Tag: Old Fourth Ward
New Pizza: O4W Pizza
Antico Pizza Napoletana may still hold the city’s title belt, but this modest operation in the Irwin Street Market has emerged as a serious contender.
Bartender of the Year: Cole Younger Just, Last Word
No other cocktail list this year felt as intentional yet whimsical as the one that Just built at this late-night Lebanese restaurant in the Old Fourth Ward.
New Booze Producer: Old Fourth Distillery
The three years it took the owners to navigate a permitting labyrinth and renovate their Edgewood facility doesn’t seem so long when you consider that we haven’t had a proper distillery since 1906.
Facial: The Alchemist, Aviary Organic Beauty Collective
At this tiny, quirky spa in the Old Fourth Ward, owner Amy Leavell Bransford prefers gentle, all-organic products like Dr. Hauschka, but won’t hesitate to bring out something stronger for clients who need a serious peel.
New Ice Cream: Queen of Cream
Cora Cotrim’s charming ice cream carts still show up at farmers markets, but now you can find her every day in a brick-and-mortar parlor in the Old Fourth Ward.
New Festival: Fire in the Fourth
A devastating fire seems like an unlikely catalyst for celebration, but this past May, Old Fourth Ward residents debuted Fire in the Fourth, designed to honor the neighborhood’s resilience and celebrate its more recent revitalization from 20th-century blight.
An architect couple designs an oasis by the Atlanta BeltLine
Despite its busy location tucked between Freedom Parkway and the Atlanta BeltLine, the Old Fourth Ward home of married architects Cara Cummins and Jose Tavel feels like a peaceful urban spa.
Behold! Ponce City Market opens its doors to the Atlanta BeltLine
Entrance to PCM from the BeltLine is just across from the Ford Factory Lofts and south of the Ponce de Leon Avenue Bridge.
Old Fourth Ward-based Pieces of Starr sells bold, tough-girl-cool jewelry
Soldering away in her concrete-floored loft in the Old Fourth Ward, Starr Miller cranks out tough-girl-cool earrings, rings, and necklaces in silver and gold, punctuated with gemstones like topaz and sapphire.
The CW’s Containment places Atlanta front and center
If you haven’t seen the trailer for the CW’s Containment, you might want to check it out. Since the show is not only filmed here but also set in town, there will be a lot of nods to Atlanta that residents will pick up on.
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