30 Reasons to Love Inman Park
Danny Feig-Sandoval, Inman Park resident and owner of Small Carpenters at Large, perused Creative Loafing’s Lists from their Best of Atlanta Issue and pulled those that identified people, places and things related to Inman Park and wrote them up on the Inman Park Yahoo group today. The Best of Atlanta 2008 that can be found in Inman Park includes:
Best Local Politician- Nan Orrock (we can’t claim her solely as our
own but she is our State Senator)
Best Neighborhood for Architecture- Inman Park
Best Neighborhood Festival- Inman Park
Best Intown Park – Freedom Park
Best Gallery Spotlighting Local Artists- Whitespace
Best Theater Premier and Best Play - Dad’s Garage “Song of the
Living Dead”
Best Theater Company and Improv Group- Dad’s Garage
Best Local Filmmaker- Tyler Perry
Best Concert Venue- The Variety Playhouse
Best Cigar Bar- Highland Cigar Co.
Best Overall Restaurant- Rathbun’s
Best Chef- Kevin Rathbun
Best Coffee- Aurora
Best Italian Restaurant- Sotto Sotto
Best Steaks- Rathbun’s
Best Way to dress like you live in another era
Best Shopping District- Little 5 Points
Best Vintage Clothing- Stefan’s
Best source for not dressing like all your girlfriends- Jac
Best T-shirt Designs- Bang-On-T-Shirts
Best Drag Wear- Psycho Sisters
Best Men’s Shoes- Abbaddaba’s
Best Head Shop- Junkman’s Daughter
Best Health Food Store- Sevananda
Best Independent Book Store- A Capella Books
Best Source for Funny Books- Criminal Records
Best reason to go from iPod to Low-Tech- Criminal Records
Best Cds- Criminal Records
Best Used Vinyl- Wax’n Facts
Best Bike Shop- Outback Bikes
I’d like to add:
Best mid century furnishings: City Issue
Best coffee shop atmosphere: Parish
Best alternative Bed and breakfast: The Urban Oasis
Inman Park is a great place to live and even though it has grown like crazy it just keeps getting better and better.
