving you some infallibly easy dish & drink recipes from top-notch ATL mixologists and chefs -- true authorities on munchies, even if they're not quite at Jonathan Babineaux's level.

Potato Chip Nachos

From Joyce Brandes, Rosa Mexicano

Courtesy of Rosa's ATL exec chef, this steak, blue cheese & pepper-topped snack platter nixes the traditional nacho base for two large bags of thick-cut chips -- also the name of Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox's in-the-works reunion episode.

These'll feed up to 12 folks; get the recipe here

Roasted Pork Belly Hot Dogs

From Jason Hill, Wisteria

Create your own meaty dogs using the Wisteria owner/chef's blueprint, which includes skilleted 4" slices of pig paunch topped off with homemade guacamole in a potato bun, all helping to keep yours firmly planted in the couch.

Click here to let the dogs out

Bourbon Bowl

From Brandon King, Gold Room

GR's bar manager's concocted this sweet & sour diddy employing a liter of whiskey or Bourbon of your choosing, because while the game may be in Miami, "no self respecting guy drinks a mojito when he’s not on or near a beach" -- and while Matt Ryan didn't make it, at least Falcons fans will get to participate in a bowl of some kind.

Combine football with Bowling by using this recipe

That's right, the Black Eyed Peas will be at the new Havana Club for the official after show party. But if you don't have concert tickets, you can head to the Havana Club as early as 8 PM (after-party lasts until 3 AM). Tickets are $20 in advance.

Saturday, February 27 from 3-7 PM is the 1st annual Winter Beer Carnival at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center will feature 60+ beers in a carnival-themed atmosphere (each attendee gets 5 carnival tickets). Food will be available from Ormsby's.

A sneak peak of some of the breweries attending:

Boulder Beer
Brooklyn
Chimay
Gordon Biersch
Hambleton
Harpoon
Magic Hat
Peak
Southampton
Victory

Tickets are $30 in advance $35 the day of the show. First 1,000 people will receive a commemorative glass.

This Wednesday starting at 8 PM at East Andrews is A Night for Haiti benefiting the American Red Cross. A $5 donation will get you a free drink and access to drink specials: $2 Bud Light Wheat, $5 Mango Mojitos, $2 Jello Shots. Complimentary appetizers will be served and DJ dreams will be spinning the tunes.

The amount of local fundraisers out there for Haiti are in abundance, so if you haven't had the opportunity to donate yet, please consider. Even if you have, Haiti has a long road to recovery and no amount is too small.

PC & Source Cred: DC Atlanta

This Thursday, from 6-9 PM, Aviary organic beauty collective and Les Nouvelles invites you to join them to get schooled at the Red Lips & Style Tips event. Never quite mastered the red lip effect without looking like Cruella Deville? Lip lessons may help. Also get styling tips and great designer finds from Les Nouvelles and organic beauty tips from Aviary beauty experts. Did I mention free bubbly, snacks and gift bags? (Although I recommend tugging on less of the champers if you want to say in-between the lines). Overall, another good excuse for a night with the girls.

Friday

"Popstars and Cokeheads" Art Exhibition Opening Night (7-10 PM)

Decatur Boutique Warehouse Sale (10 AM - 7 PM)

FILM LOVE PRESENTS VITO ACCONCI: OPEN TO YOU at the Eyedrum (8 PM)

Saturday

Nook's Seafood Hoedown (noon - 8 PM)

Complimentary Cooking Demo at Rosa Mexicano (10 AM)

Decatur Boutique Warehouse Sale (10 AM - 5 PM)

Hollyfest II: Celebrate the music of Buddy Holly, Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens (8 PM)

Bert's Big Adventure Charity Benefit Party (10 PM)

Sunday

SweetWater's Annual "Better Late Than Never Christmas Party" (2-6 PM)

Meat Week Begins at Daddy D'z

Captain Carey Carter and First Mate Tracy Galasso of the Atlanta chapter of Meet Week are calling out to carnivorous Atlantans for a 7-day tour of meat establishments starting on January 31st at one of my favorite BBQ joints, Daddy D'z.

The idea is to pay homage to the cue' meat that we know and love here in the South by embarking on a meat marathon, a tip o' the hat to the smokin' joints that serve up savory plates, and even a ranking o' the various meat categories such as best BBQ sauce, best sides, best service etc (for those who attend at least 4 nights on the meat crawl).

Meat Week is real, and it hits the dirty in a few short days.

Until February 28, sushi-sans around the city can enter the RA Sushi "Hot Mess" photo contest for a shot at a $100 RA gift card. All you have to do is order the "Hot Mess" roll at RA (crispy rice balls topped with a spicy crab mix; baked & finished with jalapeno & cilantro), and snap a photo with the roll that would fall into one of the following categories: Hottest Hot Mess, Messiest Hot Mess, Biggest Hot Mess, Anything Goes. Leaders in each of the categories will snag a $100 gift card.

Upload your "hot" photo to the "It's a hot mess" group on Flickr, try to garner as many comments on your photo as possible, and you're rollin'. Click here for further deets on the rules.

Photo & Source Cred: Datealicious Atlanta

With Hallmark's favorite holiday looming around the corner, just waiting like a steel-trap to gobble up all of those hype-sters and snatch up as much of their money as possible, I figured this share is all the more relevant.

My friend Lindsey (we played soccer together for many, many years!) and her fantastic new blog about great date spots around the city (L is an interior designer and her eye for detail gives a quirky, honest and thorough translation of these mood-makers), has laid down the top 10 places NOT to go on a date in Atlanta. I love this post for many reasons (and aside from agreeing with every single one), especially with the plethora of V-day suggestions that are about to rain upon the interwebs. Heck, I'm sure I'll put together my own guide out of obligation (don't worry, it won't be lame).

So below I give you Ms. Howe's post. Do you agree? Where do you think the great date spots are?


I had a minor panic attack, similar to the type of panic stricken feeling I get when I can't find any ketchup in the house, when I realized Valentine's Day is a little over a month away. No, I'm not stressing because I don't have a date for that night yet (which, by the way, is true gentlemen), but more so about my lack of date places for you to check out on The Biggest Dating Night of The Year. So while I frantically put together a series of posts for you, I thought I'd write up a short list of places NOT to go on a date, Valentine's Day or otherwise. So to tide you over until I start posting like the Energizer Bunny on speed, here are the major offenders. (Note: Some of these places are actually good destinations, just not on a date).

1. Ru San's (any location but specifically Piedmont). While it may be cool to get free shots of sake at the bar, it's also ear-splitting loud. The Datealicious Decibel Meter recorded it at 89 decibels which in layman's terms is LOUD. I don't like free sake enough to endure the pain or the sub-par sushi. I also suspect I got food poisoning here three weeks ago. Nuff said.

2. R. Thomas Grill. Don't get me wrong, R. Thomas is heaven at 3am when you've overindulged in adult beverages and you've got a craving for home fries. But there are live birds in cages out front and holes in the canvas roof over the patio. Hey Mr. Health Inspector!

3. Shout. If the fact that pasta AND sushi are included on one menu doesn't deter you, then the throngs of Bachelorette parties will. Nothing kills the mood of a date like tipsy Future Mrs. (fill in the blank) tripping into your table asking you to play Suck-For-A-Buck.

4. Tavern at Phipps. The bartenders here are well, quite attractive. Too attractive. Your date will feel inadequate no matter how pretty they are. Plus, even though it is attached to the fanciest mall in Atlanta, it's still attached to a mall. Avoid.

5. Cafe Intermezzo. Very much like one of my ex-boyfriends. I'm in love with idea of Cafe Intermezzo, just not quite in love with the reality. Every time I have been here I have had terrible service and equally bad food. I actually think that this place would be perfect for The Breakup Date. At least your waiter won't be around when someone awkwardly starts crying or gets too upset to eat.

6. The Sundial. Yes, it's got a great view and yes it spins, but the food is mediocre and overpriced, the design is dated and your date may run to the bathroom from altitude sickness. I'm not sure if there's any correlation but I actually went here one Valentine's Day with an ex and we broke up the next day. It's also been hit by a tornado. Save the time and money, this place is cursed.

7. Imperial Fez. Something about eating with your hands and having belly dancers gyrate in your face does not sound romantic to me. Next.

8. Cheesecake Factory, Cheesecake Bistro or any other form of said establishment. Emphasis on the word CHEESE.

9. Underground Atlanta. I'm only including this because this came up in a Google search for "best date spots in Atlanta." Who in their right mind would ever say this?! If you are new to Atlanta, trust me. I don't know a single person that would want to go on a date here.

10. Dante's Down the Hatch. (Pictured above) Dante's website claims that they have been described as one of the "Most Romantic Restaurants in Atlanta." By whom? Pirates? The thought of fondue and jazz does sound intriguing but this place is horrifically overpriced. Please, at all costs, do not take someone here unless they have a peg leg.

Okay, hope that helped. Lots of great spots to impress your boo on Valentine's Day coming soon! Until then...

Stay classy Atlanta.

I love, love, love Persian food and when I heard about Sheik, I had to try right away. Sheik is the fusion of Persian and Southwestern style food. Head chef at the resto married the two together after spending his college years at Arizona State and trying his hand at emulating his father's Persian food. After many successful dinner parties and encouragement from friends/family to forge ahead into the restaurant world, Sheik Burritos N Kabobs was born.

I ordered the Camelback (1st photo), chicken breast with rice, shirazi, yogurt, ground walnut and pomegranate sauce with julienned carrots. I ordered the dish "Dog style" (think open burrito. You can also order Persian style (entree wrapped in whole wheat pita), and Southwestern style (wrapped in a flour tortilla, burrito style). The chicken was seasoned so incredibly well, and was very succulent, each piece packed with flavor. All of the other ingredients fused together for a hearty, scrumptious meal that I could not get enough of.

I highly recommend this joint, the staff is super-friendly and eager to please the customers with friendly rapport and delicious grub. I am swooning just thinking of my next meal there.

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

Friday

The 808 Experiment, Vol. 2 release party at Star Bar (9 PM)

Boutique Bargains Clearance Sale at Atlantic Station (10 AM - 6 PM)

Stop Light Party at Cosmo Lava

Firkin Madness at Porter Beer Bar (6 PM)

Whose Bad (Michael Jackson Tribute Band) at Center Stage (8:30 PM)

Saturday

Kung Fu Art Exhibition at Gallery Strokes

Boutique Bargains Clearance Sale at Atlantic Station (10 AM - 6 PM)

"Diana: A Celebration" Opening Day at the Atlanta Civic Center (10 AM - 7 PM)

Chinese Southern Belle Saturday Express Demo at Buford Highway Farmer's Market (1 PM - 4:30 PM)

Change for Haiti Benefit Concert (8 PM)

Cowboy Mouth at Center Stage (9 PM)

Sunday

"A Bride for All Seasons" at Four Seasons Hotel (2 - 5 PM)

Build Your Own Bloody Mary Bar Mediterranean Style at Zaya

Wine Discoveries Tasting at The Grape Atlantic Station

Photo & Source Cred: TastingTable

Ok, so it's not exactly Atlanta-related, but I thought this was a neat concept. For all of us cooks out there who haven't crossed over to the digital side of recipe searching & storage, perhaps Eat Your Books (beta release) might put that stack of cookbooks collecting dust in your kitchen to good use.

EYB recognizes the potential frustration of not being able to search your cookbooks for recipes as quickly as you could on the internet. This subscription-based site ($25 a year, $50 for a lifetime) makes the recipes in your cookbook searchable by book title, recipe name, author, ingredients and/or cuisine type.