Brunch Buffet: Local Three
This is a buffet with class, where fluffy eggs and biscuits coated in fennel sausage gravy are often served alongside fresh batches of “Rocky Road” pancakes, triangles of lemon custard French toast, and hoppin’ John with braised Heritage Farms Cheshire Pork.
Place to Get Over Your Fear of Heights: Stone Summit Climbing & Fitness Center
From the top of the 60-foot main wall at Stone Summit in northeast Atlanta, you can almost see . . . Russia? Or maybe that’s just the high of accomplishment talking.
New Booze Producer: Old Fourth Distillery
The three years it took the owners to navigate a permitting labyrinth and renovate their Edgewood facility doesn’t seem so long when you consider that we haven’t had a proper distillery since 1906.
Facial: The Alchemist, Aviary Organic Beauty Collective
At this tiny, quirky spa in the Old Fourth Ward, owner Amy Leavell Bransford prefers gentle, all-organic products like Dr. Hauschka, but won’t hesitate to bring out something stronger for clients who need a serious peel.
Shave: The Shave
At this new-school-meets-old-school barbershop in Poncey-Highland, you can sip a complimentary can of PBR and thumb through a 1960s Playboy while waiting for your hot towel and straight razor shave ($45).
New Beer: Emergency Drinking Beer, Wild Heaven Craft Beers
Introduced last spring, Emergency Drinking Beer—and its eye-catching yellow can—proved to be precisely what we needed to survive, frankly, everything.
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