Dining Guide: Restaurants ready to please your palate

Published: May 22, 2011 

Whatever food you’re craving, you can satisfy your hunger at area restaurants. Here’s just a sampling of popular eateries.

Price guide:

$: Most dinner entrees cost less than $10

$$: Most dinner entrees cost $10-15

$$$: Most dinner entrees cost more than $15

VIETNAMESE

Pho Vy Vietnamese Cuisine: Spring rolls, noddle entrees, hot tea. 706-571-0455. 5156 River Road Suite A. Open for lunch and dinner. Also, try second location at 5300 Sidney Simons Blvd. Suite 27. $$

AMERICAN

Black Cow: Burgers, meatloaf, tilapia, pork cutlet, ribeye, steak hash, fried green tomatoes, sweet potato fries, Lobster & Crawfish Quesadilla, salads. 115A 12th Street. Closed Sunday. 706-321-2020. Don’t miss the bacon, pimento cheese burger, pineapple casserole and turken (turkey and chicken) salad. $

Fife and Drum: Pasta, meatloaf, ribeye, steak sandwich, salads, wings, pimento cheese, tuna wontons, brie grape salad. Full bar. 706-685-5801. $$

B Merrell’s: Chicken wings, rotisserie chicken with homemade side dishes, baby back ribs, sandwiches, salads. Huge beer list. 7600 Veterans Parkway. 706-653-9464. Don’t miss: Becoming a Hall of Foam winner by drinking your way through the beer list. $

Pickle Barrel: Wings, sandwiches, salads, wraps, chili, nachos, burgers, fried pickles, fried okra. 2538 Airport Thruway. 706-221-0263. Don’t miss: Watching your team on one of the many TVs in the restaurant and bar. $

Lynn’s Cafe: Roast chicken, salmon, filet mignon, jumbo crab cakes, lamb chops, fish and pasta. 5300 Sidney Simon Blvd., Unit No. 9. 706-576-5100. Lunch and dinner. Don’t miss: the pesto aioli and chili sauce served with the crab cake and, when available, the homemade olive tapenade. $$$

Uptown Wings: Open at 1250 Broadway. Wings Open 11 a.m. Mon.-Sat. lunch and dinner. 706-478-7125.

Cannon Brewpub: Sandwiches, salads, soups, steaks and pizzas. Homemade beer and a full bar available. 1041 Broadway. 706-653-2337.

Country’s: Barbecue is the specialty here. Pulled pork sandwiches. Original location, 3137 Mercury Drive, 706-563-7604. Country’s on Broad: 1328 Broadway, 706-596-8910; Country’s North, 6298 Veterans Parkway, 706-660-1415. $

Wynnton Pit BBQ & Diner: Monday through Saturday, there are different items available on the soul food line. But every day, there’s fried pork chops and chicken, baked chicken, rice, candied yams, deviled eggs, coleslaw and potato salad. 2500 Buena Vista Road, 706-322-5676. $

RiverCity Grill: All entrees here cost less than $10 including the 10-ounce sirloin. Chicken, pasta, sandwiches, wraps, seafood, fried green beans and sweet potato fries are available. A wing bar is a lunch favorite. Full bar. 2301 Airport Thruway. 706-221-7903. $

ASIAN

Chef Lee’s Peking II: Chinese cuisines with roast pork, beef, chicken or seafood. Specialties include Mongolian beef or chicken and Peking duck. 6100 Bradley Park, 706-653-8888. Don’t miss dishes that feature a whole fish. An expert will debone it right in front of you. $$

Old Siam: Serving lunch and dinner entrees and appetizers like spring rolls, dumpings, pot stickers, noodle dishes, fried rice and curries. 14 11th Street. 706-507-0993. $

Chili Thai: Try the national dish of Thailand -- Pad-Thai noodles as well as fried rice a nd curries. 5870 Veterans Parkway, Suite C. 706-494-

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