Hey guys. Remember a year a ago, when I met up with my friend Jonathan and his girlfriend for Korean dumplings in Ktown? A lot of things have changed since then–I graduated… and they got married!
They’re currently living in Georgia, so it was the perfect opportunity to see them and give them a wedding present in person. And of course we had a culinary and caffeinated tour of the local area.
Jonathan took us to Flip Burger Boutique, a restaurant founded by Top Chef Season 8 contestant Richard Blais. This place is definitely an example of burger innovation done right (you’ll remember that Albert and I were really disappointed with Top Chef Season 7 contestant Angelo Sosa’s Social Eatz), and they even serve a kimchi burger special some days, which Grace assured me is very good.
The place is nestled off a decrepit street (exaggerating, only a little) across an auto body shop, creating a portal-like experience since the atmosphere inside the restaurant is classy and expensive. Flat screen monitors line the wall behind the bar, all of them trimmed with fancy moulding, and two girls of Real Houswives of Atlanta status sat at the table next to ours.
We ordered the local, butcher’s cut and blackened shrimp burgers with sides of sweet potato tots, fried pickles and vodka battered onion rings, all of which were devoured without a complaint. I think that says it all.
The local ($11), with spicy bbq sweet potato tots ($4)
Blackened shrimp ($10), with vodka battered onion rings ($3.5)
Butcher's cut ($8), with southern fried b&b pickles ($3.5)
Flip Burger is also known for its signature liquid-nitrogen milkshakes, which I definitely had to try. I got the burnt marshmallow + nutella milkshake, which was basically a frozen hot chocolate. Nice experience.
Flip Burger Boutique
1587 Howell Mill Rd NW
Atlanta, GA
Everything looks amazing, except the burnt marshmellows.