Tag: Concentrics

It was only a matter of time. Mihoko Obunai has announced that she's leaving the pop-up circuit to open a full-service ramen restaurant with Concentrics called Nexto.

After opening the Painted Pin in Miami Circle this time last year, Justin Amick and William Stallworth are planning their next concept, The Painted Duck, for Westside’s Stockyards Atlanta development across the street from Miller Union for summer 2016.

Concentrics has partnered with restaurateur newbies Kabeer Khurana and Baker Barnett to open Mason Tavern at 1371 Clairmont Road early next month. They’ve hired chef Jason Hall, who brings experience from Livingston, Saltyard, and Parish, to helm the kitchen, where he’s been busy putting together a “globally influenced” menu for this Emory neighborhood spot.

It was the year of the city center. With the opening of Buckhead Atlanta, Inman Park’s Krog Street Market, and Alpharetta’s Avalon, restaurants opened in droves. Local chefs got a nod from the James Beard Foundation, a lime shortage caused momentary panic, and one popular pop-up signed on its first brick-and-mortar location. Read on as we remember when.