Flip Burger Boutique

For anyone out there who watched the Chicago season of Top Chef, you should be familiar with Richard Blais, the frontrunner for most of the show. Although Richard didn't end up winning, he did return home to Atlanta and continued spreading culinary goodness throughout the city. Although he's been involved with a number of restaurants in town, the first I went to while being aware of his influence was the Flip Burger Boutique.

Sure, it sounds pretentious, but it's actually pretty laid back, has cool decor, plays great indie music (a lot of which I know), and most-importantly has incredible food. In addition to numerous more-or-less traditional burgers and sides, they also offer a wide variety of unique specialty burgers including lamb, shrimp, chorizo, salmon, falafel, and veal. On top of this, they also have a beloved range of liquid nitrogen milkshakes, including KrispyKreme, Nutella w/burnt marshmallows, spicy chocolate mole, and (believe it or not) foie gras!

So, when we went the other night, I had the farm organic burger (largely because it was the first time I've been to a restaurant that offered something organic since going organic myself) and split a Nutella milkshake with Candace. Although the milkshake was incredible, the burger wasn't as mind-blowing as I had hoped for (it was still good though), so perhaps next time I go (and there will be a next time) I'll have to get a more adventurous burger.

Great food, great atmosphere, great time. Highly recommended.