And pinged back in my own special way...
Only know Murphy's by reputation. I'm an OTP person by nature and Murphy's is very ITP.
for the non locals that's "outside the perimeter" and "inside the perimenter".
There are some gems in the neighborhoods like that, but you can also make those type of finds up the railroad corridors in the burbs as well. There are two primarily, one runs up northeast along hwy 23 parallel to the tracks. The other lies along what is the Old Dixie Hwy. Small towns with depots were all along these railways.
Now, in the last 40+ years, we've become an interstate, mall and wal-mart society and the big businesses moved over onto the new highways leaving these old downtowns all but abandoned. Now, as subdivisions have sprung up all around, the money influx has made it possible for them to redevelop these areas, build nice parks and put lots of small niche shops and great small-ish restaurants in place. Great places to walk around, window shop and stuff your face.....and forget you're square in the middle of suburbia.
Chef Henry is my favorite example of this type of place. That restaurant almost single handedly brought downtown Acworth back to life. His 2+ hour waits for tables created a market for other shops to provide stuff to do while waiting and other good restaurants to catch his overflow.
If you like cajun, cant recommend him enough:
http://www.chefhenrys.com