Summer has traditionally been a slow time for restaurant openings.

Usually, restaurants try to wait until the fall, when the weather's

cooler.

But Fayette foodies have been fortunate this season. We've

had our share of openings and one of the best is This is It.

The restaurant is located in front of H.H. Gregg at the Fayette

Pavilion shopping center and specializes in soul food and barbecue.

If you go for lunch, you have a choice of picking items off

the buffet line or picking off the menu. The menu features mouth-watering

barbecue with all the usual sides.

The restaurant also offers delicious fish sandwiches and an

item that is more in tune with Low Country South Carolina cooking-fish

and grits. My uncle used to have this unique combination once

or twice a week for breakfast, and just seeing it on the menu

brought back many good memories.

I've never been a huge fan of soul food, but This is It

is really good. This is some of the best banana pudding that

I have had in many a year and the restaurant is a worthy addition

to the Fayette dining scene. If you like good country cooking

and a pleasant atmosphere, add this to your regular rotation

of eateries.

Two months ago, I asked readers for their hidden pizza picks.

Somebody told me about a place in Marietta that I plan to try

soon, but I have found my pizza place on this side of town.

If you want a genuine slice of New York pizza, head to Oz on

U.S. Highway 29 in Fairburn. This is a real pizza parlor in the

tradition of many establishments in the Northeast. You can buy

pizza by the slice or by the whole pie, and the choice of toppings

is staggering.

You can get an honest-to-goodness white pie, or go the whole

way with several different meat choices. The calzones are out

of this world, and the restaurant is building quite a following

on the Southside.

I like the gritty feel of the Fairburn store, and I also like

that it's on the city's Main Street and you can sit

and watch residents walk and cars ride by the downtown area.

There's also a location in East Point for residents who

may work near the airport.

If you want a real pizza, be like Dorothy and head to Oz.

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