The steak at Nowak’s is very good, but we are lucky that great steak is not a rarity in Atlanta. Otherwise, what sets the restaurant apart? Nowak’s has the ingredients to be a very good restaurant, but first it needs to be able to answer that question.
Author: Henri Hollis - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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