by Lauren C. on As soon as I walked in to Gold Room, I was surprised by how small it is. Its pretty much only one large room with an upper-level VIP area looking down from above. The size initially turned me off, but it ended up not being a big deal and we had a great night! We came early to Gold Room for a Net Party on a Thursday night around 8:30pm. The club was somewhat crowded with everyone networking and chatting. As the night progressed the crowd changed from the net-workers to a more club/lounge crowd. There were a decent amount of people there - both singles and couples and groups. They brought out the dancer box and the DJ started playing some great dance music probably around 11pm. We ended up staying till almost 2 dancing and having a great time. Overall no complaints. Its a cool new place that's worth checking out. I'm looking forward to going back some Fri/Sat night to see what it's like on the weekend. My only complaint was that the giant gold stripper pole in the middle of the floor is wayy too big to be a pole and actually looked like a strange pillar in the middle of the club. I think they should have ditched the pole and just gone with the gold decor to celebrate the location's history and they would have been better off!
by Connie Heidrick on Ecco is one of my favorite places in Atlanta. I love the vibe. Not to mention the cute chef. Eating at Ecco is like going to a friend's house for dinner. My grandmother is of Spanish (Castillan-European) decent and my standard of great cocido has always been hers. However, when I tasted Chef Micah's version during their Tuesdays in Spain, I was really floored -- it was as if I was back in my childhood days eating my grandma's cocido. Believe me, it was fantastic. I came back 3 Tuesdays just for it. If you guys never had a chance to taste it then you definitely missed out. Today is the last day for cocido. Beginning next week (March 3rd) they will be featuring Fideua. Other must-try menu items are the fried goat cheese balls, all the pizzas, the pappardelle with braised pork, and the best blueberry panna cotta in the world. Service is generally great except for one visit when our server was deep in the weeds that we had to ask for everything (refills, clean silverware, our salad). He was also not very friendly.
