The once starving (and now stuffed) once-again AJC food critic, John Kessler, recently invited me on a journey north of our cherished Decaturland to check out the Crawfish Shack Seafood up on Buford Highway.

Not that my opinion means much, but I must say that I wholeheartedly agree with Kessler’s rave review this morning.  I can’t say I’ve ever had such fresh, delicious shack-style seafood at a modest price anywhere on the Georgia Piedmont.

Who knew that the Atlanta spot that would most remind me of the clam shacks of my Northern youth would be tucked into a strip mall on Buford Highway?  (…other than the most-excellent EatBufordHighway blog of course.)

But please don’t take my unaccredited word for it. To see what we ordered – and unceremoniously “snarfed” – check out Kessler’s review HERE.  Thanks again for the fish revelation John!

DeKalb commish Jeff Rader alerts his constituents of a North Druid Hills LCI (Livable Centers Initiative) Kickoff at the DeKalb International Student Center (formerly Kittredge Magnet School) at 2383 N. Druid Hills Road from 6:30-8:30pm on November 17th.

The plan itself (PDF) has noble, New Urbanisty goals, but seems to walk an awkward line between wanting to maximize driving efficiency – into and through the corridor – while also developing the kinds of density that should promote more pedestrian activity.

And while I recognize compromise as essential component of any real-world “initiative” or plan, any infrastructure that attempts to promote a sidewalk lifestyle, while simultaneously making driving MORE convienent seems doomed to disappoint both drivers and peds alike.