Piedmont Row

A great place to meet friends, walk around, people watch and to live. I moved into the condos here recently and I am very happy with the over all community, shopping and dining.
Park in either the west or east structure for easy access to everything. They also offer valet for Brio, Georges and Del Frisco. All of the restaurants have great outdoor areas for the nice summer days and nights.
During the holidays they light a Christmas tree in the center of the circle and decorate really nicely with lights on all the trees. It makes the courtyard very warm and inviting.
Dining here: Brio (Italian), Georges (French), Del Frisco (Steak house), Taco Mac (Mexican-​ish), Terrace Café (great breakfast and brunch items — best bloody mary ever), AZN Asian (Chinese) — there is also a wine bar, cigar bar, frozen yogurt place, hair salon, dry cleaner, YMCA and other corporate businesses (like scott trade and etrade).
Best bars to hang out in are Del Frisco (for posh style and some celebrity sitings), Brio (for good priced small bites and reasoable wine by the glass.)

This is actually a great place to stroll around, with plenty of people-​watching. Most of the restaurants have great patio’s.
Bring a sweater if you get cool in the evenings because the way the sun sets behind the buildings, it gets shady in there fast.
There are also several weeks during the summer when they will close the traffic circle down and have a street party with music. Lots of fun.
Also, lots of singles/divorcee’s, if you’re looking for one. Usually a more mature crowd — not necessarily all oldies, but not a lot of 20yr olds.

This is a cool little shopping/​eating area with options such as Taco Mac, Del Friscos, Brio, Georges Brasserie. There are a limited number of parking places out on the street and also a decent sized parking deck.
They sometimes have music out in the circle (sort of a mini Alive After Five concept) and for the concerts, they set up bars around the perimeter of the circle so that you can easily grab a beverage while enjoying the music.

I recently visited Piedmont Row for the annual Christmas Tree Lighting. There was a train ride for the kids, although some adults took a ride as well, along with artful balloons, hot chocolate, and chocolate marshmallows. All events were free. It was a cold night, but a great time was had by all. The restaurants were booming with revelers getting into the holiday spirit but there was a lot of drinking going on this Friday night. I would suggest bringing the kids during the daytime hours and during special events and definitely leaving them with a sitter on Friday night.