Creative Loafing's Best Of Atlanta On Newsstands Today

Creative Loafing's annual Best Of Atlanta dropped today. Dining editor and restaurant critic Besha Rodell writes in her introduction to the "Oral Pleasures" section:

We've long known Atlanta is a dining city worthy of our love and devotion, but this year it seems as though the rest of the country realized that as well. The Atlanta Food & Wine Festival brought journalists, chefs and diners from all over the country, and the thing I heard most from those visitors was surprise and delight at the food our city has to offer. 2011 felt like a coming-out party for Atlanta's restaurant scene. We're happy to be a part of that celebration.

In other news, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has released its 2011 Fall Dining Guide. The paper's lead dining critic John Kessler rounded up the ten people - Tomohiro Naito, Ryan Smith, Marc Sublette, Paul Luna, Gerry Klaskala, Stephanie Panek, Guy Wong, Candice Reynolds, Robert Phalen, and Billy Allin - he considers "the region’s distinctive culinary voices who embody each of these issues and make Atlanta a better place to eat."

· Best of Atlanta: Oral Pleasures [Creative Loafing]
· Fall 2011 Dining Guide [AJC]