Jackets Bar: Hudson Grille
Trust Tech alums to engineer game-day options efficiently. The go-to bar is Hudson Grille, which has multiple locations, two of which are known for die-hard Tech fans.
New Ethnic Find: Babylon Cafe
There’s nothing generic about Atlanta’s only Iraqi restaurant. A lentil soup bright with lemon, unctuous baba ghanoush, and excellent shawarma are just what we wish all Middle Eastern cooking would taste like.
Coworking Space ITP: Nex
A motivational poster stating “Love your experiment” greets you when you enter Nex. It’s a good introduction to the Grant Park coworking space’s entrepreneurial spirit.
New Accessories: William Wren
Shopping at Winter Hodges’s third Virginia-Highland shop feels at once familiar and new.
Affordable Jewelry: Kendra Scott
With baubles in every color of the tropical rainbow (26 to be exact, including magenta, teal, and neon yellow), Kendra Scott makes it easy to break the mold without breaking the bank.
Easy Separates: Theory and Helmut Lang
Yes, we have two winners here, but they’re sister brands that opened a stone’s throw from each other this fall at Buckhead Atlanta. These are the places you can pop into in a pinch, for everything from a T-shirt to a fur vest.
Cookies: Alon’s
Gooey chocolate chunk–pecan cookies, crumbly pistachio sablés that pop with lemon, and buttery squares filled with raspberry jam are just some of the cookie wonders found in Morningside’s star bakery.
Place to Find Garden Art: Raiford Gallery
This gallery offers a Noah’s Ark of ostriches, giraffes, dogs, cats, and other critters that an imaginative Kentucky team crafts from scrap metal.
Coworking Space OTP: Roam
Entrepreneurs and teleworkers have traded in their basement offices and the crowded coffee shop for memberships in Roam, which operates shared workspaces in Dunwoody and Alpharetta (and has one on tap in Cumberland for early 2015).
Lunch: Miller Union
A righteous burger, crisp salads topped with smoked trout, and a just-plucked vegetable plate ace any other lunch in town.
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