Tag: Zeb Stevenson

For 25 years, ever since he secured his first cooking position—at Waffle House, no less—Zeb Stevenson wanted to be the chef at his own restaurant. “That was really all I ever set out to do,” he says. In 2019, he achieved his goal, opening Redbird in Westside Provisions District with Ross Jones (formerly of Watershed on Peachtree, where Stevenson was previously executive chef). His “free-spirited,” vegetable-forward approach to cooking attracted diners for four years, even surviving the Covid-19 pandemic. However, in February 2023, Stevenson reluctantly shuttered his life’s dream, noting unsustainable costs of labor and food.

Gardeners and chefs, pumpkin whisperers and okra aficionados, taco technicians and pecan purveyors: meet Atlanta’s green giants.

In October 2020, Zeb Stevenson added weekend biscuit sandwiches served from a walk-up window at Redbird and dubbed it Birdy Biscuits. Recently, with the popularity of Birdy Biscuits and the increase in foot traffic in Westside Provisions District, Stevenson decided the area—and his team—was ready for lunch service.

Biscuits are going to help us get through the long winter ahead—they're warm, fluffy, comforting, and thankfully for us, plentiful in Atlanta.[

Chef Zeb Stevenson says this is "the single most requested recipe" at Redbird, his popular Westside Provisions District restaurant that opened last summer. "I don't know if it's because it's vegan, or because it's uber-flexible, or because it's just plain delicious, but guests request it all the time."

The arrival of chef Zeb Stevenson’s Redbird—which has landed in the former home of fine-dining bastion Bacchanalia—signals a new era for the Westside’s restaurant scene.

The best of Atlanta's food and drink in 2019, including best new restaurant, new chef, new barbecue, dim sum, soft-serve, and more.

Former Watershed chef Zeb Stevenson and partner Ross Jones, one of Watershed's original owners, will open a “free-spirited” restaurant called Redbird in the Westside Provisions District this summer.

Former Watershed chef Zeb Stevenson is planning to open his first restaurant, Redbird, with Watershed cofounder Ross Jones in the summer of 2019. Known as a Southern chef, Stevenson is going with a more free-from menu that has global influences and fewer restraints on sourcing.

Chef Zeb Stevenson, formerly of Watershed, relies on Green Ola Acres’s papaya squash as the foundation of a savory pie that’s perfect for Thanksgiving. Although you can use different varieties for this recipe, papaya squash has the right amount of sweetness, complexity, and water content, and its distinct nuttiness makes it perfect for a pie.