Tag: Best of Atlanta
Leaps and bounds: Atlanta Parkour
Leaping, climbing, bounding, bouncing, flipping—you can do all of that in a parkour class.
Microblading: Brow You Doin’
Carey Housen launched Brow You Doin’, her microblading business, out of Only You Tattoo in 2016, inspired in part by her struggles with alopecia.
Boxing for beginners: Vesta Movement
You can’t help but feel tough when your hands are wrapped and slipped into boxing gloves.
Barbecue: B’s Cracklin’
This Atlanta location of pitmaster Bryan Furman’s barbecue joint—the original is in Savannah—couldn’t have been more warmly embraced by Riverside, a neighborhood in need of choice dining options.
Korean fried chicken: Thank U Chicken
Enter Thank U Chicken and you feel as if you’ve been teleported to Seoul, where frying chicken is almost a sport.
Dance fitness: Vixen Workout at Atlanta Dance & Music Academy
Part of a nationwide hip-hop cardio program inspired by music video choreography, these classes are accessible for even the clumsiest among us.
Bright idea: Black Restaurant Week
Black Restaurant Week—launched in Houston, Texas, in 2016—came here for the first time this August.
New chef: Brian So
Brian So took one of eight spots on Atlanta’s best new restaurants list this year for his French technique-driven cooking at Spring in Marietta.
Do-good disposal system: Compostwheels
The idea: Conserve your food scraps, and Compostwheels will pick them up and turn them into nutrient-rich soil that they then deliver to nearby farms. That means less food waste going to local landfills and more local food production.
24-hour doughnuts: Sublime
Just like the original location near Georgia Tech, the new Briarcliff Road outpost of local doughnut brand Sublime is open 24/7. Somehow, though, the bright lights and ice cream parlor vibe feel more conducive to satisfying late-night cravings.