review: bee's knees

Bee's Knees
date of visit: 4/25/08


kiwis:
taste: 4
service: 3
ambience: 5

This is one of my favorite places in Augusta. It's just so darn cute. We visited the Bee's Knees after the Blood Sweat & Tears concert (featuring Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night).

The weather was nice, so all the tables on the sidewalk were occupied. We were seated inside right by the window, which made for good people watching. We saw a couple mohawks & some hot pink hair. Inside is cozy, candlelit, fun art on the walls, exposed brick. Trendy but unassuming. Which is why I love it so much. You also get your money's worth, unlike many Atlanta tapas joints.

We hadn't eaten in about 10 hours, so we ordered a lot of food: cheese plate, calamari, shrimp yaki, vegetable tempura, tuna carpaccio, crab quesadilla, tiramisu. Oh yummmm. Everything was so good. The only thing we could complain about was that the calamari lacked some seasoning. Definitely could have used some more salt. My personal favorites of the night were the cheese plate (it had some swiss cheese. I usually dislike swiss cheese. But this swiss cheese was just amazing. Soft and yummy. And a perfect pair to the sliced apples) and the crab quesadilla. I'm getting so hungry just thinking about it. I also enjoyed a glass of the red sangria (they also have white).

Our server was nice and good at refilling our water often, and the food came out in rounds so it was fun guessing what was next.

I definitely recommend this place if you're in the area! Worth the trip downtown :)

Also Chuck Negron is a total rock star!