3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (926+ words) It’s always brunch season in Atlanta, so it was exciting to see several new brunch restaurants open in town this spring. One new brunch restaurant replaced another backed by the same chef: The closure of Rising Son in Avondale Estates…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (844+ words) Atlanta brewery Wild Heaven Beer has purchased iconic comfort-food restaurant brand Eats several months after it closed its location on Ponce de Leon Avenue after 32 years of business. Eats will reopen sometime in March in Wild Heaven Beer’s West End…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago   (860+ words) In this week’s metro Atlanta food and dining news, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport announces new dining concepts, a popular Atlanta pizza restaurant will sell frozen pizzas at Costco, a Caribbean-inspired restaurant chain is closing all of its locations and more....

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1399+ words) The Select in Sandy Springs found a new executive chef, a sports bar specializing in women’s sports landed a permanent space and Buckhead got another steakhouse. These are just some of this week’s happenings from the metro Atlanta food and…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (303+ words) Atlanta’s Jeff Banks, mixologist and owner of King Cube, is one of 15 finalists competing in the United States World Class Bartender competition finals in Chicago, May 11-13. Here he shares the recipe for his success, plus three cocktail recipes he says…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1517+ words) It’s 9 p.m. on a mildly warm Thursday night and Portrait Coffee is transforming into a space that‘s hard to describe but harder to leave. For the past three hours, the West End coffee shop has hosted a confluence of…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (751+ words) In Atlanta’s cocktail bars, elaborate garnishes are taking center stage as much as the glassware and ingredients. And we’re not talking about anything as run-of-the-mill as olives or cherries....

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1070+ words) Atlanta loves three things with religious devotion: strip clubs, hip-hop and lemon pepper wings. Magic City sits squarely at the intersection of all three. Which is why things got awkwardlast week when the NBA canceled Magic City Night, a promotion…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (904+ words) AJC.com The fleeting Georgia cherry blossoms reach peak bloom in mid- to late March. One day Atlanta is winter-drab, and the next it’s buried under drifts of floral confetti, the blush of pink so pretty it demands we pay attention....

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (501+ words) A small town like Athens can be bellwether for the larger trends happening around the country. In drinking terms, distilleries, especially small or microdistilleries, are seeing a dramatic rise, while craft beer is experiencing a downturn. A few inventive brands…...