Milton Dining, Nightlife, and Music
Located in the heart of Milton, the Union Restaurant is a fun place where the entire family can step back in time to a 1970’s ambiance with specialties like Elvis shrimp and cheddar grits, fried clams, wood fired pizzas, fresh seafood, old favorites like pork chops and applesauce, and scrumptious desserts such as red velvet cake, bananas foster, and fresh homemade doughnuts. The Union Restaurant is at 14275 Providence Road in Milton, (770) 569-7767.
Nestled within the five points of Crabapple's Historic District, Milton's Cuisine & Cocktails consists of a preserved and restored 150 year-old farmhouse and a romantic 1930's style cottage. Milton’s is an elegant restaurant with a popular nighttime bar, warm fireplaces during the winter, and an intertwining outdoor deck and patio that is often filled to capacity. Specializing in tastefully presented New Southern style cooking with the freshest local ingredients, Milton's Cuisine & Cocktails is located at 780 Mayfield Road in Alpharetta, (770) 817-0161.
Aged steaks, fresh seafood - always a winning combination
Ray’s Killer Creek Chop House in Alpharetta is the place to find premium aged steaks accompanied by an award-winning wine list and signature cocktails. Ray’s serves a bounteous Sunday brunch each weekend and also features live jazz music on Thursday nights, Friday nights and Saturday nights. Ray’s Killer Creek Chop House is located at 1700 Mansell Road in Alpharetta, (770) 649-0064.
For authentic home style cooking that originated in the Deep South, Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen in Alpharetta offers both Cajun and Creole cuisines. Pappadeaux prepares fresh, daily caught shrimp, catfish and oysters by mesquite grilling, charbroiling or pan blackening to suit each diner’s taste. Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen is located at 10795 Davis Drive in Alpharetta, (770) 992-5566.
For those who are in the mood for a little of everything, The Mandarin Café at 8465 Holcomb Bridge Road, Alpharetta, (678) 795-0708 features a huge menu including specialty sushi rolls, unique Japanese and Chinese dishes, and even traditional Chinese Peking Duck.
Dinner and dancing is another winning combination
At the Sage Woodfire Tavern, 11405 Haynes Bridge Road, Alpharetta, (770) 569-9199, closing time happens when the party ends. Delicious dinners and drinks are usually followed by a dance party in the Sage After Hours Lounge where DJ’s play popular dance music for a well-dressed crowd consisting of couples and many young singles. From Wednesday through Saturday each week, 6 PM to 10 PM, live samba jazz music is featured.
Does a hot pizza, cold beer, good friends and good times sound like fun?
Carmine's Restaurant & Pizzeria in Alpharetta is fun for the whole family and they even give lumps of raw dough to children to play with creatively while they are waiting on their food. Filled with N.Y. Yankees baseball memorabilia, Carmine’s specializes in a wide variety of thin crust and deep-dish Sicilian style gourmet pizzas and they also offer eggplant parmigiana, homemade lasagna, ravioli, and hot and cold hero sandwiches made with fresh baked Italian bread. Carmine's Restaurant & Pizzeria is located at 4055 Old Milton Parkway, #9, Alpharetta, (770) 772-3644.
Champps Americana features a large bar with several big screen televisions. Champps is a popular night spot because it tends to be very lively when sports games are telecast and they serve pizza, sandwiches, hamburgers and drinks until quite late in the evenings. Champps Americana is at 7955 N. Point Parkway, Alpharetta, (770) 642-1933.
Another fun sports bar is Taco Mac, 4305 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, (770) 754-9290. Taco Mac offers more than 100 different beers on tap in addition to several hundred different bottled beers. With 26 television screens showing a wide variety of sports programs every night, Taco Mac is often packed.