Tag: West End
The rise of Southwest Atlanta’s food scene
Darius Williams's Greens & Gravy, D Cafe, Pink Cole's Slutty Vegan, Monday Night Brewing's Garage, and much more. Southwest Atlanta's food scene has become a resurgence of black-owned businesses built to cater to the community.
New from the Hop City team, Boxcar restaurant promises 1,000 beers and 800 wines
The Hop City Craft Beer & Wine team is opening its second restaurant in West End's Lee + White development in March. Boxcar will allow Barleygarden chef Matt Hutchins to "create things that [are] a little more sophisticated."
At Betty’s Waffle Emporium, new to Monday Night’s Garage, the secret’s in the maple Sriracha syrup
A permanent food truck inside Monday Night Brewing's Garage taproom in West End, Betty's Waffle Emporium dishes up beer-battered chicken and waffles, a pulled pork waffle, and a waffle topped with thick apple pie filling, among others.
House Envy: Live in a charming restored bungalow by the BeltLine in West End
When Rick Baggenstoss spied the Craftsman-style bungalow on Holderness Street in Atlanta’s historic West End, he claims it was love at first sight. Although the abode, built in 1911, was long vacant and in disrepair, the real estate developer immediately saw its potential. “The house had great bones, lots of charm, and an ideal location within walking distance of area shops, restaurants, and the BeltLine,” he said.
In West End, 9th Avenue Street Food truck serves up jerk chicken Philly sandwiches and lamb nachos
9th Ave Street Food founders Angelique Ribeiro and Jasmine Whittingham leased a parking lot at 638 Evans Street, where they park their truck and serve lamb nachos, barbecue turkey sliders, salmon nuggets, banana foster nuggets, and more at what Ribeiro calls an outdoor restaurant.
Cultured South brings kombucha on tap to the Westside Trail
The taproom, founded by Golda Kombucha's Melanie Wade, will offer six varieties of kombucha on tap, which you'll be able to purchase in pints, flights, tastes, growlers, and even gelato floats.
Marddy’s shared kitchen is on a mission to protect against Westside gentrification
In December, Raisha Williams moved her cookie operation to a new, shared commercial kitchen that will soon double as a market on the weekends. Its name, Marddy’s, is a mash-up of “market” and “buddy.” For Marddy’s owner Keitra Bates, this is not just an entrepreneurial upstart; it’s a hedge against gentrification.
Will District 4’s loyalty to Cleta Winslow save her from a runoff for her Atlanta City Council seat?
In her 24 years on the Atlanta City Council, Cleta Winslow has served with three mayors, sat on numerous committees, and attended countless public hearings and community meetings. But one thing she’s never done is face a runoff election.
Meet Willie Watkins: Atlanta’s mortuary mogul
Nearly 40 years since Watkins turned a former Confederate general’s Victorian house in the West End into a funeral home, he has built a multimillion dollar empire that lays to rest roughly 1,500 people each year. Watkins organized the funerals of Coretta Scott King, Lillian Miles Lewis (Congressman John Lewis’s wife of 50 years), and family members of Usher and Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks.
Monday Night Brewing’s big gamble along the Atlanta BeltLine
There will be much at stake later this year when Monday Night Brewing opens its ambitious second facility along with other tenants in a cavernous warehouse at the corner of Lee and White streets alongside a newly completed stretch of the Atlanta BeltLine.
