Vortex Radio

Mike DiLonardo, Director of Operations of Atlanta Beer Festivals, joins Vortex Radio this week to share his tale of how he got into throwing the best beer parties in this fine city. On top of that, Mike is a big Vortex Radio fan and he turns the podcast table and interviews Michael and the gang! This is an episode you do not want to miss.  

Vortex Co-Owner Suzanne Benoit returns with some tasty treats. This time she brings in a bar snack that throws back to the early days of the Vortex and some tasty, and some not so tasty, beer cocktails. Listen in! 

Kamal Grant of Atlanta's Sublime Doughnuts joins the crew for this sweet episode of Vortex Radio. They just celebrated 8 years of providing Atlanta with some of the most delicious and unique doughnuts in the country. Pour yourself a cup of coffee and get ready to work up an appetite because this is one tasty podcast. 

Eddie Hernandez has been cooking in this city for over 20 years and is now involved in the highly successful restaurant, Taqueria del Sol. With five locations, four in Georgia and one in Nashville, he's providing some of the most unique and delicious tacos to the masses. Listen in to hear more about this culinary creative and some upcoming special Taqueria events. 

Ford Fry is an Atlanta based chef and restaurateur who is behind eleven restaurants, ten in Atlanta and one in Houston. He joins Vortex radio to enjoy a margarita and talk about this journey through the Atlanta food scene. If you haven't been to one of his restaurants, you'll definitely want to go after listening to this episode!

Jackie and Maria from Atlanta's own Urban Tree Cidery join the Vortex Radio crew this week. They're Atlanta's first craft cidery and are pumping out some delicious and unique takes on the beverage. Listen in to this episode to get the scoop on what it's like to run a cidery and brew this tasty elixir.  

Mac Thurston has been keeping Midtown Atlanta's thirst quenched since the early 80's. The founder of Mac's Beer and Wine has also been a loyal patron of The Vortex since the first days back in the early 90's. Listen in to this episode to get a glimpse into the old Midtown Atlanta and the early days of The Vortex. 

Have you ever had mead before? Do you know how it's made? Whether you're a mead beginner or expert, this is the episode for you! We've got Justin Schoendorf and Sriki Vourganti from Monks Mead on the podcast this week! The gang tries a wide selection of meads and, because mead has a high alcohol percentage, things get pretty weird! 

Eric Von Haessler has been a radio personality in the city of Atlanta for 20 years now. You probably heard him on The Regular Guys show on 96 Rock back in the day. Now he joins the Vortex Radio crew for an hour of ridiculousness. Tune into this special episode to learn more about Eric as well as a brand new original Vortex cocktail! 

Vortex co-owner Suzanne Benoit joins us again on Vortex Radio! She's brought some tasty surprises for the gang to try including some high percentage booze and candy shot glasses. Things get pretty ridiculous on this one!