Atlanta Magazine

“Each Eclipse is unique. Alpharetta is more modern and bougie. Buckhead is playful, whimsical, and artsy. This one will be moodier with natural earth tones,” owner Eric Kline explains. “It’s more authentic—like you’re walking on the streets of Barcelona or Madrid and stumble into a family-owned tapas restaurant.”

We asked a cohort of Atlanta chefs and tastemakers to share their favorite spots for cheap eats around town.

We put out a call on Instagram asking Atlantans for their favorite cheap eats. Here’s what some of you had to say.

Feeding a group is a tricky balancing act of ordering enough food and not spending too much. Fortunately, several Atlanta restaurants make it easy on families looking to feed their brood affordably, whether it’s a weeknight fix or a weekend treat.

Atlanta is a big small town, and the restaurant community is no exception. It’s like an extended family, and many well-known Atlanta restaurants are related in some way. Did you know Krog Street Market’s excellent sandwich shop Fred’s Meat and Bread started as a cheesesteak pop-up at The General Muir? Now you do.

It’s been more than 25 years since a new theme park opened in Orlando—which, coincidentally, is about how long it’s been since I moved from Central Florida to Atlanta. A roller-coaster lover by birth (growing up, we always had Florida-resident season passes to the parks), now a travel writer by trade, I was more than a little excited to check out Universal Epic Universe before it opens to the public May 22. Now that I’m back, I’ve compiled 5 things you need to know

Belen Bistro + Market is now open in Decatur Square. Although the bistro will serve empanadas as an appetizer, they will be fried, rather than baked as they are at Belén de la Cruz. Other menu items include ravioli (ham and cheese, butternut squash, or spinach), baked brie with a honey crust, and beet salad with hardboiled egg and Greek yogurt.

What happens when you mix together Atlanta gentrification, escaped venomous snakes, and a drunk narrator nicknamed God? Anarchy that borders on being a little too real.

“The official MARTA app was pretty rough,” Chad Etzel says of the On the Go app. A former Apple engineer, Etzel found all the data he needed online and began tinkering with an app that would provide more accurate, user-friendly information about MARTA’s buses and trains. A few days later, he had his prototype, which he named Terminus.