New Caribbean: Delight Your Palate, Caribbean Fish and Jerk
There isn’t much in the way of ambience at this shack, where the food is served strictly in Styrofoam to-go boxes. But go for the tangy smoked jerk chicken, which comes with a proper housemade jerk sauce.
Green Expansion: Atlanta Botanical Garden
The garden spread its tendrils this spring with two new spaces totaling nearly 200 acres. In Midtown, the previously undeveloped Gardens in Storza Woods, one of Atlanta’s last remaining mature hardwood forests, opened in May, the first new addition since 2010’s Canopy Walk.
Indie film institution: Videodrome
With 18,000 titles, it’s the only place where the city’s cinephiles can nab obscure flicks—like local music documentary Benjamin Smoke—alongside the latest mainstream releases.
Personal Endorsement: Sugarcoat
I don’t often spring for fancy nail treatments, but it’s hard to resist the signature sugar scrub pedicure at Sugarcoat’s Virginia-Highland location.
Personal Endorsement: Bluemercury
Woo Skincare + Cosmetics nabs this year’s honors for “Best Beauty Store,” but I also have to give props to the Bluemercury chain out of D.C.
Art Supply Store: Binders
The spacious Ponce City Market location houses an extensive selection of arty inventory, but the streamlined layout makes it easy to navigate.
Upholstered Seating: Stanton Home Furnishings
Whether you’re seeking the perfect wooden spool chair or a klismos chair with nailhead trim, this posh store will have you sitting pretty.
Workout Gear: Lululemon Athletica
How has Lululemon become synonymous with athletic wear that’s stylish enough for post-gym runs to Whole Foods?
Bookstore: Little Shop of Stories
Yes, this Decatur gem is mostly a kids bookstore—and a good one, with a cozy play tent to page through the latest Fancy Nancy—but the shelves also contain a thoughtfully selected adult fiction section.
Vegetable Plate: Miller Union
No dish captures the genius of Steven Satterfield quite like this unassuming veg plate. Summer finds include lima beans and corn cooked in cream and scented with tarragon, served alongside chunky, crisp fingers of fried okra that snap and crunch like green beans.
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