Grant Central Pizza & Pasta
(404) 523-8900
451 Cherokee Ave, SE
Atlanta,
GA
30312
33.7422
-84.3736
Neighborhoods: Grants Park, Eastside, Eastside
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The Scene
The entrance to this enchanting brick building juts out to the street, inviting the whole neighborhood in. Look for plenty of Grant Park locals at this friendly, no-frills eatery.
The Food
Low-priced but high-quality pizza, pasta and calzones are the draw. Garlic bread arrives in three-tower combinations, each accented with different spices. Wood-burning flavor marks the crispy thin-crust pizza, which has bubbles inside the crust (a sign of great pizza). Strips of breaded eggplant in eggplant parmigiana retain their crispiness even under layers of marinara and mozzarella cheese. This and several other dishes come with a half-order of fresh, chewy linguini. Take it with creamy marinara, a zesty red sauce toned down with cream and white wine. House salad has more vegetables than lettuce, but it's fresh, served with a tangy, homemade vinaigrette.
User Reviews
Onelone
September 16, 2008
Great place to order take-out if you're in the neighborhood. Have a beer if you get there before the order is up.
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Anonymous
September 02, 2008
Grant Central is a great place for lunch or dinner, and the servers are really nice. If you mind the rock music blaring from the kitchen, you're probably in the wrong place. Calzones are super but take a while.
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May 21, 2008
I have some friends that have a house just down the road from this spot, so my friend Angela and I went one night and ate waaay too much pizza and salad. The experience was great as far as atmosphere, and lighting, and the pizza was really really good. I didn't eat a salad, but my friend did. Later she got really really sick, and ended up having food poisoning, of some sort, which we're pretty sure was from her salad, since we had gotten a medium pizza which we shared and i never got sick. It was the first thing and only thing she had eaten that day, so we think the lettuce must have been bad. It's a shame she got sick from it, cause it's a good spot, and I like it. She'll never go back though she says, because she wonders how the food is kept. I think sometimes things like this can happen though, and it was a rare thing for that restaurant I'm sure. I still would recommend it.
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The Extras:
Create-your-own menu allows you to play chef and match sauces to your favorite pasta.
Smoking Permitted:
At bar
