19 June 2007

Midnight Sun. An original edition






Talk about old memories! Anyone who was in Atlanta in the early Seventies remembers this restaurant and dinner theatre in Downtown Atlanta, in one of John Portman's developments. It was groundbreaking-ly sophisticated for Atlanta; an *import* from Scandinavia-one of Portman's sources of inspiration, apparently. The decor and furnishings were knock-offs of the likes of Aalto and the food was accompanied by bottles of aquavit encased in a flower-encrusted sleeve of ice. Talk about Kitsch, but it worked...

There was a sister restaurant in the complex...more casual lunch place...that served wonderful open-faced sandwiches. Can't remember the name of it, but I do remember the shrimp and butter sandwiches. OMG! Wish I had one now.

This tinybuilding was made by James from a matchbook. You can see at the base of the building the *close cover before striking* admonishment. It is about 1-1/2" tall.

c. 1980

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

The casual restaurant was called "The Little Mermaid" and opened before the Midnight Sun Restaurant in 1968.

Anonymous said...

We took our prom dates to the Midnight Sun. I miss that place, Victoria Station, Mario's in Chamblee. The "old" Everybody's .. Gee all my old dating haunts are gone.

Juris said...

We used to go to the Midnight Sun in the early 70's when we went up from Tallahassee to ATL -- and if we could, stay in the Hyatt Regency. The restaurant was always a real treat.

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RICHARD said...

HANDS DOWN, THE BEST TWO RESTAURANTS WERE THE MIDNIGHT SUN AND THE LARK AND THE DOVE. WOW, STEAK DIANA, AT THE MIDNIGHT SUN AND SEAFOOD NEWBERG AT THE LARK. SURE MISS THEM.

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