Front Page News - Midtown

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1104 Crescent Ave NE (12th Street NW)
Atlanta, GA 30309 33.785905 -84.384207

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Neighborhoods: Midtown, Northeast, Northeast

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Hours:

Sun-Wed 11am-12am

Thu 11am-1am

Fri-Sat 11am-2am

Last updated 8.16.11

Category:

Restaurants, Sports Bars

Restaurant Special Features:

Casual Date Spot, Carry Out, Bar Menu

Smoking Permitted:

At the bar; On the patio

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The Scene – Ferns, flickering gas lights and fountains adorn the patio; inside is more like a tavern, with dark wood and framed newspaper clippings that reinforce the restaurant's theme. The expansive patio is the big draw, especially after work and late night. Midweek, the crowd is a mix of loosened ties and little-black-dress dates, while weekends draw the work hard, play harder crowd. – – The Draw – People come here for the cocktails and hearty Cajun-style fare. A make-your-own-bloody-mary bar beckons weekend revelers with an enormous array of hot sauces, spices,…

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What to Drink:
Try the Blanche martini. Made with Smirnoff Apple, Stoli Vanil, Apple Pucker, ButterShots and Razzmatazz, it's sure to bring back your Southern drawl.
When to Go:
The weekend build-your-own-bloody-mary bar is legendary. But feel free to sleep in on Sunday since local law prohibits alcohol sales until noon.
The Extras:
Front Page News boasts more than 200 hot sauces. Don't see your favorite? Tell the staff and it'll be added to the wall.
ambiance
94.11999702453613% positive
  1. “great atmosphere.”
  2. “If you are looking for a relaxing, friendly atmosphere than you owe it to yourself to visit Front Page News in Midtown.”
  3. “Front Page News is a great midtown location for dinner and drinks.”
  4. “few other people were not very impressed with their food, but everyone loved the atmosphere!”
  5. “This place is just plain fun to be at.”
  6. “Great atmosphere”
  7. “Unfortunately, despite have a beautiful location in Midtown, Front Page News never fails to disappoint with its mediocre food and poor service.”
  8. “New to the Atlanta area and trying to find cool places to go will definitely be back to the cozy place.”
  9. “have been going to Front Page for years; it is a fun, festive environment and the best pour in town.”
  10. “Both locations are good but I go for weekend drinking on Crescent Ave. and weekdays and Sunday brunch we head for Moreland Ave cause its rommier and parking is much easier and free.”
  11. “The best spot for post-work happy hours in midtown - comfortable with great food, and one of the best patios in town.”
  12. “Front Page News has a great patio atmosphere.”
  13. “You want a happy hour with a big pitcher of beer and an incredible patio with skyline views of the Midtown skyline?”
  14. “The food is excellent, the prices reasonable, and the ambience (especially outside) is great.”
  15. “This is a great bar atmosphere and the food was pretty good!”
  16. “Excellent food, excellent service, excellent ambience, excellent location.”
  17. “Food is awesome and you get alittle of everything that Atlanta's nightlife has to offer, great music, great bands, great drinks and great atmosphere.”
dessert
0.0% positive
  1. “Even the dessert was inedible.”
drinks
95.0% positive
  1. “Unique bruch items and a build your own bloody mary bar are topped off by a great band playing the blues.”
  2. “Don't miss the build your bloody mary bar on weekends, a great hangover cure.”
  3. “The service was consistent for each table, so we all got done around the same time, and the food and drinks were excellent!”
  4. “Great spot for dinner and drinks”
  5. “The patio is really nice and the drinks were good.”
  6. “The bar staff was attentive and friendly, the drinks were good, and the food was reasonably authentic.”
  7. “Food is awesome and you get alittle of everything that Atlanta's nightlife has to offer, great music, great bands, great drinks and great atmosphere.”
  8. “After a really poor meal we went to the bar downstairs.”
  9. “Good place to drink - don't dine”
  10. “Always great music, good service, a killer drink menu and satisfying food.”
  11. “good food and a cool place for cocktails”
  12. “Awesome patio, great beer on tap and good burgers and sandwiches make FPN my favorite after work hangout.”
  13. “our server was very attentive and got food and drinks out to us quickly, checking up to make sure things were going well for us.”
  14. “Great service, drinks, food, and music.”
  15. “Mostly I like the Great patio bar, Great bartenders.”
  16. “You want a happy hour with a big pitcher of beer and an incredible patio with skyline views of the Midtown skyline?”
  17. “love the menu and the drinks are always good.”
  18. “This is a great bar atmosphere and the food was pretty good!”
  19. “Front Page News is a great midtown location for dinner and drinks.”
  20. “Come here get drunk at the nice bar and forget wasting your time or money with the food”
food quality
75.0% positive
  1. “good food and a cool place for cocktails”
  2. “really enjoyed my salad with the restaurant's home made dressing, and my boyfriend loved the gumbo.”
  3. “Combine great cajun food with a beautiful garden patio dining area and you've got one of the best dining spots in Midtown.”
  4. “The food was good.”
  5. “The service was great, the food was wonderful, and the patio is perfect.”
  6. “This was the worst burger I've had in a long time.”
  7. “After a really poor meal we went to the bar downstairs.”
  8. “Great service, drinks, food, and music.”
  9. “My steak was great too.”
  10. “The chicken sandwiches are very tasty along.”
  11. “but I really enjoy the brunch on the weekend and they have good burgers.”
  12. “If you're going to Crescent St., spend a little more and get have a good meal and a good time at Vickery's or South City.”
  13. “If you dont like authentic Cajun/Creole food, seasoning and simply good food, go here, you will feel right at home.”
  14. “Awesome patio, great beer on tap and good burgers and sandwiches make FPN my favorite after work hangout.”
  15. “The bread pudding was as good or better than any we have eaten in the French Quarter.”
  16. “The salads have too much dressing, the sandwiches are dry, and last time I was nearly accosted by the manager for questioning why my meal was taking so long.”
  17. “Previous visits have been great, but on a recent visit the food was poor.”
  18. “The service was consistent for each table, so we all got done around the same time, and the food and drinks were excellent!”
  19. “Best bets from our table: Tasty Red Beans and Rice, Rich Jambalaya, big chunks of veggies, chicken and sausage and just a hint of tomato, ettoufee, with a bit too much rice and our favorite the jumbo Thibadeaux shrimp.”
  20. “The food is very good here.”
  21. “This is a great bar atmosphere and the food was pretty good!”
  22. “recommend Pappadeaux, its the closest you're going to get to authentic Cajun/Creole food without going to Louisiana.”
  23. “would bet that 80% of the people who left a good review have never had authentic cajun/creole food, and/or are allergic to spices, don't like salt, ordered a sandwich or hummus, or they just don't have refined taste buds.”
  24. “The red beans and rice, usually very flavorful, was disappointing, with flavorless beans and an overdose of green onion garnish.”
  25. “The food and service was great each time.”
  26. “There is jambalaya, old school NOLA chow, good blackened chicken salad with about a pound of chicken, delicious gumbo, inventive pasta dishes, yummy aps, etc.”
  27. “Just a great and creative place to hang out and eat great food.”
  28. “Service was slow, and the food was overpriced.”
  29. “The food was awful, just bad.”
  30. “our server was very attentive and got food and drinks out to us quickly, checking up to make sure things were going well for us.”
  31. “The seafood gumbo was authentic and the bread on the shrimp poor boy was perfect.”
  32. “The food is good and relatively inexpensive.”
  33. “The best spot for post-work happy hours in midtown - comfortable with great food, and one of the best patios in town.”
  34. “The food is consistantly good, and the New Orleans dishes are authentic not the tabasco covered mess most local restaurants pass off as Bayou food.”
  35. “read some bad food reviews but i don't know where those people ate, my food was good from Appetizer to bread pudding.”
  36. “Come here get drunk at the nice bar and forget wasting your time or money with the food”
  37. “The food is above average and the patio outside is excellent.”
  38. “few other people were not very impressed with their food, but everyone loved the atmosphere!”
  39. “Unfortunately, despite have a beautiful location in Midtown, Front Page News never fails to disappoint with its mediocre food and poor service.”
  40. “Always great music, good service, a killer drink menu and satisfying food.”
  41. “The food is always fabulous, whether it's traditional New Orleans fare you are looking for or great steaks, burgers, and the Jazz brunch and make it yourself Bloody Bar as well.”
  42. “The service is really bad, I've been there more then several times and have never gotten anything close to good service i.e. always have to wait for refils and once you get your food the server never comes back to see if you need anything else.”
  43. “The food was terrible.”
  44. “The food is excellent, the prices reasonable, and the ambience (especially outside) is great.”
  45. “while the bread was authentic the olive salad wasn't even close and the layer of meats and cheese was way too thin.”
  46. “The outside patio is quaint and the food is great!”
  47. “We like the Eggs Sardo and the Cheese steak omlet which includes an entire New York strip steak inside it.”
  48. “awful food”
  49. “Excellent food, excellent service, excellent ambience, excellent location.”
  50. “cant believe people recommended the food here.”
  51. “The bar staff was attentive and friendly, the drinks were good, and the food was reasonably authentic.”
  52. “poor food, poor service”
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. “love the menu and the drinks are always good.”
  2. “good menu.”
  3. “It consistently provides a menu with tons of variety as well as a great drinking patio.”
  4. “Nicely decorated, clean and well staffed place with a good menu and a gre.”
  5. “Always great music, good service, a killer drink menu and satisfying food.”
  6. “The menu is great, my only negative is that I have so many favorites, I rarely try anything new.”
overall
100.0% positive
  1. “Nothing spectacular but it is a great place to go for brunch.”
  2. “great place”
  3. “What a great place!”
  4. “It's a great place to go sit outside with friends or colleauges for lunch.”
  5. “good food and a cool place for cocktails”
  6. “Just a great and creative place to hang out and eat great food.”
  7. “It's always a good place to take a first date or do some after work drinking.”
  8. “Overall, a disappointing visit to what has traditionally been a great place to enjoy Cajun and Creole staples.”
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. “But otherwise we really enjoyed this place and will return many times.”
  2. “New to the Atlanta area and trying to find cool places to go will definitely be back to the cozy place.”
service
82.1399974822998% positive
  1. “The bar staff was attentive and friendly, the drinks were good, and the food was reasonably authentic.”
  2. “Mostly I like the Great patio bar, Great bartenders.”
  3. “The service is always excellent.”
  4. “The service is really bad, I've been there more then several times and have never gotten anything close to good service i.e. always have to wait for refils and once you get your food the server never comes back to see if you need anything else.”
  5. “Our server was great, the music was just right, the liquor was perfect.”
  6. “our server was very attentive and got food and drinks out to us quickly, checking up to make sure things were going well for us.”
  7. “read some bad food reviews but i don't know where those people ate, my food was good from Appetizer to bread pudding.”
  8. “Always great music, good service, a killer drink menu and satisfying food.”
  9. “If you are looking for a relaxing, friendly atmosphere than you owe it to yourself to visit Front Page News in Midtown.”
  10. “poor food, poor service”
  11. “would bet that 80% of the people who left a good review have never had authentic cajun/creole food, and/or are allergic to spices, don't like salt, ordered a sandwich or hummus, or they just don't have refined taste buds.”
  12. “few other people were not very impressed with their food, but everyone loved the atmosphere!”
  13. “Also great for dinner on weekdays, fair prices, but not cheap $8.00-20.00, Food is almost always better than expected and the servers are relaxed and nice.”
  14. “nice staff.”
  15. “The food and service was great each time.”
  16. “Food was excellent and service was great.”
  17. “The service was great, the food was wonderful, and the patio is perfect.”
  18. “Unfortunately, despite have a beautiful location in Midtown, Front Page News never fails to disappoint with its mediocre food and poor service.”
  19. “The service was consistent for each table, so we all got done around the same time, and the food and drinks were excellent!”
  20. “arranged for a group of 20 college kids to come here for my boyfriend's birthday--40 showed up, and the staff was very helpful, moving tables around and getting people silverware.”
  21. “cant believe people recommended the food here.”
  22. “good product with friendly service”
  23. “Excellent food, excellent service, excellent ambience, excellent location.”
  24. “Great service, drinks, food, and music.”
  25. “Bartender Erin took great care of us and people were friendly all around.”
  26. “The salads have too much dressing, the sandwiches are dry, and last time I was nearly accosted by the manager for questioning why my meal was taking so long.”
  27. “And just the best people watching patio in the ATL.”
  28. “The best bartenders in Midtown work here, tip well once and they'll never forget to take care of you.”
value
66.66999816894531% positive
  1. “Plus their prices are in the same range as over priced, nasty FrontPage.”
  2. “The food is good and relatively inexpensive.”
  3. “The food is excellent, the prices reasonable, and the ambience (especially outside) is great.”
  4. “Service was slow, and the food was overpriced.”
  5. “Also great for dinner on weekdays, fair prices, but not cheap $8.00-20.00, Food is almost always better than expected and the servers are relaxed and nice.”
  6. “Come here get drunk at the nice bar and forget wasting your time or money with the food”
wait time
0.0% positive
  1. “Service was slow, and the food was overpriced.”
  2. “This was the worst burger I've had in a long time.”
  3. “The salads have too much dressing, the sandwiches are dry, and last time I was nearly accosted by the manager for questioning why my meal was taking so long.”
1 Star Rating: Poor

03/26/12

Horrible Service

by TiffW

Front Page News has a great outdoor patio. I've heard the food was really good too... unfortunately, I never got as far as receiving a menu.

Arrived Saturday evening and requested for an outdoor table. We were told there would be a 20-25 minute wait even though there were plenty of empty tables out on the patio. Nonetheless, we grabbed a couple drinks at the bar while we waited for the hostess to tell us our table was ready. After about 15-20 minutes, a group of 8-10 walked in and stood by the hostess stand for about 5 minutes and were seated at tables out on the patio!! When my boyfriend tried to approach the hostesses, they ducked out of the way and completely ignored us. I decided to ask the bartender to speak to a manager, only to be told "We reserve tables for parties of 25 or more". "This was a party of 8-10!" At that point, the bartender just ignored me and went about his bartending business. I understand being a solo bartender with customers waiting, but seriously, you couldn't even ask one of the wait staff hanging out at the bar to grab the manager for me?

In our frustration, we decided to leave. On the way out, I called the restaurant to speak to a manager, only to be told he was not available and to leave my name and number, so "Larry" could call me back. Well, 2 days later and my phone still has not rung...

Bad service trumps good food.... Very disappointed with Front Page News Midtown...

1 Star Rating: Poor

12/10/11

Terrible

by Jonathan B

We called while parking to find out if there was a wait. We were told there was no wait. When we arrived the host clearly looked at our two small children, and said there was a wait. Five parties were all sat before us in tables and booths. We were finally sat in a booth 30+ minutes after we arrived. We ordered almost thirty minutes later. We did not receive our food until almost two hours after we arrived.

The food was decent.

Until! My son clearly came down with food poisoning from his corn dog nuggets, fries, or milk.

We will not be returning, and I suggest you don't go here.

1 Star Rating: Poor

09/20/11

Manager Use Profanity!

by foodguyatl

Today started out great, picked up a buddy for a quick lunch. Went to FPN and ordered the Grouper sandwich. It was brought to me, bit in to it and realized this is/'was not GROUPER. I believe it was Tilapia (a lot of places try to pass tilapia off as grouper). The manager came over and explained this was ASIAN grouper, but yes grouper. I am contacting the health department now to have this checked. I am convinced that what they are selling is not in any grouper family, but we'll leave that one to the authorities... I asked to sub with something else since this did not meet with my satisfaction, which he then told me that it was not the policy to swap out. I said fine don't do me any favors, I’ll pay and leave. He felt the need to keep arguing rather than just doing as I asked (very poor customer relations skills). I told him to swap or bring me the check and I would leave… He walked off and clearly and with witnesses called me a name regarding a portion of human anatomy. To say that I will never, ever return to this place is an understatement of all time.

1 Star Rating: Poor

06/25/11

This Was The Worst Lunch I've Had In Years

by ClydeHolmes

I'd had lunch here several times before but it'd been years since I'd last visited. I invited a business partner and bragged about the food while we drove there. Needless to say, I for one was excited.

The reception was warm to begin with, I have always enjoyed the outdoor seating but it was just a little too hot and we wanted a quiet location where we could talk. So we were seated upstairs in the back. The waiter was for the most part ok. I didn't really pay him much attention until later.

We ordered the shrimp and crawfish etouffee. To be perfectly honest I had forgotten my glasses, so I asked the waiter "What's good." One of the things he'd recommended was the etouffee so that's what we both ordered.

Here's where it get's bad fellows; so if you don't want to read further I'd understand.

We waited for 20 min's for our lunch order. While waiting the domesticated Fly's began to take over. I was constantly fanning and brushing, and still trying to close the deal. When the food came, we thanked the waiter. But, after fighting with almost raw onions and peppers that out numbered the shrimp and crawfish almost 10 to 1 my jaws were tired from chewing. I'm 58 years old. I seldom complain; especially when I'm trying to make a sale. So I casually mentioned the junkyness of the etouffee. The clear fact that the peppers were virtually raw. And, that the seafood was almost non-existent.

Well, he immediately went and got the manager, who came to me appearing very rigid and inquiring about whether I had a complaint. I repeated it for him with an additional explanation of that which I'd told the waiter. He listened, said ok. And that was all.

So, my response is to tell everyone who I'd told about how fabulous the Front Page food and service was that it's no longer like that. Then, I've also taken to telling other people such as yourselves the same. In fact I joined this site only for this purpose. Next, I will begin telling perfect strangers that the manager didn't care about the food, the service, or me as a customer.

So, I will help him to have his message heard: The Front Page News is no longer news. It should be listed in the help wanted section. Or, worst still the Obits! At best the manager should've offered an excuse and/or an apology.

So, take my advice, don't waste your money or time; life is too short and should be spent someplace more enjoyable.

1 Star Rating: Poor

02/01/11

Horrible experience

by Jafo B

My wife and I took our daughter out to Front Page News on Crescent, last Saturday evening. We reserved a table, via Lindsay (one of the only good experiences with FPN) upfront near the band for 10:00PM. When we arrived, no one to show us our table. Once we located it, purely by chance, it was a complete mess, and there was no one to clean it up. When did Atlanta become self service? So we did bus our own table, and were promptly, and rudely yelled at by the waiter who magically showed up after we cleaned our own table, since (get this?) he was interested in the receipt for his tip; not that he wanted to take our order or even clean up the table.

The bar was 2-3 deep, smokey, and the floor was sticky and nasty, and the place was an utter mess. Now don't get me wrong, we were not looking for a 5 star experience here, but come on? "A" star would have been nice.

We managed to get a few rounds of drinks by shoving past the bar hangers (who could blame them for keeping their seats) but enough was enough, we left and gave another business our money.

The Details on Front Page News - Midtown

Place Categories:

  • great cajuncreole food
  • great place
  • great service
  • best drinking patio
  • great bar atmosphere
  • great outdoor spot
  • great drinks
  • beautiful midtown location
  • great music
  • good menu
  • nice bar staff
  • worst burgers
  • great band
  • tasty rice
  • really enjoy sunday brunch
  • like great patio bar
  • authentic seafood gumbo
  • very attentive server
  • good casual restaurant
  • good blackened chicken salad
  • great steak
  • authentic bread
  • great ambience
  • great bartenders
  • never fails front page news
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