http://www.tierrarestaurant.com/
1425 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
Finishing Katy's birthday WEEK, we went out with her brother and his wife to Tierra to celebrate. Located just a block away from Atlanta Botanical Gardens, there is an exuberance of life and vibrant colors to this Latin/Caribbean restaurant. The inside is fairly tight but there is a lovely large back porch perfect for Spring and Summer evenings. With original style and ethnic flavors, Tierra is consistently ranked among Atlanta's best.
A changing menu every few weeks allows diners to enjoy a variety of authentic Latin cuisine. To start, we shared a chilled cucumber soup that was extremely refreshing on the hot summer night. My meal consisted of the beef tenderloin with a jalapeno onion cream and platanos fritos (potato fries). The meat was perfectly tender with just enough flavor of the jalapenos to compliment, washed down with a Caguama, El Salvadorian cerveza. Katy had the grilled garlic lime shrimp over rice and greens. The explosive flavor from the glaze was enough to put this restaurant on the list to come back to. For dessert, we all shared their famed tres leches cake and Cuban coffee flan.
The food and atmosphere was very pleasant and this was the perfect place for us to go; the previous day Katy and I had booked our vacation to Cartagena, Colombia (future comparison posts to come). When you are in Midtown or just leaving the Gardens and want a fun place with authentic food to send you Salsa-ing through the night, walk on over to Tierra, you won't be disappointed.
