Tag: Midtown
A love letter to Atlanta’s skyline
You can have your Space Needle. Your Chrysler Building. Your Burj Khalifa. Your Sears Tower, or whatever they’re calling it now. Give me Bank of America Plaza—the tallest building in Atlanta for more than 30 years, a certifiable supertall skyscraper—any day.
Celebrate Atlanta Pride with these not-to-be-missed events
Atlanta Pride is back this weekend for its 54th year with a jam-packed series of events celebrating the city’s LGBTQ+ community. The festival’s main events are free and open to all ages, including live...
Midtown’s Lure will completely reinvent itself with new menus, a patio bar, and more
Fresh off the opening of Mediterranean-inspired Ela in Virginia-Highland, Fifth Group Restaurants (La Tavola, Ecco, Alma Cocina, South City Kitchen) is reimagining another of its long-time staples. Midtown seafood spot Lure, known for the massive anchor that sits outside its front door, is closing September 2. Just a week later, Lure Saltwater Kitchen and Bar will take its place. The new Lure will continue to focus on sustainable seafood but will do so with small plates prepared on a just-installed wood-fire grill.
Review: An elegant new space for Michelin-starred Lazy Betty
Moving from DeKalb Avenue to Midtown is an excellent business decision for an ambitious chef with a new Michelin star and all that it entails in terms of target audience. The number of dishes on the tasting menu has increased, and so have the prices. I love the new menu (be prepared for slight seasonal changes) and its intentional progression from recognizable to unfamiliar.
Hotel Granada opens, boasting 100 years of historic charm
Hotel Granada, a 120-room boutique hotel with an all-day restaurant, elevated cocktail lounge, and an open-air courtyard, will replace the Artmore in Midtown. The hotel’s storied past will be relived through careful restoration of historic elements, such as a once-hidden tile floor mosaic of the word “Granada.” Other features nod to the Mediterranean architecture, including a stucco exterior, red terracotta roof, and preserved archways.
House Envy: HGTV “Designer of the Year” Leah Alexander adds her trademark color and collections to her Atlanta home
Atlanta interior designer Leah Alexander usually dresses in black, which is something that amuses her friends, considering her fondness for bright colors in her decorating projects. “More often than not, I'm wearing all-black from head to toe,” she says, “But meanwhile . . . green, yellow, or even purple cabinetry? Immediately, yes. Floral wallpaper or saturated art? Wouldn't miss it.”
30 years of laughs with Whole World Improv
The Midtown comedy theater celebrates their 30th anniversary this year. One way they're celebrating—throwback movie spoofs. Here, a brief history of the theater and a look at what comes next.
Outside Atlanta’s Biden-Trump debate, a kaleidoscopic cross section of ideologies
A disorienting array of demonstrators scattered across Midtown Thursday to protest, celebrate, and, for the most part, boisterously ignore the biggest show in town—the first debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in this tumultuous election cycle.
How my girls’ trip to Atlanta became a massive post-stroke breakthrough
I glanced at my wheelchair stowed away in the trunk and took a deep breath as my friend Setu pulled her SUV out of the driveway. We exchanged wide-eyed grins, still in disbelief that this trip was actually happening. We were headed to Atlanta for a highly anticipated, whirlwind girls’ weekend. It was going to be my first trip in fifteen years without my parents. It all started when my brother and sister-in-law somehow nabbed, for my 38th birthday, the most coveted item of this decade: floor seats to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in Atlanta. And it turned into an empowering, disability-friendly girls’ trip made seamless by Atlanta’s accessibility and springtime vibes.
Celebrating 50 years, Mellow Mushroom co-founder shares the story of the trippy pizza chain’s humble beginning
As the Atlanta-based pizza chain turns 50, co-founder Marc “Banks” Weinstein chats about the original Mellow Mushroom on 14th and Spring, the restaurant's "hippie" mentality, and how it grew into what it is today.