Today’s Groupon: for $10, you get $30 worth of modern Italian dishes, drinks, and wood-burning, brick-oven pizzas at Via. The multilevel Buckhead space boasts a snazzy bar, serene interior, and well-trained chef.

Four flavorful salads temper aggressive appetites. Try a wedge salad, with scallions, bacon, tomatoes, and blue cheese ($6), or an herby caprese salad of mozzarella, tomatoes, basil, red onions, and cucumber ($8). The menu is rife with small plates: spinach ravioli ($6), hummus ($6), or mussels di Napoli ($8) are sociable savories. Via specializes in a selection of freshly made pizzas from a wood-burning ceramic-brick oven. They come smothered in San Marzano tomato sauce and authentic buffalo mozzarella cheese. Keep it simple with a margherita ($10), or touch all taste buds with the prosciutto and fig ($14). Crème-brûlée cheesecake ($6), tiramisu ($5), or a five-layer chocolate cake ($5) are sweet afterthoughts.

Location:262 Pharr Rd. NE  Atlanta, Georgia 30305

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Restaurant.com is featuring their 80% OFF restaurant giftcard promotion right now: Save 80% on Restaurant.com $25 Gift Cert. Use code MEAL and pay $2 thru 4/30/10.  Stock up on tons of great restaurants in Buckhead and the great Atlanta metro area.

Two weekly specials to satisfy your sweet tooth:

Sweet Savings This Week:

Celebrate Earth Day, at Evos in midtown on Thursday April 22nd, and enjoy a FREE Homemade Organic Milkshake.  I have not yet tried Evos but their tagline sounds great Fast Food without the Guilt.  They focus on incorporating organic produce and meats into their menu.

Evos 855 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30308

Sweet Savings Next Week

You won’t want to miss the Baskin Robbins Fourth Annual 31 Cent Scoop Night  next Wednesday April 28th.  Basking Robbins will be paying tribute to local fire fighting heroes and thanking their loyal customers by lowering the price of Baskin-Robbins scoops to just 31 cents!

Baskin Robbins Buckhead Location                                                                                                                                                                                  2235 Peachtree Rd NE
Atlanta , GA 30305

We are excited to announce the winners of the Bargains In Buckhead Boutique Gift Card Giveaway.  We thank all of you for participating, and following our website. We hope to continue to have some great giveaways for you in the future.  Each person below will be receiving an email from us so if you don’t see it please check your junk mail or email us.  Please respond in the next 48 hours with your mailing address that you would like us to mail the gift card to. It will be a fun surprise as to which giftcard you get in the mail.  

Seven Winners that were chosen at random by an online website:

Laura Hughen

Justine Story

Katie Wyatt

Artela J.

Pat Douglas

Nancy Collins

Lauren Logan

Not to worry, I scrounged up a great deal for your CONSULATION PRIZES below:

Everybody be a winner with this 80% OFF  gift card promotion going on right now.  .  80% off Restaurant.com $25 Gift Cert. orders and free $10 Gift Cert.! Use code CHEER and Pay $2 thru 12/25/09. This promotion has just gotten extended thru 12/31/09.   Buy $25 gift cards for only $2!  Everybody needs a night out and a break from cooking over the holidays, so this is a great way eat out without the guilt.  Some of my favorite restaurants in Buckhead included in this promotion are: Horseradish Grill,Pasta Del Pucinella, Taverna Plaka, The Flying Biscuit, Rio Grande, Basil’s, Pasta Vino, Padriacs to name a few.  Just plug in your zip code and search the restaurants in your area, purchase and print out your gift card coupons at home.   Be sure to use the  CHEER code and link above and make your purchases before 12/31/09 to get your savings.

The Atlanta Botanical Gardens serves up seasonal brews after hours every Thursday in October.  And I can’t believe I am just now posting this late in the month but you still have two additional Thursday opportunities to check this event out.  You are encouraged to bring your own flashlight to illuminate the scarecrows in the garden.

Hop City is onsite sponsoring a weekly “Beer School” offering expert insight on beer varieties, ingredients and home brewing.

You won’t want to miss the Great Chefs of Atlanta Pumpking Carving Contest which is next Thursday, October 29, 7 – 8 p.m. Witness some of the cities finest gourmets gut and cut fantastic Halloween creations!

Admission $15 | Garden Members FREE | All beers $3.50

Click here for directions, hours and more info.

Brought to you by your Buckhead Bargainers and Buckhead Realtors.  Contact us at bargainsinbuckhead@gmail.com

Leave the strollers behind so you can rack up on the savings this weekend at the Children’s Boutique Warehouse Sale  on Ellsworth Blvd.  All your favorite Buckhead stores will be at the Warehouse discounting their goods up to 70% OFF. Limetree, Due Maternity, Wiggle, Bumble Bee are just a few of the highlights.  A $5 donation gets you in the door and and I think it will be well worth your time and money.

Brought to you by your Buckhead Bargainers and Buckhead Realtors email us at bargainsinbuckhead@gmail.com

HEAR YE, HEAR YE: Lords and Ladies of the Realm, this weekend is your LAST CHANCE to attend the Georgia Renaissance Festival this year!  And, every year, as the event nears a close, those forward-thinkers offer budget-friendly weekends: Buy 2 full-price tickets and get one free!  So strap on your armor, lace up your corsets and lighten your coin purse this weekend at Renn Fest ‘09, the wenches are waiting!

As Eco-Brokers, we are always looking for way to stay green.  While we know that using energy efficient products in your home will save you money, its the day to day green and organic products that can be pricey. 

After taking an Organic Urban Farming/Gardening class last week, I was excited about this planet-friendly lifestyle, but a little disillusioned by its not-so-wallet-friendly drawbacks.  Plus, I decided a compost fertilized vegetable garden might be a little aggressive for my townhouse; BUT, I refused to accept defeat on the buying organic front.  So, I enlisted the help of my mom, the Super-Save-Since-Before-it-was-chic, who was able to find these 2 very useful websites: http://www.mambosprouts.com/ and http://stonyfield.com/.  Let us know if you have any good green money saving techniques!

If this recession has you stuck at home eating cereal 3 meals a day, this is your chance to get a hearty meal FOR FREE!!!!  The Buckhead Shane’s is on Roswell Rd across from the East Andrews intersection.  I’m not sure if we can make it, so if you do, let us know how it works out for ya!

Atlanta,GA
Buckhead
3247 Roswell Road

Sun – Thurs 11 AM – 9 PM Fri – Sat 11 AM – 10 PM
Phone: 404-231-1742

As we all know (especially we, your loyal Betty Bargainers & REALTORS), the housing market has taken a huge hit in these turbulent economic times.  Fortunately, we are seeing improvement, and economists predict, “the free-fall is over.”  Still, the glut of Buckhead condos has fabulous units up for auction weekly!  Sunday, May 17th, 40 residences at the Cosmopolitan at Buckhead will be up for auction, and this weekend, May 9th from 2-5 they will be hosting a Taste of the Neighborhood.  This FREE event features food and drink from Justin’s, Ru Sans, CIROC vodka, il bacio, Coco Loco, Tin Drum, SIP The Experience, Aliyah’s Island Grill, F20, Fresh To Order, Wine Gallery + Market, as well as live music by GroovProject and the signature drink, the cosmo.

SO, even if you’re not in the market for a condo, stop by the Cosmopolitan and support local industry!

I came across this event online and it sounds really cool!  And, with the cost of admission set at $0.00, its definitely worth checking out!

The Hagedorn Foundation Gallery in Peachtree Hills will be hosting a photography exhibition by Nancy Lee Andrews and May Pang.  The works displayed are  a collection of never-before-seen images of rock icons from the ’60s and ’70s, both in the recording studio and out. This collection is slated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. The opening is TONGIHT, Thursday 5/7 from 6-9pm, and the artists will be present for a book signing.  The exhibit runs through June 10th.