Tag: Krog Street Market

I have a secret fantasy: I want to spank waiters. Why? Because wine service in Atlanta, on average, is abominable. Two reasons: First, when you order a bottle, waiters are far too eager to pour through the entire thing when you aren’t looking. Hands off, garçon. I’ll pour my own wine and drink at my own speed.

Consciously or not, the design of the Luminary—a mix of fin de siècle elegance and postindustrial minimalism—mirrors the inherent tension between tradition and progress that characterizes Inman Park, a historic neighborhood facing a tidal wave of new construction and its corollary traffic.

Off the Dock Seafood—a company that brings fresh fish from the coast and delivers it to Atlanta restaurants like Better Half, St. Cecelia, Gunshow, and the Optimist—will open a stall in Inman Park’s Krog Street Market late this fall. Customers will also be able to nosh on ready-to-eat raw bar items, soups, salads, and sandwiches.

Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, the Ohio-based creamery that opened its first Atlanta location on the Westside last fall, will open two more outposts in the city this year. One, a standalone building, will sit just off Decatur Square at 545 North McDonough Street and open in late October. The other will fill a stall at Inman Park’s Krog Street Market and aim for a mid-October opening.

Grand Champion BBQ will open its third location in Krog Street Market late September or early October. The restaurant will open with a limited menu of three meats and four sides: beef brisket, baby back ribs,...

Grand Champion BBQ will open its third location in Krog Street Market late September or early October. The restaurant, which was named “Best Beef Brisket,” “Best Mac ‘n Cheese,” and “Best Ribs” by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, will open in Inman Park with a limited menu of three meats and four sides.

Matt Weyandt and Elaine Read always had traditional jobs. He worked on political campaigns, while she focused on international aid with the Peace Corps. In 2012, they packed up their two children—ages one and four—and moved to Costa Rica for a change of scenery and the chance for adventure. There, the husband-and-wife team met cacao growers and gradually learned how to grind the beans into chocolate. They decided to bring this pure, unadulterated, single-origin, two-ingredient delicacy back home to Atlanta. And Xocolatl was born.

Prohibition's former head bartender, Thomas McGuire, will be Nate Shuman’s second barkeep in command at Craft Izakaya, the sushi and yakitori spot in Krog Street Market. General manager Richard Tang says the three of them will create a playful beverage list that explores the molecular side of drinks and includes Asian spices and herbs.

Forks up, y’all: We’ll soon witness an unprecedented surge of restaurant openings in Atlanta. It’s about time.

When Krog Street Market opens later this summer, Todd Ginsberg of the General Muir will have not one but two restaurants inside. Along with partners Ben and Jennifer Johnson and Shelley Sweet, Ginsberg will operate a sandwich counter service, Fred’s Meat & Bread, and an Israeli-themed restaurant, Yalla.