Bill Addison Finds Indie Spunk at Seven Lamps

Bill Addison awards one star to Seven Lamps in this month's Atlanta Magazine He enjoyed the bar bites from executive chef and co-owner Drew Van Leuvan and the creative cocktails from Arianne Fielder, but found the service lacking. In sum, though, he's got hope for the new restaurant: "Van Leuvan is an old pro; I'm betting that in six months, Seven Lamps will be a finely tuned operation. And it's heartening to find indie spunk among this stretch of retail stores that otherwise feels forsaken in the evening. But for now, my advice for patrons is to drink up, keep it small and simple, and consider dropping in on a weekday, when the greenhorn staff has the presence of mind to be welcoming."

THE ELSEWHERE AND THE BLOGS: Jenny Turknett gives Ray's on the Creek, Alpharetta two stars in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; the AJC's Bob Townsend takes a first look at Pier 213 while Brad Kaplan takes a first look at Chai Pani for Creative Loafing and CL's Cliff Bostock lunches at Empire State South; Chow Down Atlanta digs what Josh Hopkins is doing at White Oak Kitchen + Cocktails and likes the "reincarnated" Seoul Shinjung; ATL Food Snob finds "solid Cajun fare" at Adele's in Roswell; Review Atlanta discovers BB's Bagels; and Hot Dish Review got their Irish on at Olde Blind Dog.