Tag: Grant Park

In an era of fast fashion, Guilty Party moves slow. Champ Hammett and Heath Ladnier launched the Grant Park boutique in 2023 based on a shared belief that clothes should get better with time. That guiding principle underscores every aspect of the store’s inventory, especially its cornerstone good: selvedge denim, the heavyweight jean fabric largely produced in Japan and long revered in denim cult circles.

Atlanta’s beloved barbecue institution, Daddy D’z BBQ Joynt, will close its doors at the end of this month after 35 years of serving smoky, hickory-kissed classics to locals and visitors alike. Known for its iconic pig-on-the-roof and block-letter sign proclaiming, “I’m dyin’ for Daddy D’z the BBQ Joynt,” the restaurant has been a fixture in the Grant Park community since 1993.

After six years in Old Fourth Ward, Erika Council’s Bomb Biscuit Co. is baking its way into Grant Park. The beloved breakfast spot, known for its flaky biscuits, soulful brunch plates, and vibrant Southern hospitality, moved into the Larkin on Memorial development last week—a few miles south of its original location.

This spring marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon—an event many refugees call “the day we lost the country.” A turbulent postwar era followed, with South Vietnamese people suffering imprisonment and persecution by the Communist regime. At that time, there was hardly a Vietnamese presence in Georgia. But in the decades since, metro Atlanta’s Vietnamese population has grown immensely and now ranks as the ninth-largest Viet community in the United States.

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.