A longtime community favorite, McEntyre’s Bakery is a Smyrna-based family business founded in 1947 by Howard McEntyre Sr. and his son, Howard Jr., after the latter returned from a tour of duty with the Marines in World War II. Now it’s run by fourth-generation owners Ryan McEntyre and his wife, Joy, with occasional appearances by their four children.

Located in a former Urban Wings off Collier Road near Patrick’s Sub Shop and DAS BBQ, Mission Burger serves plant-based burgers, chicken sandwiches, reubens, brisket mac ‘n’ cheese, and more using a variety of vegan meat substitutes ranging from Impossible to Gardein Ultimate Chicken to Be Hive seitan.

Atlanta is my home. I was born here. My children were born here. My life is anchored here, and I continue to find purpose and community in this remarkable city. With the history it holds and the future it promises, it’s impossible not to love Atlanta. 

When Atlanta actress Danielle Deadwyler is reading a script for the first time, she has to feel a spark of “curiosity, inventiveness, or spontaneity” before agreeing to star. This approach has worked well for her in recent years; every performance she gives aches in humanity, as she goes from intense to vulnerable to funny to strong in an instant. Deadwyler is just as mesmerizing in 40 Acres, the post-apocalyptic thriller in which she plays Hailey Freeman, the matriarch of a family trying to survive on a farm after a series of plagues and wars.

Grant Wallace supplies chefs at Gunshow, Indaco, A Mano, Octopus Bar, and Seed Kitchen & Bar, and was a large supplier of pop-up Long Snake. Miles Macquarrie, a Michelin award winner for his cocktails at Kimball House, is using Wallace’s bee balm for a cocktail syrup. Bartenders flock to his farm's website for edible flowers and herb garnish ingredients.

When Anne and Daniel Arwood moved from their Druid Hills home to a new build in Ansley Park, they had two big items on their wish list. They wanted their new home to accommodate their busy lifestyle, and they wanted it to reflect their love of nature and the outdoors.

Winfield Ward Murray provides Burruss Correctional Training Center inmates with access to higher education as part of a partnership between Morehouse, the Andrew Young Center’s Higher Education in Prisons program, and Common Good Atlanta. John, a Black man in his mid-50s, says “the shame of prison makes you quiet.” But through the encouragement of Murray and other faculty, he’s learned “my voice matters.”

A new addition to Atlanta’s culinary scene is bringing a sultry blend of Southern warmth, Spanish-inspired tapas, and eye-catching cocktails to Midtown. Mistora, the latest concept from the group behind Verdure Kitchen & Cocktails, opened its doors in early June in the former Atmosphere on Piedmont Road.

“See, I was typecast by my family as bookish,” Senator Raphael Warnock says; it wasn't until his late 20s that Warnock found the gym. Now he runs the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race annually, along with running the treadmill at the Senate and biking on the Silver Comet Trail. Our managing editor joined him for a spring training run on the Beltline.