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Ponko Chicken recently had a soft opening in Midtown Atlanta, AtlantaFi.com has learned. This is Ponko Chicken’s second location in metro Atlanta.
The new Atlanta restaurant will have their official grand opening on Friday, May 3, 2019. The event will have live music, giveaways, free samples and more.
Ponko Chicken’s original location is in Chamblee. Now the new spot is serving lunch and dinner.
Now open and serving: Ponko Chicken in Midtown
Ponko Chicken is owned by siblings Maggie Antoine and Reiko Clark, who helmed a previous restaurant in Stone Mountain before opening the Chamblee eatery.
What’s on the menu at Ponko Chicken?
Ponko Chicken specializes in “Amer-Asian” fare, especially delicious chicken. Mouth-watering tacos will also be on the menu. As the restaurant settles in, you can bet that more great items will be available soon.
Where is Ponko Chicken located in Midtown?
Ponko Chicken is located at 915 West Peachtree St. 30309 NW Suite 6 in the Alta Midtown apartment complex. Here is a map to help you find it.
Atlanta is having a restaurant renaissance. Hot chicken is the rage in Atlanta’s dining scene right now. But so are chicken and waffles.
Fast-casual is also the dining trend du jour around metro Atlanta restaurants. The concept involves mixing the quick accessibility of fast food with the casual dining experience. Food in Atlanta is also adapting to the various tastes of the migrants that come here to live.
Read more: 5 essential soul food spots in Atlanta
Patrons typically order off a menu board like they would at a burger joint, but the convenience of sitting down to leisurely enjoy their food has made the segment a popular one with the restaurant industry.
The craze hasn’t escaped metro Atlanta’s food and drink scene, which has seen a fast-caz explosion in recent years.
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The Modern Atlanta Dance Festival (MAD) takes place Friday, May 10 and Saturday, May 11, 2019 at the Balzer Theater at Herren’s.
The MAD Festival, now in its 25th year, will showcase the diversity and excellence of Atlanta’s thriving dance scene.
Modern Atlanta Dance Festival: Everything you need to know
Guests will be treated to two days of energetic and culturally rich dance from seven choreographers. The festivities begin at 8 p.m EST.
Saturday night will feature a special treat: The MAD Festival will honor Maniya Barredo with the fifth annual Pioneer of Atlanta Dance award.
Barredo is a legend in Georgia dance circles. She was prima ballerina of the Atlanta Ballet for two decades. She is also the founder/director of the Metropolitan Ballet Theatre,
How much does it cost to attend the Modern Atlanta Dance Festival?
General admission for the MAD Festival is as follows: $25 adults, $20 Children 12 & under, seniors and working artists, and $15 for groups of 10 or more.
Get tickets to the MAD Festival at fullradiusdance.org
This year’s performances will feature veteran companies as well as independent choreographers. Here are some performances to look forward to:
- Britt Whitmoyer Fishel: “Distaff”
- Christina Massad: “is rael i”
- Corian Ellisor: “Motherland”
- Lisa K. Lock: “Bootless”
- The Mediums Collective: “Everything That’s Old is New Again”
- Samantha Spriggs:” Individually Collective”
Host company Full Radius Dance will also perform a premiere work by Alice Sheppard, found of Kinetic Light, a disability art collective.
Where will the Modern Atlanta Dance Festival take place?
The Modern Atlanta Dance Festival will take place at the Balzer Theater at Herren’s, home of Theatrical Outfit. The address is 84 Luckie St NW, Atlanta, GA 30303. Here is a map of the venue to help you find it.
The MAD Festival was created by Douglas Scott and Full Radius Dance. Over the past 20 years, the duo has presented more than 65 companies and choreographers as well as more than 600 dancers at the MAD Festival.For more information, see fullradiancedance.org/mad
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Marietta Square Market opened on Thursday, March 28, 2019, to eager crowds looking for good food. They weren’t disappointed. The Marietta food hall features 20+ restaurants on the historic square.
Now Cobb County residents don’t have to drive to Midtown Atlanta’s Ponce City Market or Krog Street Market to enjoy fresh foods in a community dining room. Marietta Square Market gives them all that they need in Cobb.
Marietta Square Farmers Market: What To Eat
The Market is housed in a renovated warehouse space in the Historic Marietta Square District. The Market’s design harkens back to the style of a historic train station, which is appropriate given that it is located next to a railroad.
Here are the restaurants and food stalls that are part of Marietta Square Market:
- B.A.D. Gyal Vegan – Offers vegan Jamaican cuisine with authentic recipes.
- Bread and Butter – A café serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner options including biscuits, sandwiches, pastries, salads, soups, and desserts, with coffee drinks made from house-roasted beans. Part of the Georgia Grown program, emphasizing locally sourced ingredients.
- BullGogi – A Korean fast-casual restaurant where diners can build bowls with traditional Korean marinated meats, vegetables, and toppings like seaweed salad and spicy mayo.
- Café Bourbon St. – A New Orleans-style eatery serving Cajun specialties such as beignets, jambalaya, and gumbo, emphasizing “real New Orleans food” from a family-run business.
- Cafe Eataly – Offers Italian-inspired dishes including handmade pastas, artisan sandwiches, salads, and house-made desserts with a focus on quality ingredients.
- Cousins Maine Lobster – Specializes in lobster rolls and other seafood dishes, though some reviews note smaller portion sizes compared to expectations.
- Creme de la Crepe – A French food stall serving breakfast, savory, and sweet crepes, such as the BST (bacon, spinach, tomato, and Havarti cheese) and French Riviera (cinnamon apples, walnuts, and caramel).
- D’Cuban Café – Provides authentic Cuban cuisine, including Cuban sandwiches, ropa vieja, palomilla pollo, tostones, and café con leche.
- Das Sweet Treat – Specializes in Quarkbällchen, a German snack resembling a hybrid between a donut hole and a beignet, made with quark cheese for a fluffy, tangy interior.
- Forno Vero – The centerpiece of the food hall, serving Neapolitan-style wood-fired pizzas, salads, and Italian dishes, with a central bar offering craft cocktails and 20 draft wine and beer options.
- Grand Champion BBQ (now Smokehouse Q) – Offers barbecue staples like pulled pork, beef brisket, and smoked chicken, along with sides like mac and cheese and collard greens, plus vegetarian options like pimento cheese sandwiches.
- Just Loaf’n Cafe – Serves Cajun specialties including po’boys, jambalaya, gumbo, and beignets, originating from a food truck concept.Lucky’s Burger & Brew – Features burgers, sandwiches, salads, wings, and handcrafted milkshakes, with notable items like the Bluetick Hound Burger.
- Philly & Wrap – Located in the middle of the food hall, serving sandwiches, wraps, wings, and tenders.
- Pita Mediterranean Street Food – Offers Mediterranean fare including gyros, beef kafta, chicken shawarma, pita platters, rice bowls, mezza spreads, and vegan/vegetarian options.
- PONKO Chicken – Provides Japanese-inspired dishes with chicken, tofu tenders, vegan patties, and sides, catering to chicken-eaters, vegans, and vegetarians.
- Shai-Karr Eatery – From the team behind Thaicoon & Sushi Bar, serves sushi, curries, noodle soups, salads, and Thai favorites like Pad Thai, Choo Choo Train Fried Rice, and Spicy Basil Minced Chicken.
- Siete – A full-service Mexican restaurant offering traditional Mexican dishes.Street Taco – A sit-down restaurant serving Mexican street food including tacos, burritos, Mexican street corn, flautas, and frozen margaritas with unique options like the Gooey margarita with Pop Rocks on the rim.
- Tiny Bubbles Tea Bar – Specializes in bubble tea, smoothies, and refreshing drinks.
What Kind Of Food Does Marietta Square Market Have?
The market has plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. But there are also other fresh items.
What are the hours for Marietta Square Market?
Monday – Thursday: 7 am to 10 pm
Friday – Saturday: 7 am to 11 pm
Sunday: 7 am to 9 pmConcordia Properties, an Atlanta-based real estate company specializing in food ventures, is the entity behind Marietta Square Market.
Where is Marietta Market Square located?
Marietta Market Square is located at 65 Church St, Marietta, GA 30060. Here is a map to help you find it.
Is Marietta Square Market pet-friendly?
Marietta Square Market is not just a place to eat and people-watch. Animals can come too. On the patio and in outdoor seating areas, Marietta Square Market is dog-friendly for friendly, supervised dogs.
Animals are not allowed inside the market though.
Did we tell you that there’s plenty of veggies?
On a weekly basis, the Marietta farmer’s market brings in fresh produce, vegetables and meats from Georgia producers.
No matter if it’s ham, lamb, or poultry, the market has it!
When it comes to restaurants and places to eat, Atlanta is quickly gaining ground on some of the dining capitals around the United States.The culinary excellence of Southern food is only part of the reason why Atlanta restaurants are having a moment. New entries into the restaurant entry, including steakhouses, seafood and fast-casual, represent a growing segment of the new Atlanta restaurants.
Atlanta is having a restaurant renaissance. Hot chicken is the rage in Atlanta’s dining scene right now. But so are chicken and waffles.
Fast-casual is also the dining trend du jour around metro Atlanta restaurants. The concept involves mixing the quick accessibility of fast food with the casual dining experience. Food in Atlanta is also adapting to the various tastes of the migrants that come here to live.
Read more: 5 essential soul food spots in Atlanta
Patrons typically order off a menu board like they would at a burger joint, but the convenience of sitting down to leisurely enjoy their food has made the segment a popular one with the restaurant industry.
The craze hasn’t escaped metro Atlanta’s food and drink scene, which has seen a fast-caz explosion in recent years.
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Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails in North Fulton is serving a feast on the last weekend of the month. The Alpharetta restaurant is having its 2019 Farmyard Chowdown Festival on Sunday April 28, 219.
The food fiesta will take place in Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails back yard.
Patrons can expect their annual Low Country Boil,but this year it’s going to be taken up a notch.
Chef Derek will be serving up oysters, mussels, pickle fried chicken, BBQ, a low country seafood boil with crawfish, crab legs, shrimp, and more.
Enjoy a live band and round up your friends or fam to play lawn games including corn hole and life size jenga. Capture the moment in our photo booth station and have a caricature artist portrait made to take home as a keepsake. Other activations are soon to be announced!
How to buy tickets
Tickets can be purchased online. The cost is $40 per adult and $20 for kids 12 and under. Alcohol will be sold separately.
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Spelman College recently took home the top prize at the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) National Championship Tournament, America’s premier academic competition for HBCUs.
The championship title contest, which took place in Torrance, California in front of top HBCU students, school presidents, HCASC alumni and Honda associates, included a $75,000 institutional grant for Spelman.
Spelman College Wins HCASC
Honda annually awards more than $350,000 in institutional grants to participating HBCUs in addition to providing all travel arrangements and accommodations to 48 teams.
The Honda Campus All-Star Challenge competition consists of students answering questions about a number of topics, including arts, pop culture, history, literature, religion and more.
Spelman squared off against Florida A&M University, sweeping them twice.
Spelman’s winning team was coached by Daniel Bascelli and includes Jessika Agyepong, Maati McKinney, Naomi Steplight, and team captain, Ariana Benson.
“Winning itself isn’t the only reward. It’s about bringing these students together and watching them represent their school in the best possible way,” Bascelli said in a news release. “The spirit at Spelman is really strong. If you talk to the students, the feeling for Spelman, the feeling for HCBCUs and the support that Honda gives them is all a part of the pride that they feel.”
Spelman now qualifies for the National Championship Tournament. Morehouse College, which was a runner-up, received $20,000 for its placement.
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If you’re looking for a great after-work set, City Winery Wine Down Weekends in Midtown Atlanta is the place to be. You can come to Ponce City Market and indulge in the evenings.
City Winery’s patio is where the action is. There you can enjoy free live music in dog-friendly environs. Wine Down Weekends begin at 6:30 p.m. and last until 8:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays in the spring.
City Winery Wine Down Weekends: What you need to know
When it comes to having a good time in Atlanta, few venues can match up with City Winery, which is a music venue, restaurant, wine bar, and winery all rolled up into one.
Major music acts routinely perform there as well. See their concert schedule to see if your favorite artists is due for a stop.
Where is City Winery located in Atlanta?
City Winery is located at 650 North Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30308 in Ponce City Market in Midtown. Here’s a map so you can find it.
Atlanta has so much to do that you need a curated guide to help you sort through it all. Make sure you subscribe to our #ATLHaps newsletter that gives you a weekly tab of Atlanta events you don’t want to miss.Explore Atlanta at your own pace
First, to find all the good things happening in the city this week, all you have to do is take a look at downtown Atlanta. That’s where some of the best restaurants are as well as where the visitors, namely tourists, are. CNN Center often has something cool going on! Check out these events in Atlanta today and this week and this weekend:
- For a month’s view: The Official Atlanta Events Calendar
- For a more immediate look, check Things to do in Atlanta This Week
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It’s baaaaack. Afropunk’s Carnival of Consciousness Atlanta 2019 is returning this weekend for two days of soulful music, loud and abstract art and colorful and free expression. The dates are Saturday, October 12 & Sunday, October 13.
The event will feature two days of incredible musical artists, including Anderson Paak and FKA Twigs. Previously, Atlanta has been blessed to see such artists as Willow Smith, Miguel, Alice Smith and more.
Afropunk’s Carnival of Consciousness Atlanta 2019 Set For Oct. 12, 13
Like last year, it will be held on Windsor Street near downtown Atlanta.
The annual festival pays homage to cultural cornerstones through music, film, skate, and art. The musical lineup will be announced later this week. Last year, major acts such as Solange, Willow Smith, Danny Brown and Alice Smith rocked the crowd.
“When we started the festival, it was meant as a platform for alternative black talent and to grow an audience we felt did not understand festival culture and therefore wouldn’t pay for it,” co-founder Matthew Morgan told Billboard.com in 2015.
Artists such as Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals, FTA Twigs, Danny Brown and more are slated to perform for Afropunk Atlanta 2019. Here is the full music lineup.
Afropunk Atlanta has been a labor of love as well for Morgan. “We put a lot in by supporting the community for 10 years, so to have the community turn around and support the event, we were extremely happy about that.”
Tickets to the Carnival of Consciousness are on sale now. You can also volunteer and get an earned ticket by working on site.
Afropunk Atlanta: Ticket information
- Ticket purchases are limited to a maximum of 4 tickets per person.
- Once you purchase your ticket, you will receive an order confirmation email from Eventbrite on behalf of The AFROPUNK Festival. Your confirmation will be attached to your email. Make sure to print them out and bring them to the event. Or, you could go green and download the Eventbrite app on your smartphone!
- IMPORTANT: If you do not see your order confirmation in your inbox, make sure to check your junk/spam folder.
- If you are having any other technical issues with your order, click here to contact Eventbrite.
- All purchases are final. No refunds or exchanges.
- Event is rain or shine.
• Artists subject to change.
**Only purchase from official AFROPUNK page. If you purchase from another source, you risk purchasing a counterfeit or invalid pass. AFROPUNK is not responsible for passes purchased from unofficial sources.
Where is Afropunk going to be held in Atlanta for 2019?
The annual Afropunk festival will be held at 787 Windsor Street Southwest Atlanta, GA 30315. Here is a map to help you find it.
(Story image via Facebook.com/afropunk / Ryan Purcell)This event is just one among many Atlanta happenings going on weekly in the city. See all the Atlanta festivals this year.
Atlanta has so much to do that you need a curated guide to help you sort through it all. Make sure you subscribe to our #ATLHaps newsletter that gives you a weekly tab of Atlanta events you don’t want to miss.
Explore Atlanta at your own pace
First, to find all the good things happening in the city this week, all you have to do is take a look at downtown Atlanta. That’s where some of the best restaurants are as well as where the visitors, namely tourists, are. CNN Center often has something cool going on! Check out these events in Atlanta today and this week and this weekend:
- For a month’s view: The Official Atlanta Events Calendar
- For a more immediate look, check Things to do in Atlanta This Week
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Sidebar is throwing a Southernplayalistic party in honor of Outkast, the hometown rap group that changed hip-hop.
Outkast 25: A SouthernPlayalistic Tribute is all going down on Friday, April 26, 2019 from 9 pm to 2 a.m. at Sidebar, which is located at 79 Poplar St., Atlanta, GA 30303.
Outkast 25: A SouthernPlayalistic Tribute to be held at Sidebar
The tribute commemorates 25 years since Outkast released their debut album in 1994.
April 26, 1994 Outkast was introduced to the world
with the release of Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
To celebrate 25 years,
We pay a SouhternPlayalistIc TRIBUTE to André 3000 & Big Boi at “OUTKAST25” |
Friday 4/26/19 | Doors at 9pm |
@sidebaratl (79 Poplar St. NW, Atlanta, GA)
Tickets + Purchase your OFFICIAL OUTKAST25 collectors t-shirt by @chuckstyless » www.outkast25.com
Yes, we all know about the Speedway, the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, and the world-renowned Zoo. Those are just some great local Indianapolis attractions that are worth a first, second, or even eighth trip, certainly! If you haven’t checked them out, do. But, if you’re looking for new or new-to-you fun things to do in Indianapolis, Indiana, then we’ve found your some unconventional gems.
Explore Atlanta at your own pace
First, to find all the good things happening in the city this week, all you have to do is take a look at downtown Atlanta. That’s where some of the best restaurants are as well as where the visitors, namely tourists, are. CNN Center often has something cool going on! Check out these events in Atlanta today and this week and this weekend:
- For a month’s view: The Official Atlanta Events Calendar
- For a more immediate look, check Things to do in Atlanta This Week
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Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q in Atlanta is thowing a party at The Que-osk, a specialty-themed lunch on the last Friday of each month.
For April, the theme is Hawaiian, featuring games and activities fit for the Big Island, including a luau-themed menu.
Aloha! Party at The Que-osk
The party costs $15 per person and guests will be offered their choice of Smoked Coconut Hog or Grilled Huli-Huli Chicken, two side dishes like Polynesian Fried Rice or Big Island Macaroni Salad and a White Chocolate Macadamia Cookie.
Lunch will also include house made agua frescas. Guests are encouraged to arrive early, as quantities are limited. Service begins at 11am and runs until sold out. Stay tuned for May’s lunch theme!
- WHAT: Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q host ‘Party at The Q!’ Luau
- WHEN: Friday April 26 at 11 AM
- WHERE: The Que-Osk 120 Ottley Drive NE Atlanta, GA 30324
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The inaugural BrandTech Day will be held at the Loudermilk Center in downtown Atlanta. The event will be held Saturday, May 18, 2019 from 10 a.m. to p.m.
BrandTech Day was created by the Atlanta Black Chambers for the purpose of giving local entrepreneurs some much-needed help with branding and technology.
BrandTech Day in Atlanta: May 18 in Atlanta
A recent study revealed that over 60% of the membership in the Atlanta Black Chambers weren’t confident that their businesses are identifiable in the marketplace.
Less than two-thirds of the membership surveyed didn’t even have a website.
Nearly a third of business owners felt that keeping up with technology advances was a major concern.
Melvin Coleman, executive director of the Atlanta Black Chambers said BrandTech Day will have a different the business focus from most conferences.
“Traditionally, a branding conference would have all branding professionals and an IT conference would attract all the IT professionals – because the objective is to provide professional development opportunities; whereas our objective is to give people some much needed help,” Coleman said.Read more: Another Whole Foods is popping up in Midtown
