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Ela Mediterranean aims for a February opening in Virginia-Highland

When Fifth Group Restaurants shuttered the Original El Taco in Virginia-Highland in March, neighborhood families were crushed, having made the 15-year-old Tex-Mex spot a go-to for casual meals with kids. Now, Fifth Group—the company that operates Ecco, Alma Cocina, South City Kitchen, Lure, and La Tavola—has a different target audience in mind for El Taco’s replacement. Named Ela, it will serve Mediterranean fare cooked over an open flame, in a spirited environment.
Virginia-Highland's culinary comeback

Virginia-Highland’s culinary comeback

“Virginia-Highland just got stale; it needed a refresh,” says Gene Kansas, a cultural developer and founder of Gene Kansas Commercial Real Estate. “Atlantans wanted current places to go on dates and take their children. [Virginia-Highland] didn’t have what they wanted and needed, so the community went elsewhere.”
How to help restaurants in Atlanta COVID-19

10 ways to help restaurants survive COVID-19

Restaurants are scrappy and innovative—and overwhelmed. It’s going to take all of us pitching in to help them rebound.
Ecco Buckhead

First Look: How the new Ecco Buckhead is different from the Midtown original

After several months of construction, Ecco Buckhead will open its doors on Tuesday, November 13. The third outpost of this Fifth Group restaurant is a departure in design and menu offerings from the original location in Midtown.
South City Kitchen Avalon

South City Kitchen’s new Avalon location will serve daily breakfast

Part of the Alpharetta's Hotel at Avalon, the fourth location of South City Kitchen will have something none of the other outposts do: a daily breakfast offering.

Lime shortage hits Atlanta restaurants

If your guacamole tastes funny or your Cinco de Mayo Corona doesn't come with a lime today, there's a reason. Heavy rains and disease in Mexico's lime fields have caused a serious lime shortage. Mexican drug cartels hijacking lime trucks and blackmailing farmers are not helping either. Exports are down, and prices have skyrocketed.

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