My flip burger w/ Nutella & Toasted Marshmallow milkshake

After the u2 concert last week we stopped by Flip Burger Boutique.  We knew about it because of Richard Blais who was a contestant on Top Chef.  We love Top chef and he is basicallly my favorite contestant from the show.  He totally should have won the season he was on.

Anyway, we stopped the by the restaurant in Atlanta.  I remembered asking myself on the way over, "I wonder if he will be there?"  I didn't figure so, it was like 11am on a Wednesday.  But guess who was sitting in a booth right behind us?  Oh yeah, Richard Blais.

So we ate our Flip Burger with Cheese (muy bien) and drank my Nutella & Toasted Marshmallow Milk Shake (que bueno).  The fried pickles were absolutely awesome.  I debated whether I should say hi to him.  I really did not want to be "that guy".  You know the one who walks up and bothers people they think they know because they saw them on TV.  But then I thought, "he's like my favorite TV chef." 

So I went up to him to say "hey".  I expected we would do nothing more than exchange greetings: I would say "Hey . . . I'm a fan", he would say ". . . awesome . . ." and we would all move on.  But he actually started asking me questions like where I was from and how often did I come to Atlanta, and did I know they were opening a Flip in Nashville.  I wasn't expecting him to be so nice and congenial.  I mean he was like that on TV but I didn't expect it.  I'm not even sure what I said to him.  I probably mumbled something awkward shook his hand and walked away.

If you're in the ATL hit up Flip (and try the Krispy Kreme milk shake - I almost did).  If you see Richard, tell him Mike sent ya.  We're basically best friends now.