Southern/Soul
Home Grown
968 Memorial Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30316
404-222-0455
Hearty Southern breakfasts, fun blue plates with summery vegetable sides, and homemade ice pops and pies all behoove a tongue-in-cheek diner that even has a groovy art gallery in the back.
Website: http://www.homegrownga.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Reynoldstown
Category: Restaurants, Southern/Soul
Horseradish Grill
4320 Powers Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA, 30342
404-255-7277
The barn-themed dining room and menu of uncomplicated entrees screams 90s-era New Southern cooking, but Horseradish Grill’s charms remain intact. Save room for the Kentucky oatmeal spice cake.
Website: http://horseradishgrill.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: American, Restaurants, Southern/Soul
JCT Kitchen & Bar
1198 Howell Mill Road, Atlanta, GA, 30318
404-355-2252
Trains rumble behind the property, adding a touch of romance to this handsome restaurant in the Westside Urban Market. Dinner is the jackpot meal at JCT, when the kitchen best executes recalibrated Southern standards.
Website: http://jctkitchen.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Westside / Home Park
Category: New American, Restaurants, Southern/Soul
Mama’s Boy
197 Oak Street, Athens, GA, 30601
706-548-6249
A favorite with students and townies alike, Mama’s Boy was named “best breakfast” five years in a row by readers of alt-weekly Flagpole. The kitchen dishes up standbys like corned-beef studded hash and fried-chicken stuffed biscuits.
Website: http://eatatmamasboy.com/
Category: Breakfast/Brunch, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Southern/Soul
Miller Union
999 Brady Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30318
678-733-8550
You won’t find chef and co-owner Steven Satterfield’s oft-changing menu riddled with cliches of Dixie cooking. But the Georgia native, who grew up in the Lowcountry, approaches the stove with an innate Southern graciousness.
Website: http://www.millerunion.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Westside / Home Park
Category: Best of Atlanta 2013, New American, Restaurants, Southern/Soul
Our Way Cafe
2831 East College Avenue, Avondale Estates, GA, 30030
404-292-9356
Familiar meat-and-three staples, including lemon-pepper chicken, roast pork, lasagna, and sweet potato casserole, take center stage at this Avondale Estates favorite. All veggies are prepared meat-free.
Website: http://ourwaycafe.com
Category: Restaurants, Southern/Soul
Park 75
75 14th Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-253-3840
Gorgeous pink-marble stairs lead from the Four Seasons’ lobby to its airy showcase restaurant. Expect competent, upscale hotel food that tries to please as many palates as possible.
Website: http://fourseasons.com/atlanta/vacations/dining_15.html
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: American, Restaurants, Southern/Soul
Pinewood Tippling Room
254 West Ponce de Leon Avenue, Decatur,, Atlanta, GA, 30030
404-373-5507
From the outside, this plucky cocktail lounge looks the same as when Cakes & Ale occupied the space before its move to Decatur Square. But inside, the long room has been given a genteel Southern makeover with powder-blue paint, tall tables, and an expanded bar.
Website: http://www.pinewoodtr.com/
Neighborhood: Decatur
Category: Restaurants, Southern/Soul
South City Kitchen
1144 Crescent Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-873-7358
Expect gussied up versions of Southern favorites in a bustling atmosphere.
Website: http://southcitykitchen.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: American, Restaurants, Southern/Soul
South City Kitchen Vinings
1675 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 401, Smyrna, GA, 30080
770-435-0700
Expect gussied up versions of Southern favorites in a bustling atmosphere.
Website: http://southcitykitchen.com
Category: American, Restaurants, Southern/Soul
Southbound
5394 Peachtree Road, Chamblee, GA, 30341
687-580-5579
With a railroad, an abandoned grain elevator, and a row of century-old storefronts, downtown Chamblee feels like an archetypal small town.
Website: http://www.baconsnobs.com
Category: Restaurants, Southern/Soul
Table and Main
1028 Canton Street, Roswell, GA, 30075
678-869-5178
Dishes such as Hogs ‘N’ Quilts—moist pulled pork folded into chive crepes with a subtle vinegar sauce—get outside the box at this Southern farm-to-table spot. Kudos to the lengthy bourbon list.
Website: http://tableandmain.com/
Category: Restaurants, Southern/Soul
Terrace at the Ellis Hotel
176 Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, GA, 30303
678-651-2770
The restaurant at the historic Ellis Hotel features a seasonal menu that draws from more than two dozen Georgia farmers and producers.
Website: http://www.ellishotel.com/terrace/index.cfm
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Downtown
Category: American, Restaurants, Southern/Soul
The Bishop
124 North Avondale Road, Avondale Estates, GA, 30002
404-692-5454
Downtown Avondale Estates’ Tudor Village has long been embroiled in bankruptcy, but it’s showing new signs of growth with the opening of this handsome neighborhood tavern.
Website: http://www.bishopae.com
Category: Restaurants, Southern/Soul
The Colonnade
1879 Cheshire Bridge Road, Atlanta, GA, 30324
404-874-5642
Crusty servers take the orders, the decor is pure time-warp comfort, and everyone has a favorite dish. For some it’s the fried chicken; for others, the oyster stew, salmon croquettes, or tomato aspic.
Website: http://www.colonnadeatl.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Morningside / Lenox Park
Category: American, Restaurants, Southern/Soul
The Farmhouse
10950 Hutcheson Ferry Road, Palmetto, GA, 30268
770-463-2622
Guests at the bucolic Inn at Serenbe are no longer the only ones to enjoy a country-chic setting. Patrons can enjoy a country-chic dinner off of the restaurant’s weekly changing a la carte menu.
Website: http://www.serenbefarmhouse.com
Category: American, Restaurants, Southern/Soul
The Hil
9110 Selborne Lane, Palmetto, GA, 30268
770-463-6040
Barely forty minutes from Downtown in the eco-friendly hamlet of Serenbe, chef Hilary White weaves summer’s okra and tomatoes and autumn’s sweet potatoes and greens into a family-friendly Americana menu.
Website: http://the-hil.com
Category: American, Restaurants, Southern/Soul
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