Finding a seat can be somewhat of a chore if your party exceeds two people. The wait is over, you’re able to calmly place your order (no Soup Nazi here), and moments later you receive your tray of gluttony. If you want an extra side or some dessert, it will run you $2.50 per. Standard plates ring up under $10 and come with one entrée, two sides, and a piece of bread.
As you get closer, you’ll be able to sneak-a-peek at the menu for the day. You continue your scan only to notice that those few people are simply the front of the Disney World ride line. After scanning the five tables your neck will perch as you try to see past the couple of folks that are at the cafeteria style counter in the back.
Drifting toward portly, armed with smiles and incredibly affable personalities, the they are as approachable as anyone.īy now, you’re eyes will drift east. The couple seem to go together like peas and carrots. However, every so often, Sharon will relieve him. To the left, you’re likely to find Robert manning the register. Funny signs show up, as well as some pictures and apparel.
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Odds-and-ends adorn the walls in full force. Though the cafeteria tables and chairs are simple, the décor is anything but. I never get the feeling that the place is dirty rather, it makes no effort to be elegant or refined. The run down exterior translates into a homely interior. There’s a reasonable chance that someone could drive by Carver’s every day and just never notice it. Let’s be honest, the ‘hood Carver’s calls home can best be described as sketchy. Meanwhile, the five choices from the grain family are there everyday. Each day, Sharon will make around ten entrées, a dozen or so sides, and a handful of deserts. Speaking of the menu, Carver’s relies on a stable of items. Something has got to give, so you might as well just suck it up, pick a time, and head on over. Sharon makes everything fresh, so when it’s gone … it’s gone. On the contrary, show up late, and the food will match the crowd: thinned out. Show up early, you’re bound to get stuck in traffic (so to speak). Open weekdays from 11 o’clock in the AM until 3 o’clock PM, the restaurant stays pretty busy. Meanwhile, more often than not, you’ll find that there is no ideal time to head over to the Westside. First: wear loose-fitting clothes second: leave your plastic at home (cash only) and third, put on a happy face … chances are, you’ll be dining next to someone you don’t know (communal seating). There are several requisite behaviors one must prepare for when taking a trip to Carver’s. At the end of the day, you’re going to walk out with your waist line expanded and your health calorically challenged by indigenous food from south of the Mason-Dixon. But that’s neither here nor there, and the culinary classification that you ascribe to this joint is nothing more than a matter of semantics. Truth is, the vast majority of long standing Atlanta restaurants serves the aforementioned. The reality is that in all my years of visiting the Carver’s and their restaurant, I’ve never once see anyone purchase anything remotely approaching a “grocery.” So for the sake of brevity, let’s just call them one in the same.Ĭarver’s, named after owners Robert and Sharon Carver, is yet another in a long list of Atlanta institutions that serves soul food, aka southern cuisine, aka meat’n three (though they are actually a meat-and-two). Okay, in all technicality – what you have is a restaurant (aka Carver’s Country Kitchen) inside a grocery (aka Carver’s Grocery). Ahhhhhhhhh … everyone’s favorite gut buster … none other than Carver’s Grocery on the Westside of Midtown.
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