Cliff Bostock
CL Correspondent
Bostock is a long time Atlanta food critic who was a "foodie" before "foodies" ever became a thing. He's been eating his way across the tables of Atlanta restaurants for more years than he will admit, finely honing his taste buds in the search of epicurean ecstasy.
Bostock is also known for his thought-provoking "Paradigms" column as well as "Headcase" — yes, the name says it all — both of which have intrigued Creative Loafing readers with his acute analyses of ever-changing contemporary contemplations.
You may learn more about Cliff Bostock by visiting his professional website, cliffbostock.com, his archived personal blog: http://cliffbostock.com, and/or soulworks.net (includes archived writing).
Articles By This Writer
GRAZING - January 2022 Article
Tuesday January 4, 2022 04:25 pm EST
Cliff Bostock's January 2022 Grazing Recommendations
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GRAZING: Pho Cue and banh mi, Mercer Article
Thursday December 2, 2021 05:20 pm EST
Texas-Vietnam mash up, plus a bargain among rising food prices
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GRAZING: Thai, (real) Mexican, and DIY Article
Thursday July 1, 2021 02:12 pm EDT
From Buford Highway to Chattahoochee Avenue — that’s a lot of territory, indeed
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GRAZING: Hot dogs, sideshow freaks, black cats, amnesia, and Sausage Boy Article
Monday May 3, 2021 12:42 pm EDT
Grazing surveys some Atlanta hot dogs
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GRAZING: Tacos, chimichangas, pupusas – and ‘banana’ pudding Article
Tuesday December 8, 2020 09:33 am EST
The pandemic makes critics self-critical but Hispanic street food still tastes really good
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GRAZING: A quizzical inquiry: Why is a transient cat eating better than her human host? Article
Saturday October 3, 2020 10:26 am EDT
Not all great chefs feed humans. We’ll get to that, but first I should explain that I’m not a homebody. I’ve always seen my psychology clients in my home office in Grant Park, but I’ve done most of my writing in coffee shops. I even dedicated my 400-page doctoral dissertation to the staff of the Ansley Starbucks. Now, thanks to COVID-19, I have no choice but to sit in place at home. That brings... | more...
GRAZING: Ten ways COVID-19 has changed the foodie experience in Atlanta Article
Wednesday September 9, 2020 09:49 am EDT
During the pandemic, treat yourself to dinner and yourself
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GRAZING: Grana and Delbar provide two new opportunities for patio plague dining Article
Wednesday August 5, 2020 04:44 pm EDT
It was mid-July and I had not eaten in a restaurant in four months — not even outdoors. The idea was terrifying. I imagined people huddled on crowded patios, inhaling and exhaling the coronavirus like smoke in a hookah lounge. They would all be 23 and drunk, flaunting their dolphinlike lungs and uncreased skin, or they would be escapees from nursing homes blowing kisses through fingers coated... | more...
GRAZING: Talat Market: Where scoring a takeout meal is harder than getting laid in a pandemic Article
Thursday June 4, 2020 11:14 am EDT
But the reward is the same
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GRAZING: Little Bear: In planning for six years, open two weeks, currently takeout only Article
Friday May 1, 2020 12:09 am EDT
Jarrett Stieber ‘radically’ transforms the dining experience
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GRAZING: Eat calmly: Your panic is weaponized by the authoritarians Article
Monday April 6, 2020 11:32 am EDT
It’s hard to write enthusiastically about restaurants when they’ve become precarious stages for a public health drama. As I am writing this, Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered New York City restaurants and bars to close and, just as I turn this in, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has mandated the same for Atlanta. The coronavirus pandemic is causing mass hysteria unlike any most Americans have seen... | more...
GRAZING: Sketches of Spain Article
Monday March 2, 2020 04:08 pm EST
The good life invades the BeltLine, Mamak offers vegan, the Harp spurts 40 intoxicants
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GRAZING: Does capitalism taste bad? Article
Friday January 3, 2020 11:48 am EST
Check out Food Terminal and B’s Cracklin’ Barbecue
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GRAZING: Popeyes. Yes. Really. Article
Wednesday December 4, 2019 06:20 pm EST
But there’s more that’s good in the ’hood
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GRAZING: Smiling before crying at Supremo Taco, dining ‘mostly Southern, mainly Asian’ at JenChan’s Article
Monday November 4, 2019 02:15 pm EST
Twenty years ago during frequent visits to LA, I often visited a late-night taco stand on Santa Monica Boulevard, not far from Silver Lake. I stood at a counter outdoors and watched the nightlife while I ate perfect tacos. My usual impromptu dinner companions were two transgender hookers who called the taqueria their “safe space.” Yes, I frequently hummed Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side,” a... | more...
Tagged In
Highlights from our food blog March 04 2009 Article
Wednesday March 4, 2009 10:00 pm EST
Fresh out of the oven.
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Highlights from our food blog March 19 2009 Article
Thursday March 19, 2009 10:00 pm EDT
Best burger my ass.
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Highlights from our food blog April 30 2009 Article
Thursday April 30, 2009 08:46 pm EDT
A place to let your inner foodie shine!
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Highlights from our food blog March 12 2009 Article
Thursday March 12, 2009 05:39 pm EDT
Does this blog make me look fat?
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Highlights from our food blog April 03 2009 Article
Friday April 3, 2009 03:39 pm EDT
Atlanta foodies unite!
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Grazing: Cajun spice at Crawfish Shack Seafood Article
Friday August 28, 2009 02:00 pm EDT
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One morning, we are all going to wake up and find that we have turned the same color. A post-racial world will eliminate a significant portion of Americans’ conflicts. Until then, there is Buford Highway.
For at least 25 years, the road has been transitioning to an intense multicultural enclave best known for its ethnically diverse restaurants. Stop a moment to ponder the...
| more...Omnivore - We are Twits Article
Tuesday April 7, 2009 06:54 pm EDT
Both Cliff and I have given in and are Twittering. You can find us at @CliffBostock and @BeshaRodell respectively. | more...
Omnivore - Bocado opens in the Westside Article
Tuesday October 13, 2009 03:29 pm EDT
A mouthful of flavors from Chef Todd Ginsberg
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Grazing: The French connection Article
Friday August 14, 2009 06:24 pm EDT
Julie & Julia inspires an evening at Atmosphere
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Grazing: The Satyricon and modern dining Article
Friday September 18, 2009 05:15 pm EDT
It's impossible to read Petronius' banquet description without thinking of life in our own culture.
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Grazing: Skewerz, take two Article
Friday September 11, 2009 02:00 pm EDT
Plus Fox Bros. burger, and chef shuffle at the Glenwood
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Omnivore - Cliff's Top 10 Favorite Restaurants Countdown: Number 7 Article
Thursday October 15, 2009 05:16 pm EDT
Spoon has blown all other Thai restaurants in Atlanta out of the water.
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Omnivore - Cliff's Top 10 Favorite Restaurants Countdown: Number 3 Article
Monday October 19, 2009 12:00 pm EDT
The restaurant's special of three courses for $15 is a bargain nobody in town approaches.
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Omnivore - Cliff's Top 10 Favorite Restaurants Countdown: Number 1 Article
Wednesday October 21, 2009 12:00 pm EDT
The number of winner is revealed as La Pietra Cucina.
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Omnivore - Cliff's Top 10 Favorite Restaurants Countdown: Number 10 Article
Monday October 12, 2009 05:12 pm EDT
Number 10 on the countdown of Cliff's top 10 favorite restaurants.
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