Tag: Brookhaven

The moment the Shrimp Toast Menbosha hits the table, it’s clear Mirae operates at a different level. Mirae doesn’t just argue for modern Korean cuisine’s place in Atlanta’s upscale dining scene. It’s helping define it.

Fudo founders, husband-and-wife team John and Grace Lee, quietly unveiled a contemporary Korean restaurant called Mirae in late October. Located on Dresden Drive in Brookhaven, it featured a concise menu and limited service while the Lees fine-tuned the details and shaped the larger vision. Now, Mirae is serving dinner five nights a week with a creative cocktail list and dishes that bring the Lees’ memories into the future.

When Atlanta summer heat rolls in like a steam engine, nothing hits quite like ceviche. The refreshing Latin American dish, raw seafood “cooked” in citrus juices, is cool, fresh, and zingy. If you want the real deal, look to Cuzco Peruvian Cuisine on Buford Highway, Tio Lucho’s in Poncey-Highland, or Little Tokyo in Alpharetta.

Che Butter Jonez—the Queens-inspired restaurant based on the food truck of the same name—is moving its flagship location from Southwest Atlanta to Brookhaven. With a much bigger space—capacity is 81 instead of 15—the restaurant will be open six days a week, in contrast to its current three. It will serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as Sunday brunch.

ITP, OTP, east side, west side—where you live can be as big a part of your identity as the team you cheer for, and Atlantans pick with pride. Here, residents discuss what led them to their corner of the metro, and why they stay.

Inspired by bold decor they had seen in Palm Beach and Atlanta’s own Le Colonial restaurant, homeowners Lindsey and Merek Shoob decided to ramp it up a bit at their 1940s bungalow in Brookhaven. “They wanted to add their own personality to the house, so we did a refresh of some rooms at the front of the house and the entertaining spaces,” says interior designer Beth Brown. Clever combos of blues, brass, painted floors, and wallpaper deliver the look.

The Bronx Bagel Buggy sells hand-rolled, boiled, and baked New York-style bagels at farmers markets in Brookhaven, Dunwoody, and Sandy Springs, along with bialys, bagel chips, Sicilian pizza, bagel dogs, bagel bombs, and more.

Rather than starting from scratch with a custom house, the contemporary-loving owners of this traditional Brookhaven home opted for a modern makeover.

Opened in 1973, Calcutta was Atlanta’s first Indian restaurant—but, much more than that, it was a community center, a place where South Asians could socialize freely.