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Mike Jordan

Mike Jordan

Atlanta Contributor

Mike is an Atlanta-based food and culture journalist with stories published in The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Bon Appétit, National Geographic, Southern Living, and others. He is Resy’s former Southeast editor and previously served as founding editor of Thrillist Atlanta, digital program director at Atlanta radio station WVEE-FM, and senior editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Mike is also chairman of the Atlanta Press Club, the U.S. South academy chair for 50 Best Restaurants, and winner of the James Beard Foundation’s 2024 Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award, for which he was a finalist in 2023.

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Fun Facts

  • Lives in
    Atlanta, GA
  • Hot take
    Breakfast is a scam.
  • Drink of choice
    My receipts would say a Negroni or ANXO dry cider but my heart says Côte de Brouilly.
  • Favorite food movie
    “The French Dispatch.”
  • Best high-low pairing
    Beef jerky and Beaujolais.
  • Your Ratatouille moment
    Making my first Thanksgiving dinner contribution: a salad.
  • Pro tip for diners
    Be as nice as you can possibly be to your servers and tip them accordingly. Reciprocity is real.
  • Last meal on earth
    My own gumbo at my house.

Mike’s Featured Stories

Guides

How to Spend a Perfect 72 Hours Eating Your Way Through Atlanta

Guides

The Atlanta Restaurants Where We Want To Be Regulars

Interviews

What Pride Means to Chefs Deborah VanTrece and Steven Satterfield

Guides

The Ultimate Guide to Atlanta’s Westside, According to Fabian Williams

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Guides   Atlanta

How to Spend a Perfect 72 Hours Eating Your Way Through Atlanta

Three days, a whole city before you, and a big appetite. How to make the most of it? Resy has plenty of answers.

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Guides   Atlanta

Where to Dine Outdoors in Atlanta Right Now

Your handy resource for some of our favorite Atlanta restaurants to eat outside in the sunshine.

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Guides   Atlanta

The Atlanta Restaurants Where We Want To Be Regulars

Our city is a mixture of longstanding restaurants and plenty of newcomers, but there’s nothing like those special neighborhood spots…

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A spread at Bon Ton.

The Hit List   Atlanta

The September Hit List: Palo Santo, Bon Ton, Breaker Breaker, and More

As we ease into fall (or perhaps fall into it, after the brutality of this summer’s heat), we’ve got good…

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The Hit List   Atlanta

The August Hit List: JenChan’s, Talat Market, Bomb Biscuit Co., and More

This month in ATL, not only are the kids heading back to school (bringing back well-needed sanity among parents across…

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A spread at B.O.T.

The Hit List   Atlanta

The July Hit List: B.O.T., Petite FSE, Southern National, and More

Summer is really, really here, Atlanta. And with all this bright sunshine and rising temperature, the season brings seasoning of…

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Interviews   Atlanta

What Pride Means to Chefs Deborah VanTrece and Steven Satterfield

Living in Atlanta — an historic transportation hub that’s brought all sorts of folks together by trains, planes, and automobiles…

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Ossobucco lamb at La Panarda in Atlanta.

The Hit List   Atlanta

The June Hit List: AltaToro, La Panarda, SolarBar, and More

Good day, Atlanta; it’s summer in the city. Here at Resy we don’t make weather predictions. (Honestly no one in a…

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The Hit List   Atlanta

The May Hit List: Lazy Betty, Rock Steady, Boxcar, and More

The spring weather may still be shifty, but make no mistake, Atlanta’s in pre-summer mode and the celebratory vibes are…

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The Hit List   Atlanta

Where to Eat in April: Miller Union, Lucian, Grana, and More

Everything is blooming these days in Atlanta. New restaurants continue to arrive, and even as spring sends the same mixed…

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