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6 coffeehouses fueling Atlanta’s newfound love for Yemeni coffee

Of the 100 or so Yemeni coffeehouses across the country, Atlanta has six, all of which have opened in the last five years. Whaat's driving this trend? And what makes Yemeni coffee special? Plus, find out where you can try it in Atlanta.
Kamayan’s signature private Filipino feast

John T. Edge: An Ode to Atlanta’s “On-Ramp,” Buford Highway

Christiane Lauterbach encouraged me to think about restaurants owned by immigrants as essential to the modern Southern story. They were, she believed, inheritors of the restaurants that fed migrants in the years after World War II. In time, that insight became my angle of approach. A world bloomed into view.

Chefs behind Michelin-recommended Talat Market will open Thai street food bar in Poncey-Highland

A little luck, a lot of lemongrass: That’s the recipe behind Some Luck, the forthcoming Thai street food bar from the Talat Market team. Opening in October beneath Otto’s in the former Highland Inn, the basement spot will serve small plates, batched cocktails, and Thai beer, with the easygoing energy Poncey-Highland is known for.

Osteria Bella will bring Calabrian cooking and elevated plating to Halcyon

Chef Daniele Furfaro is getting ready to introduce a more refined version of his family’s Italian cooking to Alpharetta. Come October, he and his wife Bella are opening Osteria Bella at Halcyon, taking over the former Butcher & Brew space.

What to expect at the 2026 Atlanta Food & Wine Festival

The Atlanta Food & Wine Festival is in its 16th year. New this year are two events devoted to burgers and fried chicken. Get all the highlights from Atlanta Magazine's food writer Carly Cooper.

Bread & Butterfly owner-chef to open Heritage, an Afro-Caribbean restaurant in Summerhill

After purchasing Bread & Butterfly in 2023 and launching an African diaspora-inspired dinner menu, chef Demetrius Brown turned his focus to a new full-service, Afro-Caribbean restaurant called Heritage. It opens September 10.
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Midtown’s Bon Ton is closing after nine years

Bon Ton on Myrtle Street has been serving Cajun-Vietnamese fare and creative cocktails for nearly a decade. On September 30, the popular locale will close. Will something else take its place?

Sagra brings Italian wine-bar energy to East Atlanta Village

When Eric Di Nardo talks about Sagra, the neighborhood wine bar he soft-opened in East Atlanta Village, he starts with a feeling of warmth from the convivial gatherings he came to love in Italy.

Soft serve, grown up

Soft serve may be the stuff of boardwalks and childhood summer nights, but Atlanta restaurants are giving the nostalgic treat a decidedly grown-up glow-up. Here are seven places to cool off with chic soft serve when the Atlanta heat starts to feel relentless.

Exclusive: NoriFish unveils its new hand roll omakase menu at Ponce City Market

Chef Sean Park’s NoriFish—a sushi spot known for hand rolls, nigiri, and seafood sourced from Tokyo—is joining Ponce City Market’s Central Food Hall with a menu of its own. NoriFish will debut a unique, omakase-style hand roll menu.
An abstract painting by Tommy Taylor defines the main dining room

Lyla Lila’s chef Craig Richards’s new restaurant Elise at Woodruff Arts Center is a welcomed second act

Elise is the second act from Craig Richards, chef-owner of Midtown’s Michelin-recommended Lyla Lila. Housed on the Woodruff Arts Center campus, Elise maps with a French-Italian landscape.

3. Masterpiece

Rui Liu, a certified master chef from northeastern China, came to America on an O-1 visa given only to “individuals with extraordinary achievement.” Just wait til you bite into the more than 100 dishes on his menu.

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