Tag: Mi Barrio

Last year, the local dining scene experienced a wave of closures as beloved restaurants shut down for good. Rising operational costs and shifting consumer behaviors left many culinarians unable to keep cooking. But behind...

“Gentrification brings a different level of competition, and typically, the competition has more money behind it than a small, standalone business,” Daddy D'z owner Christianah Coker-Jackson says. “So, they can inundate [would-be diners] with the advertising, the bright lights, the fancy stuff we just don’t have.”

The debate over which spots to include on our list of Atlanta's best Mexican restaurants was as hot as habaneros. See if you agree with our picks.