ATLANTA (February 2009) -- Grab your beads and gluttonous appetite to celebrate Fat Tuesday here in Atlanta at Dogwood Restaurant in Midtown. You don’t have to forgo the spirit, spirits or fine southern cuisine…just the expense of a round trip to the Big Easy or nearby Mobile for Mardi Gras season.

For February, Dogwood Executive Chef Shane Touhy is showcasing his Grits Bar with a topping of Brazed Short Ribs. The attached coupon for a Free Grits Bar Grift Certificate awards you this delicious complimentary dish along with your order and purchase of any entrée.

Chef Shane and Dogwood co-owner Scott Black are also sharing 12-months worth of recipes of these Great Grits dishes on their website as well as on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/dogwoodrestaurantatl, and later they will be producing a video compilation calendar…containing a whole year’s worth of Chef Shane’s Grits Blitz. All Great Grits dish recipes and detailed cooking instructions are also available at the restaurant’s website, http://www.dogwoodrestaurant.com.

You can whet your appetite with a preview now or try cooking up a gourmet grits dish or two for Sunday brunch to share with your family and friends.

So c’mon down to Dogwood in Atlanta’s Midtown (565 Peachtree Street) and put a little South in your Mouth. Free valet parking is available in The Reynolds Building, street parking on Linden Avenue, and additional surface parking is nearby and across the street at Emory Midtown (Crawford Long) Hospital.

About Dogwood:
Longtime Atlanta restaurant talents Chef Shane Touhy and Scott Black opened their intimate and award-winning dining room on Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta during the spring of 2008. Dogwood has already been recognized as one of Atlanta Magazine’s Top New Restaurants of 2009, The Sunday Paper’s Top 50 restaurants and Conde Naste Traveler’s “Hot Tables List.”