Restaurants
10 Degrees South
4183 Roswell Road, Atlanta, GA, 30342
404-705-8870
This sprawling South African restaurant may be Buckhead’s most under-the-radar scenester hangout. The food is a fascinating (if unevenly executed) amalgam of Indian, Portuguese, and other European and Asian influences.
Website: http://10degreessouth.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: African, Restaurants
4th and Swift
621 North Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30308
678-904-0160
On the brink of so much activity around the Old Fourth Ward–Inman Park neighborhoods—where Krog Street Market and Ponce City Market are both scheduled to open later this year—it’s gratifying to find Jay Swift’s New American looker still turning out such attuned cooking.
Website: http://4thandswift.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Old Fourth Ward
Category: New American, Restaurants
5 Seasons North
3655 Old Milton Parkway, Alpharetta, GA, 30005
770-521-5551
The suburban outpost of a local restaurant and brewing company is known for serious beer and affordable, locally sourced food.
Website: http://www.5seasonsbrewing.com/index.html
Category: American, Brewery/Bistro, Restaurants
5 Seasons Sandy Springs
5600 Roswell Road, Sandy Springs, GA, 30342
404-255-5911
The original location of 5 Seasons’ concept of serious beer and affordable, locally sourced food remains our favorite.
Website: http://5seasonsbrewing.com
Category: American, Brewery/Bistro, Restaurants
5 Seasons Westside
1000 Marietta Street, Atlanta, GA, 30318
404-875-3232
Like the original location in Sandy Springs, this outpost offers serious beer and affordable, locally sourced food. Plus, it’s got a gorgeous rooftop patio.
Website: http://5seasons.info
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Westside / Home Park
Category: American, Brewery/Bistro, Restaurants
Abattoir
1170 Howell Mill Road, Atlanta, GA, 30318
404-892-3335
The small plates-focused menu at Anne Quatrano and Clifford Harrison’s newest addition to their local empire (Bacchanalia, Floataway Cafe) is much tamer than the restaurant’s name implies.
Website: http://starprovisions.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Westside / Home Park
Category: New American, Restaurants
Al-Amin
5466 Buford Highway, Doraville, GA, 30340
470-375-4071
Bangladeshi food doesn’t get much play in Atlanta, but South Asians know to seek out this grocery store and cafe just south of I-285.
Category: Halal, Restaurants
Alma Cocina
191 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30303
404-968-9662
Downtown’s new midscale Mexican restaurant offers sublime taquitos, brilliant tequila drinks, and a warm atmosphere. It’s an ideal spot to get sloshed in the middle of the day, “Mad Men”–style.
Website: http://www.alma-atlanta.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Downtown
Category: Mexican, Restaurants
Alon’s – Dunwoody
4505 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA, 30345
678-397-1781
This is Atlanta’s quintessential modern market. The Morningside original opened in 1992, and the Dunwoody location is a laudable suburban counterpart with more specialty items and Sunday brunch.
Website: http://alons.com
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Restaurants, Soup & Sandwich
Alon’s – Morningside
1394 North Highland Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30306
404-872-6000
Atlanta’s quintessential modern market, a mainstay of the Morningside neighborhood since 1992, offers sandwiches, artisan cheeses, and a breadth of takeout foods and bakery items.
Website: http://alons.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Morningside / Lenox Park
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Restaurants, Soup & Sandwich
Alpine Bakery and Trattoria
12315 Crabapple Road, Alpharetta, GA, 30004
770-410-9883
Originally a pizzeria before it moved to fancier digs, the bakery still displays cases to the right of the dining room that are packed with the larger-than-life Italian and American desserts upon which Alpine built its reputation.
Website: http://alpinebakeryandtrattoria.com/
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Restaurants
Ameer’s Mediterranean Grill
2168 Briarcliff Road, Atlanta, GA, 30329
404-982-0666
Israeli owner Sami Salame, who named the restaurant after his son, serves an unexpectedly complex menu of Middle Eastern specialties.
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Druid Hills/Emory
Category: Middle Eastern, Restaurants
Ammazza
591-A Edgewood Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30312
404-228-1036
The pizzas, charred on the bottom and with the proper swollen edges, are sized for sharing at sixteen inches. Home in on classic combinations like the Bolognese, crowned with meatballs, sausage, housemade mozzarella, and ricotta.
Website: http://ammazza.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Old Fourth Ward
Category: Pizza, Restaurants
Anis Cafe and Bistro
2974 Grandview Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30305
404-233-9889
This charming Provencal-style cafe features a romantic terrace.
Website: http://anisbistro.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: French, Restaurants
Ann’s Snack Bar
1615 Memorial Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30317
404-687-9207
New York may have the Soup Nazi, but we have Ms. Ann and her posted rules. Wait patiently for her to assemble one order at a time, and be ready to pay cash for her amazing Ghetto Burger.
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Kirkwood
Category: Burgers, Hot Dogs, Restaurants
Annie’s Thai Castle
3195 Roswell Road, Atlanta, GA, 30305
404-264-9546
Buckhead’s longstanding Thai restaurant is still one of the city’s best.
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Restaurants, Thai
Antica Posta
519 East Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA, 30305
404-262-7112
A true-minded Tuscan restaurant, Antica Posta has settled in as a neighborhood haunt for its upscale Buckhead clientele. It serves what may be the city’s best roast chicken.
Website: http://anticaposta.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Italian, Restaurants