Valenza Restaurant Restaurant Review
Village Parkplace Brookhaven
1441 Dresden Dr. NE, Ste. 100 (Peachtree Rd.) 
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Atlanta, GA 30319
404-969-3233 | Make Restaurant Reservations
: Brookhaven MARTA Station
Cuisine
Open
Dinner Mon.-Sat.Features
- Romantic setting
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Valet parking
- Casual dressy
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 Transforming his restaurant MIX into a contemporary northern Italian bistro took a change of décor as well as a change of menu. Fortunately for chef Matt Swickerath and Michel Arnette, this was not difficult. Arnette, who also owns nearby Haven, bounces back and forth during the evening between his two establishments, which attract both those nearby and denizens of suburban neighborhoods. Ample antipasti include nicely fried seafood fritto misto, with singularly sweet halibut, shrimp and calamari entangled with thin slices of fried lemon, fried parsley and fried capers---the whole daubed with a light touch of lemon aïoli. Pastas vary from a bowl of orecchiette with fennel sausage to butternut squash ravioli. Gnocchi made in-house are tender and well worth the calories. The simple cooking of northern Italy defines these dishes, including the rabbit dish with tomatoes and olives, healthful and rustic. Desserts may include a warm chocolate cake with vanilla cream and chocolate sauce. This wine list is almost all-Italian and offers a number of choices by the glass, and includes half-priced bottles on Mondays, making Valenza an ideal moderately priced dinner date spot.
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