Parish

240 n. highland ave - atlanta, ga 30307

Saturday brunch is our new favorite pastime...especially when the weather is as lovely as it was this weekend. We discovered Inman Park a few weeks back and vowed we would go back and hit up as many of the brunch spots as we could in the near future. So this Saturday we settled on Parish. Parish offers delicious southern traditional foods with a modern twist. Very New Orleans type foods.

Their menus are printed on paper bags which is awesome. We sat on the patio, which is also covered, so you aren't forced to sit in the blaring sunlight. Their brunch menu covers the thicker menu, with specialty drinks listed on the back. The skinny menu is also dedicated entirely to beverages.

We ordered an English Breakfast tea and a Bloody Mary. Both had really great flavor...and look how cute the tea bag is! It has a little leaf on the end of the string.

With the drinks they bring out fresh, hot beignets.

Warm and crispy on the outside, moist and gooey on the inside. perfect.

Now onto the food. There were three of us on this visit. First up, the shrimp and grits. This consists of local shrimp, tomato and andouille gravy, logan turnpike grits, and a poached egg. Verrryyyy southern and a little spicy with a kick. Filling, but it doesn't leave you in a food coma.

Next, here is the fried green tomato benedict. What you see is an open faced buttermilk biscuit, poached eggs, smoked ham, fried green tomato, bernaise, and grits (which we substituted for their usual side of hash browns). Now this was our first encounter with fried green tomatoes, a southern staple...this was just fantastic! The perfect choice if you're craving something savory.

Lastly, you can tell we had a good ole american boy with us...not too adventurous (and possessing a massive appetite) he went with the American Breakfast: two eggs any style, housemade-ginger sage sausage or applewood smoked bacon (he took the bacon), hash browns or logan turnpike grits (obviously he picked the grits!). He also took the extra beignet!


We all left happy and full. The service was excellent and everyone was extremely friendly and accommodating. Our waiter kindly informed us that if we ever plan to come back on a Sunday we should definitely call ahead because it gets a little crazy. Parish is definitely on our list of places for brunch and if you get a chance you should definitely stop on by!