Cafe 640 Restaurant Review
The Highland Inn
640 N. Highland Ave. NE (Ponce de Leon Ave.) 
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Atlanta, GA 30306
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| Café di Sol became Café 640 in 2011, as one owner bought out the interest of the other. Now solely in the hands of Joe D’Amelio, who lives much of the time in Italy, Café 640 relies on its longtime chef, Andy Long, for its consistency and culinary cred. Long understands bistro comfort food, whether it’s the brunch poached eggs with hollandaise sauce or the slow-braised pork shoulder. The same dish appears on the lunch-dinner menu with appropriate embellishments. If you get a hankering for cheesy onion soup made with a robust veal stock or a classic hanger steak with hand-cut fries, here’s your source. We wish for crustier bread on the shrimp po’ boy, but the shrimp itself is properly fried and sweet. The panna cotta with its trail of plumped white raisins, a clever touch, is house-made, as is the bread pudding. The wine list offers some nice values here and there, and “Joe‘s Stash” is a wee stab at a “reserve” list. We do wish staff knew a little something about the wines, though. On balance, it's nice to dine this well without having to get out the glad rags. |
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