Ration & Dram
130 Arizona Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30307
678-974-8380
Those who followed cocktail-meister Andy Minchow from Repast to Holeman and Finch, where he was part owner, should congratulate him on opening a place of his own.
Website: http://rationanddram.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Kirkwood
Category: Gastropub, Restaurants
La Calavera Bakery
747 College Avenue, Decatur, GA, 30030
404-725-1519
Eric Arillo and his wife, Dale Ralston, have found a new home for their tiny artisanal, mostly organic bakery in this former Cookie Studio space near the Avondale MARTA station.
Website: http://lacalaverabakery.wordpress.com/
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Restaurants
Cinco y Diez
1653 South Lumpkin Street, Athens, GA, 30606
706-850-2020
In a college town rife with cheap burritos, Hugh Acheson’s latest restaurant explores the fresher regional flavors of Mexican cooking, made with seasonal ingredients that sing of the South.
Website: http://cincoydiezathens.com/
Category: Mexican, Restaurants
Cafe Agora (Midtown)
92 Peachtree Place NE, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-253-2997
After opening a second location in Midtown last year, Cafe Agora owner Al Ozelci decided it was time to move his Buckhead flagship down the street, away from the encroaching shadow of the Buckhead Atlanta development.
Website: http://www.cafeagora.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Mediterranean, Restaurants
Cafe Agora (Buckhead)
262 East Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA, 30305
404-949-0900
After opening a second location in Midtown last year, Cafe Agora owner Al Ozelci decided it was time to move his Buckhead flagship down the street, away from the encroaching shadow of the Buckhead Atlanta development.
Website: http://www.cafeagora.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Mediterranean, Restaurants
Ssam Burger
2072 Defoors Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA, 30318
404-609-5533
Ssam is the Korean word for “wrapped.” But this charmer near Collier Road isn’t simply taking the Korean taco craze that originated in Los Angeles and applying the flavors to burgers. The concept draws from a broader palette of Asian cuisines.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ssamburger
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Westside / Home Park
Category: Asian Fusion, Burgers, Restaurants
Kung Fu Tea
5280 Buford Highway, Doraville, GA, 30340
770-455-8585
This outpost of a growing New York–based chain looks like a cross between a slick coffee shop and (with planters of wheatgrass displayed on its counter) one of the many juice bars sprouting up across Atlanta.
Website: http://kfteausa.com/
Category: Coffee/Tea, Juice/Smoothie, Restaurants
Vine & Tap
2770 Lenox Road, Atlanta, GA, 30324
404-600-5820
The most ambitious wine bar to open inside the Perimeter since Kevin Rathbun’s Krog Bar in 2005, Buckhead’s Vine & Tap approaches vino in a couple of surprising ways.
Website: http://vineandtapatl.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Restaurants, Small Plates, Wine Bar
Paradise Biryani Pointe
1540 Avenue Place, Atlanta, GA, 30329
404-228-8382
Modest, modern, and able to blend authentic culinary traditions with strong management, this second location of a small Indian cafe (the other is in Alpharetta) is part of a national chain but a good fit for the Emory Point mixed-use development across from the CDC.
Website: http://www.gabiryani.com/emory/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Druid Hills/Emory
Category: Indian, Restaurants
Don Antonio by Startita
102 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA, 30305
404-844-2879
For the next chapter in Atlanta’s unexpected pizza preeminence, a restaurant run by two New York–based pie masters has opened quietly in Buckhead.
Website: http://donantoniopizza.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Pizza, Restaurants
Better Half
349 Fourteenth Street, Atlanta, GA, 30318
404-695-4547
For nearly three years, Christina and Zach Meloy (who met in Costa Rica, Christina’s home country) served weekly dinners at their PushStart Kitchen supper club, first out of a basement studio in the Goat Farm Arts Center and then out of their own loft.
Website: http://www.betterhalfatl.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Westside / Home Park
Category: Latin American, New American, Restaurants
St. Cecilia
3455 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30326
404-554-9995
Whoa, was this once Bluepointe? The latest from Ford Fry—the hit maker behind the Optimist and King + Duke (among others)—vanquishes any memory of the nineties fusion restaurant in Buckhead’s Pinnacle Building.
Website: http://stceciliaatl.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Mediterranean, Restaurants, Seafood
Toscano & Sons
1050 North Highland Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30306
404-815-8383
This Italian specialty market originally opened on the Westside in 2006 and is run by Kathy Boehmer, an Italian American (who named the business in honor of her grandparents), and John Reed, an Englishman.
Website: http://www.toscanoandsons.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Virginia-Highland
Category: Italian, Restaurants
The Imperial
726 West College Avenue, Decatur, GA, 30030
404-464-5698
Old garages convert handsomely into come-hither bars, as this funky Oakhurst building—long abandoned and now refurbished with a green roof and sprawling patio—attests.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ARestaurantToBeNamedLater
Category: American, Gastropub, Restaurants
Osteria Mattone
1095 Canton Street, Roswell, GA, 30075
678-878-3378
Before Roswell native Ryan Pernice opened his first restaurant, Southern smash hit Table & Main, he worked at Maialino, a Roman-style trattoria in Manhattan opened by superstar restaurateur Danny Meyer.
Website: http://osteriamattone.com
Category: Italian, Restaurants
Shucks
705 Town Brookhaven, Atlanta, GA, 30319
404-846-1777
Most customers come here to slurp a dozen raw oysters, sourced from the Gulf and both coasts, and follow with a thick grilled cheese sandwich in a dozen variations.
Website: http://h2sr.com/shucks
Neighborhood: Brookhaven
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Restaurants, Seafood, Wine Bars
Stem Wine Bar
1311 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta, GA, 30068
678-214-6888
Doug Turbush, along with chef de cuisine Brendan Keenan and manager/sommelier Jason Raymond, has done it again with this sophisticated wine bar.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/StemWineBar
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Restaurants, Small Plates, Wine Bars
Pallookaville Fine Foods
17 North Avondale Plaza, Avondale Estates, GA, 30002
404-500-1785
Jim Stacy is one of our most fascinating characters: champion of carnival food and soda fountain culture, musician and clown, former operator of Starlight Drive-In’s concessions stand, and host of PBA’s Get Delicious!
Website: http://pallookaville.com
Category: American, Hot Dogs, Restaurants
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