{Food Review} The Capital Grille #HappilyEating Cocktail Time Friday 01 April, 2016
Food review time! I think I am going to change my name everyone. I am going to go from Kiwi the Beauty to Kiwi the Foodie, because I am becoming quite the food critic and enjoy yet another great experience! Cheers to that right? Speaking of cheers, it was a cocktail time with one of my favorite Atlanta blogger friends Milla of Happliy Eating who hosted her first event at The Capital Grille in Dunwoody,GA.
Milla of HappilyEating.com (hostess)
Milla hosted her first event at The Capital Grille for an intimate blogger/influencer event for a happy hour theme. She has a blog at HappilyEating.com where she knows all the hotspot to eat locally and even traveling. We traveled together last summer on a foodie trip here and she is just a fun good, so happy to be apart of her first Food Event.
We all started off with a round of drink selections. The Stoli Doli is Capital Grille’s signature and most famous drink since the beginning of their franchise. Served in a cute miniature martini glass and smooth to the taste. My favorite drink selection was the Blackberry Bourbon Sidecar as I am a blackberry fruit fan and it was fresh with a sweet spring taste.
STOLI DOLI
The Capital Grille Signature Martini. Stolichnaya Vodka infused with fresh pineapple, chilled and served straight up. Since 1990.
BLACKBERRY BOURBON SIDECAR
Woodford Reserve handcrafted in small batches with blackberries, Cointreau, lemon juice and fresh thyme.
GRAPEFRUIT BUCK
Absolut Ruby Red with a splash of elderflower cordial, ginger beer and fresh squeezed lime juice. Topped with Campari and garnished with a fresh ruby red grapefruit wedge.
MOJITO DE UVAS
Bacardi Light Rum, fresh squeezed lime juice, cane sugar syrup, fresh mint and green grapes, topped with chilled Champagne. Garnished with fresh mint.
Cheers to a great #CocktailTime
CAST IRON GARLIC SHRIMP
While we sipped our cocktails we did have an array of appetizers. Pan-Fried Calamari w/hot cherry peppers, Cast Iron Garlic Shrimp with Olive Oil Crostini, Parmesan Truffle Fries made with freshly grated cheese and white truffle oil,
FILET MIGNON
Main course was served, and what The Capital Grille is known for is their array of cut steaks. I personally chose a 10 oz Filet Mignon for my meal for the evening paired with roasted Brussels sprouts. I will be honest I haven’t treated myself to a Filet Mignon steak in a very long time and I am so happy I selected this. It was so rich in flavor and I got my cooked well done. Other steak selections: DRY AGED NY STRIP – 14 OZ, SLICED FILET MIGNON WITH CIPOLLINI ONIONS AND WILD MUSHROOMS, DRY AGED PORTERHOUSE STEAK – 24 OZ, BONE-IN RIBEYE – 22 OZ, and PORCINI RUBBED BONE-IN RIBEYE WITH 15-YEAR AGED BALSAMIC.
The Capital Grille Dessert Selections
After enjoying my filet minon, myself and the influencers had our pick of dessert. The three selections were of The Capital Grille Cheesecake, The Classic Creme Brulee and the Flourless Chocolate Espresso cake. Let me tell you all three were winners! Yes all three! If you are going to make me choose I would highly recommend the The Capital Grille Cheesecake…so rich and creamy. It was brulee style which I never had before, so it’s crispy at the top and the you get this amazing decadent taste of the cheesecake with each bite. I promise I am coming back and ordering the cheesecake on each of my next visits. High quality cheesecake!
THE CAPITAL GRILLE CHEESECAKE
Brûlée Style with Fresh Berries
CLASSIC CRÈME BRÛLÉE
with Seasonal Berries
FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE ESPRESSO CAKE
with Cocoa Powder and Fresh Raspberries
Cappuccino with rock candy sugar
To finish our amazing full meal we ended the tasting with cappuccino and coffee. I had the cappuccino and it was served with a rock candy sugar stick to mix in the drink. I didn’t realize you could do this as it dissolves into your cappuccino smoothly and thanks the drink up a notch. It was cute and classy at the same time.
Thanks to The Capital Grille (Dunwoody-Atlanta location) + HappilyEating.com come for the amazing evening. I will be back for happy hours and it would be excellent for a romantic evening in the city. Great food and drink selections and lovely atmosphere. I will be returning soon!
Follow Milla socially at @HappilyEating #HappilyEating
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About the Blogger - Kiwi the Beauty
Kiwi is the free spirited blogger and content creator of KiwiTheBeauty.com. As a digital influencer, she produces creative inspiration around beauty, lifestyle, media and travel leisure. Her life mantra is to make manifesting fun! When she’s not blogging, she is eating trendy hipster food, carrying crystals, making it rain at her local farmer's market and binge brunching.
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I’ve been meaning to try the Capital Grille here in L.A. I’m glad to see you guys had a good time and that your friend’s first event went well. Everything looks delicious, especially the creme brulee cheescake…YESSS!
The food looks amazing. The grapefruit drink sounds awesome. This looks like a restaurant I would really enjoy. I’m adding it to my list of places to visit in my travels.
That food event looks so delicious! I think I might do one of these here in NYC since I love to eat. Will also be checking out your friend’s Happily Eating site 😀
all of those looks yummy! i get ya when trying names of the blog. when i was in malaysia im either full-time food blogger or watching fashion shows and store launch haha the foods are just amazing.
Haha! How about Kiwi the foodie and drinker? All those drinks look delicious, and the shrimp yummy! Definitely my kind of place! What’s not to love?? 🙂
Seems like an excellent place to go to enjoy your meal and relax with friends! The food photos look amazing, love these desserts! I’d like to try the Flourless Chocolate Espresso cake and the Capital Grille Cheesecake! YUM!
That food looks amazing and I know it was oh so good! I will be following along on your foodie journey. I love food. Will check out your friend’s blog too.
Food review time! I think I am going to change my name everyone. I am going to go from Kiwi the Beauty to Kiwi the Foodie, because I am becoming quite the food critic and enjoy yet another great experience! Cheers to that right? Speaking of cheers, it was a cocktail time with one of my favorite Atlanta blogger friends Milla of Happliy Eating who hosted her first event at The Capital Grille in Dunwoody,GA.
Holy wow! Everything about that place looks amazing. I love the cocktails. I love the steak. The desserts look fantastic, too.
Your pictures are beautiful Kiwi thank you so much for coming and I know I will see you soon! xoxo!
Oh man, that all looks so amazing! The drinks, that steak… I’m basically drooling right now.
Wow, everything looks delicious! I will definitely try this when I am in the area.
The steak and the dessert platter looks amazing! I am craving for some right now because of this post, lol. Thanks for sharing your experience!
I’ve been meaning to try the Capital Grille here in L.A. I’m glad to see you guys had a good time and that your friend’s first event went well. Everything looks delicious, especially the creme brulee cheescake…YESSS!
I love food. And really good drinks. This is definitely my kind of place here!
Wow, that all looks so tasty! I think we have a Capital Grille here, it sounds really familiar.
The food looks amazing. The cast iron shrimp and the steak looks devine. It sounds like you had a great evening out.
Shrimp and coffee. I love those two the most. I’d totally say yes to a food review if those two are involved.
The food looks amazing. The grapefruit drink sounds awesome. This looks like a restaurant I would really enjoy. I’m adding it to my list of places to visit in my travels.
The food and drink here look amazing! I wish we had a palace like that where I live! Great review! 🙂
That food event looks so delicious! I think I might do one of these here in NYC since I love to eat. Will also be checking out your friend’s Happily Eating site 😀
all of those looks yummy! i get ya when trying names of the blog. when i was in malaysia im either full-time food blogger or watching fashion shows and store launch haha the foods are just amazing.
The food looks amazing! I would be munching on the entire dessert sample. All mine!
Haha! How about Kiwi the foodie and drinker? All those drinks look delicious, and the shrimp yummy! Definitely my kind of place! What’s not to love?? 🙂
The food looks amazing! We have a Capital Grille here too. I wonder if it’s the same chain.
Seems like an excellent place to go to enjoy your meal and relax with friends! The food photos look amazing, love these desserts! I’d like to try the Flourless Chocolate Espresso cake and the Capital Grille Cheesecake! YUM!
I love their stoli dolis and also the lobster mac and cheese! This post made me hungry!! Capital Grille is top notch when it comes to dining 🙂
All of that looks delicious! I am a totally foodie myself. If I could write only about food, I so would!
Oh my Lord! steak…makes me so hungry right now. I want some of that delish and it is my fave meat too. I will pass on the drinks 😉
Everything looks amazing! I need to go back to the one in our area!
Oh my! You are making me so hungry. Can I order the CAST IRON GARLIC SHRIMP please?:) Wish we have this restaurant here too.
The foods looks so good and yummy. I would love to try it. Thanks for sharing!
That food looks amazing and I know it was oh so good! I will be following along on your foodie journey. I love food. Will check out your friend’s blog too.
Oh yummy. I think this would be amazing. I love going to restaurants like this one. Looks so good.
This seems to be a popular place! The food looks amazing!
I have seen the Capital Grille in a few locations but haven’t tried it. Those cocktails look yummy though!
This all looks good, I loves the food. The Grapefruit Buck and the Mojito sounds like my cup of tea. I’m a sucker for shrimp too.
Yuummmm. I’m not a drinker or much of a dessert eater but I would tear into some steak and shrimp. Btw,I love Milla’s glasses.
Love all the foods and drinks they offer. Looks really satisfying. Awesome review!
Everything looks good, especially that shrimp!! I can see myself ordering that and the mojito!
Well that sure looks like a great time! Cocktails, filet mignon and desserts? Yes please!!
I really want to try a mojito one day!
And I would definitely want to dine at this grille!