Gastropub
Eleanor’s
1675 Cumberland Parkway, Smyrna, GA, 30080
770-434-1114
Built into the back of Muss & Turner’s, this speakeasy features a rotating menu that has included chicharrónes with a splash of hot vinegar, bacon dipped in chocolate, and flatbread pizza with smoked duck.
Website: http://www.mussandturners.com/indexmain.html
Category: Gastropub, New American, Restaurants
Leon’s Full Service
131 East Ponce De Leon Avenue, Decatur, GA, 30030
404-687-0500
At this popular Decatur speakeasy, cocktails are fashioned with intelligence and wit. Absorb the alcohol with fantastic frites served with dipping sauces such as aioli, peppercorn gravy, and curry ketchup.
Website: http://leonsfullservice.com
Category: American, Gastropub, Restaurants
Proof & Provision
659 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30030
404-897-1991
Chef Zeb Stephenson has every reason to be proud of his small plates, which include chicken liver mousse with blackberry glaze, robust country pâté with prosciutto, homemade pigs in a blanket, pickled fiddlehead fronds, and more.
Website: http://www.proofandprovision.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Gastropub, Restaurants, Small Plates
Ration & Dram
130 Arizona Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30307
678-974-8380
Those who followed cocktail-meister Andy Minchow from Repast to Holeman and Finch, where he was part owner, should congratulate him on opening a place of his own.
Website: http://rationanddram.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Kirkwood
Category: Gastropub, Restaurants
Seven Lamps
3400 Around Lenox Road, Atlanta, GA, 30326
404-467-8950
This gastropub from Drew Van Leuvan—a veteran of Atlanta restaurants who was most recently executive chef at One Midtown Kitchen—perches in the far right corner of the Shops Around Lenox.
Website: http://sevenlampsatl.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Gastropub, Restaurants
Tap
1180 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-347-2220
The place to wolf down exceptional cheeseburgers and partake of a marvelous collection of beers and wines.
Website: http://tapat1180.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: American, Gastropub, Restaurants
The Imperial
726 West College Avenue, Decatur, GA, 30030
404-464-5698
Old garages convert handsomely into come-hither bars, as this funky Oakhurst building—long abandoned and now refurbished with a green roof and sprawling patio—attests.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ARestaurantToBeNamedLater
Category: American, Gastropub, Restaurants
The Lawrence
905 Juniper Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309
770-710-1618
This stylish gastropub offers indie spunk, outside-the-box dishes like gnocchi in fennel frond pesto paired with pork rinds, and a pioneering mixologist.
Website: http://www.thelawrenceatlanta.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Gastropub, New American, Restaurants
Wrecking Bar Brewpub
292 Moreland Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30307
404-221-2600
The food at Bob and Kristine Sandage’s handsome subterranean tavern (which brews its own beer) has improved radically since the arrival of chef Terry Koval in August 2012.
Website: http://www.wreckingbarbrewpub.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Little Five Points
Category: Gastropub, Restaurants