Tag: Cheshire Bridge Road

Atlantans panicked last summer, when The Colonnade, the city’s second-longest running restaurant, went up for sale. After many decades, owners Jodi and David Stallings had decided to retire. The beloved 98-year-old Cheshire Bridge Road institution, famed for its meat-and-threes, had just crept out of the pandemic when a pair of road closures caused by bridge fires threatened to collapse the iconic eatery’s business for good.

There have been changes at Nino’s over the years—new floors, better wine glasses, upscale place settings—but the most obvious and transformative is the recent expansion of the restaurant following its acquisition of the hair salon next door. Antonio Noviello, who seemed to be an immutable feature, retired, leaving Nino’s in the capable hands of his middle daughter, Alessandra, and her husband Micah Hayes.

Dispatches from Atlanta and beyond. Also in this month's edition: Watching the World Cup in Norcross and trans dancers find a home on Cheshire Bridge.

How three generations of women guided the Cheshire Bridge Road restaurant for 50 years, creating a beloved Atlanta dining institution.

The cafe is an extension of Stop Think Chew, the benevolent food empire Julia Kesler Imerman has been building over the past several years. For me, it’s become a refuge, a calming space addressing my needs for physical and mental nourishment.

From 1933 to today, Atlanta has gone through prohibition, hundreds of clubs, a change in the legal drinking age to 18, and more. Here's the exhaustive (though not complete) timeline of Atlanta’s nightlife.

Cheshire Bridge Road’s long history as one of Atlanta’s most notorious nightlife destinations began as an accident of geography. But the famous red light district has seen changes—and more change could be coming.