New Museum: Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art
With its black concrete blocks and sprawling glass panels, the Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art, which opened in March, seems a better fit among the new downtown attractions than the red-brick campus buildings of Kennesaw State University.
Face-off: Game time
Get the details on the two best places to play bar games in Atlanta, The Painted Pin and Ormsby's.
Skincare Shop: Dermalogica
Opened earlier this year at Atlantic Station, Dermalogica offers gentle skincare products in its signature modern packaging.
Neighborhood Showcase: Atlanta Streets Alive
Atlanta Streets Alive closes off traffic—allowing you to walk, bike, or skateboard through a neighborhood—and gives you the chance to explore miles of the city at sidewalk level.
Urban Hike: Morningside Nature Preserve
For a taste of Georgia wilderness without going OTP, there’s this two-mile loop in Morningside–Lenox Park.
New Local Menswear Company: Res Ipsa
Two Atlanta lawyers were tired of choosing between fat, goofy ties and skinny hipster ties. So in January, Josh Moore and Odini Nwakuche launched Res Ipsa, which started with three-inch-wide ties in grenadine silks, Scottish tartans, and English Mogador.
Field Notes: Testing the waters at Terminus Wake Park
Foreboding name aside, Terminus Wake Park allows those without boats—or boating friends—to wakeboard. Here wakeboarders are pulled by cables, rather than outboard engines. For the uninitiated, wakeboarding is like a hybrid of waterskiing and snowboarding.
Italian: BoccaLupo
Bruce Logue’s passion for pasta is impressive: He hand-cuts and extrudes his own and marries it deftly with Calabrian chiles, red shrimp and scallions, or wild mushrooms and Tuscan kale kimchi.
New Workout: Torq Cycle Atlanta
From celebrity fans to boutique studios, indoor cycling has boomed in popularity over the past few years. Torq Cycle Atlanta, which opened this fall on the Westside, isn’t afraid of the competition, though.
Sushi Bar: Sushi House Hayakawa
Intimate and jolly, Atsushi Hayakawa’s counter is a magnet for the Japanese community and for true lovers of exquisitely fresh nigiri sushi paired with some of the best sake in town.
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