Playing Records At H&F Bottle Shop

Tonight, October 30, Jeff is playing some of his favorite records at H&F Bottle Shop in Atlanta. Come by from 7:30-9:00 and pick up a bottle of liquor while listening to some old-timey vinyl.

Helen's Bar-B-Q - Brownsville, TN

If you find yourself somewhere between Nashville and Memphis in west Tennessee, you would do well to stop in to Helen's Bar-B-Q. Read more about her here. A few pics from our recent visit:

This is the entirety of the dining room:

Octopus At City House, Nashville

Just a quick shot of an amazing dish we had this week at City House in Nashville - Octopus with clams and field peas:

Web Design - White Oak Pastures

We're beyond excited that our design of the White Oak Pastures website has won an American Graphic Design Award - let's all celebrate by ordering some grass-fed beef...

The Donut King - Eufaula, Alabama

What a find - glad to make this place a new regular stop when driving through Alabama. Top-notch donuts:

Billy Reid Record Bag

Some of our good friends (who are likely much too modest to wish to be mentioned here) recently sent us this beautiful bag designed by the one and only Billy Reid. We've discovered that it's the perfect vessel for toting records to the office every morning...

Beefmastor Inn - Wilson, NC

Epic restaurant signage at the Beefmastor Inn:

Stamey's BBQ - Greensboro, NC

Thanks to Stamey's Barbecue for satisfying our need for a North Carolina pork sandwich while passing through Greensboro a few days ago:

Lion Biscuit

The mysterious (and possibly illegal) Tender Lion biscuit, spotted while we were in southern Virginia last week...

Southern Virginia Signage

Just a few signs that we spotted on a quick trip through southern Virginia last week:

 Coupon Thief:

Poster Design - Taqueria del Sol

Here's our poster design for the upcoming Hatch Chile Festival at Atlanta's Taqueria del Sol - don't forget to join us for the event on September 9...

Web Design - Proof and Provision - Atlanta, GA

Click below to see our design of the website for Proof and Provision, a new bar and restaurant located in the basement of Atlanta's Georgian Terrace Hotel.

Green Olive Featured In LogoLounge Book

We're honored to be featured in the seventh edition of the LogoLounge book for our design work for The Boxcar Grocer:

The Big Apple BBQ Block Party

This June, the Big Apple BBQ Block Party, held in New York's Madison Square Park, celebrated its 10th anniversary. The festival gets better every year, and we celebrated by bringing the Green Olive staff up for the party. A few of the many highlights:

Whole hog sandwiches from Pat Martin and Martin's BBQ (Nolensville, TN) are always tough to beat. And special thanks to Martin's crew for keeping the cooler incredibly well-stocked:

This was the first year that our man Rodney Scott (Hemingway, SC) cooked, and he delivered in a big way with whole hog:

Sam Jones, of the Skylight Inn (Ayden, NC) was on hand to help Mr. Scott with the hogs:

Don't forget Ed Mitchell (Raleigh/Durham, NC), cooking - what else - whole hogs:

After all that barbecue, it's always wise to spend some time with Julian Van Winkle (he of Pappy Van Winkle fame) and have a couple of bourbons. The guy also rocks the cowbell:

And what do the Green Olive folks do after an all-day BBQ fest? Head to Momofuku for a whole pork shoulder:

Eleven Madison Park - New York, NY

Thanks to all the folks at Eleven Madison Park for serving us what was easily one of the best meals we've had all year. Here's the menu - just pick one item from each category:

Cobia - the best piece of fish I've had in recent memory:

The classic black and white cookie - only these were made with parmesan and black truffle:

And the real highlight - hanging out in the kitchen while they made us a couple of those liquid nitrogen cocktails:

The Bar Sign At The John Dory - New York, NY

One of our favorite new restaurant signs - if you enter the John Dory Oyster Bar through the back entrance inside the Ace Hotel, you're treated to this beauty. Click the image below to see it in action:

Skylight Inn BBQ - Ayden, NC

We recently visited The Skylight Inn in Ayden, NC - home to one of our favorite guys in all of BBQ - Mr. Samuel Jones. Check out this short film about the Skylight here, and see a few pics below.

Sam with a couple of whole hogs on the pit:

Tending to the fire:

You can't miss this place when you drive by:

The pan on the right holds big pieces of crispy pig skin, which are chopped and mixed in to the rest of the pork:

The final result - one of the finest pork sandwiches in North Carolina:

Website Design - Restaurant R'evolution, New Orleans, LA

We've finished the design of the website for Restaurant R'evolution in New Orleans. The restaurant, located in the Royal Sonesta Hotel, is a collaboration between chefs John Folse and Rick Tramonto, whose goal is to "push the boundaries and expectations of dining in Louisiana."

The Frito Pie Burger

A few weeks ago, I made a comment on Twitter that more restaurants should serve Frito pie burgers. I've never actually heard of anybody serving one, but how could a Frito Pie on top of a burger possibly be bad? Well, the day after I made the suggestion, I received word that Big Tex in Decatur, GA took me up on the challenge. I promptly headed over to check it out, and it was a doozy:

The following week, while working in Nashville, the folks at Burger Up notified me that they were going to run one as a special. Again, I high-tailed it over there (they tucked the Fritos neatly under the burger patty):

And finally, last week, the guys from Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q came to our office for a meeting, and brought along a one-off creation - a brisket sandwich topped with a Frito pie:

We've been enjoying them so much that we've taken to making our own when the opportunity presents itself. There's nothing wrong with ordering a burger and a Frito pie at Sonic, then combining the two:

 Let's hope this trend continues. Restaurants, let us know if you run one as a special - we'll be there.

Garnish Culinary Productions - Logo & Website Design, New York, NY

We've designed the logo and launched the website for Garnish Culinary Productions, a food media company based in New York: