"Beer is normally taken internally." Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)…read more Kudos to Duluth for their 1st Beerfest! The area where the festival took place was beautiful. The tents were laid out well (not too crowded) with a great selection of booths. Most of the major Atlanta/Georgia breweries were well-represented (Red Hare, Monday Night, Sweetwater, Terrapin, to name a few). The VIP area was well sponsored by Yelp with fun games/activities (cards, cornhole and a giant Jenga set) and free schwag! Plus, there were some fancier beers and free food to be had. Plus, a free Woodchuck backpack and cool 48oz beer stein. VIP also allowed you into the event 1 hour early to get your beer on before the masses arrived. Also, we had some food trucks for lining the stomach (much needed with all that beer) - Tex's Tacos, a frozen custard truck (forgot the name), and Slope's BBQ. Plus, the Frozen Pints team was out with beer ice cream as well as Happy Hour Confections (boozy cupcakes and brownies). Unlike other beerfests, this was a tamer (less sauced) crowd. It was quite enjoyable despite the humidity and threat of rain. Very well done, Duluth.

Duluth has a pleasant downtown area with some cute shops, restaurants, and a nice outdoor green…read more The Duluth Beerfest (held the first Saturday of every June, I've been told) is a really nice way to enjoy this area. There were over 100 different types of beer available for tasting, far too many to try them all! Because of this, I decided to focus just on comparing the dark beers and ciders; my boyfriend was more adventurous (or less focused?) and tried them randomly. I found the people pouring to be very pleasant and informative, whether they were volunteers or representing their own brewing companies. There were also booths for non-beer places, like Costco, the Atlanta Hawks, the Atlanta Roller Derby team, or Dave & Busters. And Yelp, too, of course, which had the best booth of all with a variety of free swag, cornhole, and life-size Jenga! The festival had some fun, festival-appropriate bands playing, too. My only criticism would be the at-the-gate price of $45. Even with 8-ounce pours, it'd be hard to drink anywhere near that amount of beer, so make sure to purchase tickets ahead of time and save $10. The price did ensure that there were never long lines at any of the booths. VIP tickets got you some premium beers (with high ABV and/or high prices), food like veggie platters and chicken fingers, and a wicked cool monstrous glass beer stein, as well as an hour to enjoy the festival before the general admission crowd. It was a beautiful day and a happy (but not sloppy) crowd, as you would expect for a beer festival!

Cumming is a city about 40 miles NE of Atlanta. It's sorta of a quite town although in the past 5-8…read moreyears its getting quite built up. Here are some of the top places to eat if you're in the area...according to our friends on Yelp. 1. i4food Restaurant and Bar https://www.yelp.com/biz/i4food-restaurant-and-bar-cumming-2?uid=FdPioXvctMq8lhBtd_NnTg&utm_campaign=www_business_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) 2. Guy's Biscuit Barn (cash only) https://www.yelp.com/biz/guys-biscuit-barn-cumming?uid=FdPioXvctMq8lhBtd_NnTg&utm_campaign=www_business_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) 3. Tam's Backstage https://www.yelp.com/biz/tams-backstage-cumming?uid=FdPioXvctMq8lhBtd_NnTg&utm_campaign=www_business_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) 4. Rice Restaurant and Sushi Bar https://www.yelp.com/biz/rice-restaurant-and-sushi-bar-cumming?uid=FdPioXvctMq8lhBtd_NnTg&utm_campaign=www_business_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) 5. Los Rios https://www.yelp.com/biz/los-rios-cumming?uid=FdPioXvctMq8lhBtd_NnTg&utm_campaign=www_business_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) 6. Apu Grill https://www.yelp.com/biz/apu-grill-cumming?uid=FdPioXvctMq8lhBtd_NnTg&utm_campaign=www_biz_share_page_share_business&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) 7. Gasthaus Tirol https://www.yelp.com/biz/gasthaus-tirol-cumming-2?uid=FdPioXvctMq8lhBtd_NnTg&utm_campaign=www_business_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) 8. Rooster's Cafe https://www.yelp.com/biz/gasthaus-tirol-cumming-2?uid=FdPioXvctMq8lhBtd_NnTg&utm_campaign=www_business_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) 9. Hacienda Bar & Grill https://www.yelp.com/biz/hacienda-bar-and-grill-cumming?uid=FdPioXvctMq8lhBtd_NnTg&utm_campaign=www_biz_share_page_share_business&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) 10. Rivermill Bakery https://www.yelp.com/biz/rivermill-bakery-cumming?uid=FdPioXvctMq8lhBtd_NnTg&utm_campaign=www_business_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) 1423rd review 6/28/2018 343rd for 2018

A nice sleepy suburb of Atlanta as part of the massive sprawling hundreds and hundreds of miles of…read moresuburbs that this city now boasts. This particular suburb has perhaps the most interesting name out of all of them. Nobody can decide if Cumming has 5,000 people (official) or over 100,000 (that's people that technically don't live in Cumming, but it's the closest city so they kind of do). How bizarre. What a sprawl this area is. Full ATL food recs list: - Get a Gyro at Nick's Greek To Go. - Ghetto Burger from Ann's Snack Bar - Fish Tacos at El Rey Del Taco - Brown Butter Gelato from Honeysuckle in the market - Bakery treats from Sweet Hut - Brown Sugar Milk Tea from Snowflake - Chongqing in Chamblee for Cumin Lamb w/handmade noodle' - Tsingtao next to it for Lamb Cumin Sticks - Flavors of Chicago, Lucky Dog, Chicago Delights for Chi-dogs Despite being a Burb of ATL it's 40 miles away. Yes, like I said. Sprawl AF. Oh I'm being called away. Hold on, I'm cumming.

I prefer Joan's Creek to John's Crack, but John will have to do…read more John's Creek is an absolutely beautiful suburb of leafy Atlanta Georgia which is way way north of the town - in fact so far north that you can drive for quite a long time especially in traffic and still not get here. There are some cool ethnic places - sort of a spillover from Chinatown - and some cool local places as well. I like the suburb and it seems like a very friendly if slightly expensive place to live. I'm sure that within another 20 years there will be 7 or 8 suburbs even further out than these. There's a large Asian population here, and nearly 100,000 people if you include all the illegals in the spare rooms. That's a joke by the way. And I used to live in a spare room meant for illegals so settle down.

Kinda upset that Yelp is calling is John's Creek instead of Johns Creek (yes - people in JC do get…read moreoffended), but it's all good. I lived in JC from 2006 ~ 2015; a whopping nine years of my life and pretty much all of my teenage years. It was a brand new city when I moved here, and I honestly want to give this place 5 stars, but I simply can't for a few reasons. If you're living here as a teenager with parents and going to school, it's a great pace to live -- it's a safe and pretty high-class area, with great schools and little to no crime. Once you're in your twenties, you'll start to notice the downfalls here -- pretty much no night life, horrendous traffic and it's really the farthest place you can be from any highway. You have to drive either to Duluth, Alpharetta or Cumming to get to the nearest exit which is pretty sad, but that's why it has its own charms. Johns Creek is one of the safest cities and honestly one of the best cities you can live in Georgia. It has great school districts, plenty of diversity, great eateries and the people living here are really great! Lots of cultures in one melted pot, and any family will want to move here because of the terrific school districts. In terms of recreation, there really isn't much to do - there is a Lifetime Fitness, LA Fitness but no bowling allies -- there are a few parks (Shakerag Park), but nothing is like really great. In terms of schools, I went to Wilson Creek Elementary, River Trail Middle & Northview High. There are also Shakerag Elementary, Medlock Bridge Elementary, Findley Oaks Elementary, Johns Creek High School, but it's really just a district for higher middle-class families to live. Homes are expensive here for a reason -- there is a high percentage of Asians living here for education. With that being said, there is a Hmart and some Korean & Chinese restaurants in the area as well - the Korean community has been growing more than ever. I will say the only thing disappointing is you can't see anything much opening past 10pm. Again -- there is no night life here - you will have to drive to Duluth or Alpharetta to experience that. But my nine years in JC have been absolutely phenomenal, and again I was really tempted to give it that 5, but I can't because imagining myself living here as a 25 year old -- I'm not sure how I would feel about that.

This interesting sculpture is located in the south side of Roswell's Town Square next to the…read morefountain. An impressive 15 or so feet tall, Smoke is made of aluminum and self-weathering steel and it portrays the beauty of smoke drifting into the sky on a calm day. The sculpture was purchased by the Roswell Wine Festival in 2016 and is presented by Roswell Arts Fund and the City of Roswell. Stop by the Square and check it out. [Review 1082 of 2024 - 749 in Georgia - 22109 overall]

There are so many better reasons to visit Woodstock, this kinda creepy and certainly psychotic…read morecollection of trash glued to a car should not be one of them. Perhaps it's art? If that's your feeling, there are several galleries and studios within walking distance that are more representative of Woodstock. Each of those would be better ways to spend your time. Sure, you probably just walked past this eyesore and wondered what it was. I have walked past it hundreds of times and wished that I couldn't see it anymore. Am I being a spoilsport? Am I not understanding the aesthetic here and should take my snobby attitude somewhere else? You would be right to think so. I also think that this canker should be forever put to rest at a local junkyard rather than taking up a valuable parking spot in the busiest stretch of downtown in Cherokee county. Please feel free to press that Oh No! button if you agree.

I came to Woodstock and found a hippie car. It had all this…read morestuff on it which was quite bizarre! There was He-man and a naked Barbie Doll; It was cold so I gave the girl a little shawl. I said to Barbie "Woodstock is a family friendly town" put on some clothes girl. Tone it down! I asked Hippie car how all these toys got on here; Hippie car said it happened one year. One day he was at a bar; and met another car. He talked about a rainbow; that appeared once long ago. It turned all those that stood under it; into a bonafide hit! So Hippie car went and found the rainbow; and wouldn't you know; He went all aglow. Soon he begin attracting stuff; lizards and of course Barbie in the buff. "So what kind of gas do you use use?" I was curious because maybe he doesn't need juice. "Peace man. Peace" with that our conversation cease... Up the hill he went to see; Bob the Turkey for a cup of tea. 1091st review 1/2/2018 11th for 2018

Plenty of great BBQ options & at least 3 different bands playing. The weather could not me more…read morefabulous today! There are activities for children ($1-$7ea, only cash is accepted). My lack of 5th star is due to the amount of smokers walking around.

Not the best event in Marietta Square this year. Turn out seems to a lot lower than expected…read more Though there are some repeat vendors here such as Come & Get It, Dave Poe's, Pitt Boss, & Jim & Nick's, this year lacks a true variety of BBQ vendors. There are too many local vendors here and not enough vendors from outside of Marietta. Most of these BBQ vendors are close enough to me. I'd rather see BBQ vendors from other areas besides Marietta. Also what's with all the ice cream and cold dessert vendors? It seems every where I turn, there's an ice cream vendor or King of Pops. Total overkill. Another overkill was the number of bands. There was one on stage. There was one across from Marietta pizza company. There was one across from a Local restaurant. It was like Battle of the Bands. Placement of the children's things could have been better laid out. The mechanical bull ride was in the middle of the street, creating a pinch point between the vendors and it, leaving narrow gaps to get around. They should have put the mechanical bull off to the side, leaving the street open like they did to the rest of the Square. Overall this year's event was lackluster. Holding this event past Labor Day is not wise. If it was during the summer, I'm sure it would be much better...especially for all the various frozen dessert vendors.

A good place for a gathering in particular for horse shows, rodeos. It is well covered, ampled…read moreparking. Affordable but tasty food vendors. Not far from 985 interestate. Friendly people that do operate at this venue. Not too spacious for a lot of walking. Definitely recommend to come here for outdoor events and as a spectator. Grade: B

Best food vendors here! Sweet butts BBQ makes a mean menu. Fall off the bone smoked baby back ribs,…read morepulled bbq, smoked turkey, and much more!! Almost felt like I was at the fair. The facility itself is very well maintained and everyone who runs it is incredibly nice and gives you the real southern hospitality vibe. Great place for horse competitions!!

Bob the Turkey got a Santa's hat I saw it the other day when…read moreI stopped in for a little chitchat. I said "hey Bobby that's a good looking hat?" He asked me if it made him look fat. "no of course not" I lie didn't want to hurt his turkey pride. "you look way better than the Big Chicken" I said upon hearing this he went all big head. "Maybe they'll let you keep it" Bob the turkey nodded with some wit. "next year give you a Santa's outfit!"

This statue is so cute! It's such a fun, quirky, small town attraction…read more Over the Christmas season someone put a Santa hat on it. It was really cute & festive. It's also a Pokemon Gym, for anyone who still plays.