Urban Cannibals to bring back Two-Chicks brunch special
Finding the current Chick-fil-A controversy a bit difficult to swallow? Here's a gay-friendly, equality-minded solution for the poultry-deprived this weekend. Urban Cannibals Bodega + Bites owners Calavino Donati and her wife Doria Roberts tell Dish, thanks to last weekend's overwhelming response to their Two Chicks-Fil-A brunch, the menu special is back this Saturday and Sunday at their East Atlanta Village-based business at 477 Flat Shoals Avenue from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Yes, they're open on Sundays.
New supper club puts the spotlight on up-and-coming chefs
Dinner Lab, a members-only supper club with outposts in New Orleans, Los Angeles, and New York, among other locations, will launch in Atlanta in February or March. We sat down with Bordainick to learn more about Dinner Lab, how it works, and what to look forward to in 2014.
Brian Lewis to open STG Trattoria in March, hires Joshua Hopkins
Brian Lewis gave the emerging Westside dining scene its definitive neighborhood restaurant when he opened Bocado in 2009. Now Lewis plans to bring that casual, creative spirit to Buckhead—but with a distinct Italian accent—when he opens STG Trattoria in March at 102 West Paces Ferry, next to the St. Regis hotel. The name STG (not to be confused with newly opened Midtown chophouse STK) stands for Lewis’s three sons—Sebastian, Tristan, and Gabriel.
Five openings for the fall
ATL Food Chatter: September 13, 2011
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Cupcakes meet Christmas at Sugar Moon Bake Shop
Amy Kiefer has always been comfortable in the kitchen, but she didn’t decide to make a living at baking until the organization she worked at faced budget cuts.
A preview of Cacao Buckhead
I stopped by to check out the progress on the second location of Cacao Atlanta Chocolate Co. at 2815 Peachtree Road in Buckhead. Bad news first: It won’t be open in time for the Valentine’s Day chocolate run (though the original Inman Park store is certainly cranking out truffles nonstop these days; try the brand-new cherry cordials). The good news? This place is going to be stunning, and will encourage lingering more than the tiny, hidden Inman Park shop.
Tin Lizzy’s founders to open three new Buckhead restaurants in 2014
Buckhead will add a new barbecue joint, gastropub, and Spanish-fusion spot to its restaurant repertoire next year with the opening of Smokebelly, the Southern Gentleman, and Gypsy Kitchen, respectively. Created by Chris Hadermann and JP Piemonte—the team behind Tin Lizzy’s, the Big Ketch, Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails, and the new Osteria Cibo Rustico—these new concepts will focus on the dining experience as a whole, complete with live music, craft cocktails, and more. Each will serve lunch and dinner seven days a week.
Restaurateur Riccardo Ullio readies Escorpion for 5th and Peachtree space
This weekend's Atlanta Food & Wine Festival attendees already have something to look forward to next week when their triglycerides levels once again begin to to tumble toward Earth. Sotto Sotto and Fritti chef-owner Riccardo Ullio is set to debut Escorpion, a brand new Mexican tequila bar and cantina at 800 Peachtree Street in the space formerly occupied by Eno and later, The 5th Street Cafe owned by Atlanta Hawk Zaza Pachulia. The short-lived 5th Street Cafe opened exactly a year ago this month.
Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint opens Downtown
ATL Food Chatter: February 22, 2011
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Last week the multi-million-dollar Downtown location of Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint opened with a party that drew a crowd to its lush layout, musical offerings, and Southern cuisine. The new venture—part restaurant, part music venue—is the first non-airport endeavor for Global Concessions, Inc., an Atlanta-based company that operates food and beverage concessions in airports across the nation.
Checking in with Chad Clevenger of forthcoming Alma Cocina
ATL Food Chatter: August 8, 2011
(To receive the Chatter and other culinary tidbits directly in your inbox, sign up for our weekly dining newsletter)With fourteen years of culinary experience in both fine dining and high-volume casual dining under his belt, plus posole and tamale recipes that have been voted the best in Denver, Chad Clevenger seemed to be a natural fit for Alma Cocina, the Fifth Group's modern Mexican restaurant opening this fall Downtown. Clevenger, who will be the restaurant's executive chef, so impressed the Fifth Group's brass that they dropped the “Tex” from the “Mex” cuisine they had originally planned to feature in the former Il Mulino space.
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