Dining in the ATL: Livingston

It’s hard to argue with a $16 fixed menu.  Especially when the entrée choices are filet or lobster.  It almost seems too good to be true, but that’s exactly what you get on Livingston’s ‘Millionaire Monday’ menu.  Can I go every week?  Certainly a great way to take the edge off of Mondays.

My friend L is probably more of a foodie than I am, and definitely way better at finding good deals than I am.  Last time we met for dinner we had lobster at the Atlanta Fish Company, this time it was Millionaire Monday, and I think all-you-can-eat crab Wednesday is the next dining deal on the list.  As L aptly noted on Monday, the upside of the recession is all the good deals.

All three of us at dinner on Monday ordered the filet.  Medium, Medium, Rare.  I once accidentally ordered a steak raw, courtesy of my limited French vocabulary, and corrected by my more linguistically enabled sister, but I stick with rare these days.  Ground beef, on the other hand, Well.  No E. coli  for me.  Although my meat at Livingston was delivered with the proclamation of 'Medium-Rare' (horrors, so much cooking), I assumed the chef knew what was best for me and thoroughly enjoyed every bite of my steak.  It was excellent.  The steak was accompanied by some sort of golden couscous, also delicious.  I think all three of us ate every bite.  


We ordered three different desserts to share.  Good, but I was slightly less enthusiastic about the desserts (not part of the fixed menu, it was only two courses).  While all three were good, none of them really blew me away.  [One of the three desserts came topped with caramel popcorn that was spectacular; the desserts were by no means bad, they just seemed a bit 'busy'.]  I won't get into the specifics of what we ordered; because the menu changes constantly to reflect locally available, seasonal ingredients, the dessert menu currently on the website is totally different than it was on Monday.  I do sort of regret not ordering the parsnip beignets, an intriguing concept that I wasn't quite sure about but should have tried.


I'm looking forward both to my next trip to Livingston and to my next dinner with L and O.  Since I"ll be in Maine, the home of lobster, next month, I won't be ordering lobster anytime soon in the ATL, but would definitely return for the steak.