Tag: Grant Park

Now open at the Boulevard at Grant Park along the Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail, the new Mellow Mushroom offers kiosk ordering, mobile payments, and unique menu items, such as “panizzi”—hot sandwiches made with pizza dough.

Zoo Atlanta has announced that the four pandas currently residing at the habitat—parents Lun Lun and Yang Yang and children Ya Lun and Xi Lun—will leave mid-month, as the contract between Zoo Atlanta and China expires. While the zookeepers hope to get new pandas in the future, nothing is planned yet. In the meantime, the zoo staff is doing all they can to help Atlantans get their panda fix.

Now in its 12th year of operation, Maelu is the marriage of Meghna Davé’s Indian heritage and American spirit. Collaborating with three block printers in India that specialize in different techniques, she combines the traditional with the modern. Her focus is on natural fibers, sustainable practices, and well-made pieces.

A perfect spot for patio season in Avondale Estates, a new Latin-flavored restaurant on Memorial Drive, and buttery biscuits in College Park.

In August 2016, my oldest daughter, Vivien, started kindergarten at Parkside Elementary School in Grant Park, just a few blocks down the street from Zoo Atlanta. The school—which opened in 2001, shortly after the arrival of the zoo’s first giant pandas, Lun Lun and Yang Yang, in 1999—adopted the iconic creature as a mascot. Since then, seven pandas have been born at the zoo, with the youngest, a pair of twins, born just a month after Vivien started school.

After working together in Grant Park for six years, Firepit Pizza Tavern owner Leslie Cohen and executive chef Shaun Whitmer were ready for a new challenge, so they secured the 3,000-square-foot building next door, and on January 30, they’ll open Birdcage, a family-friendly Latin restaurant with bold flavors and an even bolder design.

For Illumine, Historic Oakland Cemetery becomes a canvas. Lights illuminate the storied graves, strategically placed lighted sculptures draw the eyes up, and videos project on to mausoleums and the bell tower.

“I love living with different design eras,” says interior designer Laura Jenkins, whose circa-1905 Grant Park bungalow has 11-foot ceilings and original heart-pine floors to provide a great setting for her home office.

See Lady Gaga take over Truist Park, relax at the Grant Park Summer Shade Festival, and more things to do this weekend in Atlanta, August 25-28, 2022.

Rahel TafarI purchased the building at 337 Georgia Avenue (formerly Mindpower marketing), more than doubling her original space. This will enable her to expand Grant Park Coffeehouse’s menu and offer table service, a first for the business. “I’m so excited and ready to get back to my neighborhood,” she says.