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When we are not saddled up to the bar at our favorite places on 30A, we love to try new things when we travel. Here are some of our top places and things to check out.
40 Central Park S (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York, NY
American Restaurant · Midtown East · 559 tips and reviews
Nikki Nickerson: Great spot on the park. You definitely need reservations because they are always busy. We love the simple things like homemade bread and their house preserves.
35 E 18th St (btwn Broadway & Park Ave S), New York, NY
New American Restaurant · Flatiron District · 721 tips and reviews
Nikki Nickerson: A cool staff with NO attitude but lot's of great service and recommendations. The diver scallops prepared raw with sliced jalapenos were enough to go back daily.
1198 Howell Mill Rd NW (btwn 14th St. & Huff Rd.), Atlanta, GA
New American Restaurant · Northwest Atlanta · 59 tips and reviews
Nikki Nickerson: Ok- it's fancy so go on a special night and have a long delightful four hour meal that is done by some of the best folks in the business. Professionalism at it's finest.
Gourmet Store · Northwest Atlanta · 115 tips and reviews
Nikki Nickerson: Great place to stop and salivate. Fill your little basket up with a bunch of stuff you don't need but dearly want. Killer sandwiches, cheeses, and procured nik naks.
Southern Food Restaurant · Buckhead · 39 tips and reviews
Nikki Nickerson: Watershed has uncloathed their new digs in Buckhead and they are spot on!! Spicy meatballs as an app with one of their great spanish wines on the list. Menu is eclectic but damn good.
Nikki Nickerson: Best Brunch on 30A. We dig the Eggplant Benedict and complimentary bottomless champagne. We hate cheating on our own place but sometimes you just have to on a Sunday!
Nikki Nickerson: We love what this Salon does for us on an off day-- great deep tissue massage by Michael Jordan. He owns the spa so only by request. Great hands!
806 Caroline St (btwn Williams & Margaret St), Key West, FL
American Restaurant · 97 tips and reviews
Nikki Nickerson: When we are traveling, we love a good watering hole that shows they have a right to their land!! GREAT breakfast, classic squeezed by hand coctails, and funny waitresses not full of themselves.
Nikki Nickerson: about this time of year when I am dreaming of no work and all play, I book my next stay at this fantastic guest house. Great rooms-- and tips for my friend, the best room is #10 . Quaint and oh, GAY!
New American Restaurant · SoHo · 458 tips and reviews
Nikki Nickerson: We like to sit at the bar and eat their oysters with a good champagne. Great beer selection. If you are hungover, they make a mean hamburger as well.
Nikki Nickerson: sometimes a change of scenery just down the street does us good. We love what the Owl Cafe did with the Tap Room. Duck Frites? eat em. And enjoy a flight of some very interesting beers.
Nikki Nickerson: Don't leave--it does have that dated feeling in the place but it ends when you sit down. Amazing wine list, good food. I recommend any fish or crustacean they just pulled out of the Gulf!
Nikki Nickerson: Complete authentic whiskey bar. they make their stuff and it is damn good. The tapas menu rocks as well. We love coming here after a long day on the slopes. Damn good Manhattans.
Nikki Nickerson: We love this hotel for it's location and floor to ceiling glass walls. Great views of Piedmont Park. And Basil Heyden is there staple bourbon on the bar. We think that is pretty cool. Whenever.
650 Ponce De Leon Ave NE (near Lakeview Ave NE), Atlanta, GA
Grocery Store · Midtown · 136 tips and reviews
Nikki Nickerson: We wander through here in sheer joy. Last stop back to paradise is at WF but we have to stock up before getting home to our little beach town. Their cheeses rock - unique oils & grains for cooking.
Nikki Nickerson: This cool little place was a big surprise. Buratta, the real stuff... italian food, like amazingly delicious flavors. They have wine nights with winemakers which are fun.
Nikki Nickerson: Beautiful property and our friends are always serving wine, Andy and Paige Wilcox. Get on their list and squeeze into the high end wine room. And say hello to Gus for us.
Nikki Nickerson: You stay here for many reasons. Reason #1 is to wake up in the morning and eat. The most amazing chef prepared breakfast on the planet. The rooms are fantastic as well, think Coastal Chic. Must go.
Dessert Shop · Irish Channel · 130 tips and reviews
Nikki Nickerson: If you are lucky enough to be invited to a dinner party in New Orleans, this is the place to stop and bring a hostess gift. Incredible presentation, and it tastes good.
701 Saint Charles Ave (Girod St.), New Orleans, LA
New American Restaurant · Central Business District · 113 tips and reviews
Nikki Nickerson: We had a lovely decadent lunch and hated to leave. Great wine list by the glass. Incredible dishes that are small so you can try a few. Favorites were the homemade pasta with egg on top.
Nikki Nickerson: We call going to Destin a road trip. Vint'tij is one of our consistent stops. We love the small plates & flights of wine. They keep it fresh with a very knowledgeable food/wine staff.
Nikki Nickerson: Another road trip off the strip of 30A for the best Apalachicola oysters and dive scene. T-shirts and flip flops only. Best place around for good oysters. And hey, a plastic pitcher of beer is $5
Nikki Nickerson: Before October became all about taking care of our customers, we enjoyed being a part of the Livestrong Ride for the Roses. Really the best organization to help people live better and survive cancer.
Nikki Nickerson: Outward Bound is a great organization to get one with nature. You will also not be eating real well just the basics. Sure does get your soul right and feeling good.
Nikki Nickerson: My friend runs this place and she is amazing. I know you will find some good foie gras and sauternes on the menu, as well as great fresh seafood.
Nikki Nickerson: It's a classic counter and roll set up. But the cool thing is you can order on your mobile. The avocado taco was our mission and it was good
4821 US Highway 98 W Ste 101, Santa Rosa Beach, FL
Pizzeria · 4 tips and reviews
Nikki Nickerson: We like this new place in our neck of the woods. We might like it too much. The arugula salad is perfectly made right and the pizzas are wood fired to perfection. BYOB, great artisan bread.
Nikki Nickerson: The best place to go to the movies in Hendersonville. Great draft beer and food, comfortable tables and seating. My mom's favorite place and one of the last places we went together before she passed
New American Restaurant · Inman Square · 35 tips and reviews
Bon Appetit Magazine: Each homespun dish is available in either a half or full portion. And then there's the fireplace, appealing staff, and intimate setting that make it feel like you're eating in grandma's country house.