The Derby

After thinking for awhile I have to say that my favorite Atlanta restaurant is the Derby in Alpharetta. Well, the Derby is more of a bar than a restaurant, but the food and the atmosphere make it my personal choice. My dad, our friend Kevin, and I go to the Derby every Tuesday and Thursday night for trivia. Though we go to play the game, the people we meet are awesome. Some of the people have be there everyday for years. Just a few weeks ago when a guy who had been going to the Derby for years died, they held a wake inside the bar for him and engraved a plaque for him at the bar. There is a sort of bond or kinship between the people that regularly frequent the Derby, a sort of unspoken truce. Getting to the food, the wings are awesome and just about everything else is pretty good too. Every time we go there our friend Kevin gets 12 wings, while my dad gets 12 boneless wings. I'm the type of person that likes variety in my food, therefore I try to get something different every time. Environment in a restaurant is key to me, it provides a certain level of comfortability and relaxation. The Derby is a place where anyone and everyone can come in, sit down, and have a good time. No one is there to make a fashion statement or look cool, relaxing and having a good meal is everyones top priority. I understand that many Atlanta restaurants probably have better food than the Derby, but the atmosphere and people you find there are absolutely unbeatable.