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A new concept has opened in Lenox Square that promises to make those long days shopping a little more enjoyable. It’s called Peachtree Pint and it’s literally the cure that “ales” the weary shopper. The walk-up beer dispensary has around 40 varieties of suds on tap.
The new establishment, located at 3393 Peachtree Rd NE, Suite 1004 Atlanta, GA, can be found in the Fashion Café Food Court. Thanks to Lenox lifting its alcohol policy, the food court area is now an open-container zone.
Some of the top beers available include Creature Comforts, SweetWater Brewery, Monday Night Brewing, Scofflaw Brewing Co., Three Taverns Craft Brewery, Orpheus Brewing, Terrapin Beer Co., Cherry Street Brewing and Jekyll Brewing, plus your normal stalwarts such as Guinness, Budweiser, Heineken and Michelob Ultra.
Peachtree Pint is co-owned by longtime Lenox retailers, including Farshad Arshid, Ruel Chambers and Kaan Ergun. The spot is open Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday hours vary.
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It’s a fiesta in Buckhead as new restaurant Chido + Padre’s opened Tuesday, March 13. The good folks at Southern Proper Hospitality (Big Ketch, Tin Lizzy’s, Gypsy Kitchen) are behind the eatery, which promises to liven our palates.
“We are officially OPEN!!” the eatery posted on Facebook. “Coincidence we opened on Taco Tuesday? Obviously not! With five taco variations to switch it up we hope to see you every Taco Tuesday!”
Executive chef Jonathan Mercado, formerly of Rosa Mexicano in Atlantic Station and Bartaco and will helm the kitchen.
“The fiesta starts tomorrow!!” the restaurant posted on its Instagram Monday. “We are so excited to open our doors for lunch and dinner daily starting tomorrow March 13th! Make your reservations on our website or come on in!”
The eatery is located at 128 E Andrews Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30305. Take a look below at the lunch and dinner menu.
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In the 1980s, there was a popular hamburger commercial that appropriately asked “Where’s the beef?” In 2018, it’s in McDonald’s Quarter Pounder sandwich.
The hamburger giant announced this week that it is serving fresh beef, across the majority of its restaurants.
The cooked-to-order beef comes amid customers’ heightened expectations of food quality from U.S. restaurants and fast-food joints.
McDonald’s says that all of its burgers use 100 percent pure beef with no gunk like fillers, additives or preservatives.
“Over the past two years, we’ve made a series of bold, tangible changes for our customers,” said McDonald’s President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Easterbrook. “Serving All-Day Breakfast, moving to cage-free eggs and testing delivery are all proof of our commitment to build a better McDonald’s. And we are committed to transforming more aspects of our business, including offering a more modern and enjoyable dining experience, adding new levels of convenience and technology, and making more positive changes to the food we serve.”
The fresh beef initiative is just one of many changes McDonald’s has led in the last few years. In 2015, the company announced its All-Day Breakfast menu, with an aim to serve only cage-free eggs by 2025, and an effort to serve only chicken not treated with antibiotics.
Find your nearest McDonald’s restaurant here.
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If you’re a kid at heart, you’ll surely like the new eatery that just opened recently at Krog Street Market. It’s called Recess and that’s the greatest name ever.
The food stand comes to us from the great mind of by Chef Victoria Shore and is part of a vast family of great restaurants from the The Castellucci Restaurant Group.
You’ve eaten at a Castellucci joint before (Bar Mercado, Iberian Pig, Cooks and Soldiers, Double Zero) and they’ve done it again with Recess.
The 15-seat food stall has been operating as a pop-up as of late, offering free treats and healthy dishes for patrons to try.
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It’s been an especially cold winter for local eateries as another Atlanta-area restaurant says it is closing its doors. Cast Iron restaurant in Old Fourth Ward is closing in the coming weeks.
On the eatery’s Facebook page, management apologized for discontinuing its beloved cheeseburger then told patrons the bad news:
“I recognize that Cast Iron’s cheeseburger was a well loved menu item and that for it to be removed without any warning was inconsiderate. Our burger was listed in the top 100 dishes in Atlanta last year, about which I am both appreciative and humbled. At the end of 2017, we had to make some tough decisions, and when the dust settled our burger was no longer available. Many showed their support for this restaurant since day one by ordering that burger, and I’ll always appreciate that.
Great News! For the next several weeks, we’ll be serving bacon cheeseburgers!
Not so great news: at the end of those weeks, Cast Iron will be closing its doors for good.”
Cast Iron restaurant was opened by chef/owner Evan Cordes in November 2016. Since then the Highland Avenue spot drew and dedicated crowd who came to love the atmosphere and eats.
Two weeks ago, One Midtown Kitchen announced that it would close on March 4. The good thing though is that more restaurants are opening.
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The hits just keep coming for Midtown Atlanta. Five Daughters Bakery is coming to Midtown’s Ponce City Market, the eatery announced this week.
Five Daughters is a family business,owned and operated by Isaac and Stephanie Meek of Franklin, Tennessee, along with their five daughters.
The company’s website says “Beginning as a food-lover duo in Manhattan with big visions to share that love, we have expanded our family and have enjoyed sharing meals with friends around our table over the years. Now you are invited to join us.”
No word yet on when exactly the joint is going to open in PCM.
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One of the top eateries in Atlanta, Staplehouse, is looking for some help.
The Edgewood Avenue restaurant is seeking “dedicated and focused” professionals to join their kitchen team, according to a job posting they put on on social media.
The dining spot is a for-profit subsidiary of The Giving Kitchen, a nonprofit organization serving our restaurant community.
Ideal candidate must be eager to learn and have willingness to grow with a tight squad. Please send your resume to hiring@staplehouse.com. Minimum 2 years experience required.
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Add another notch to SunTrust Park and its surrounding businesses as the place to be this year.
Punch Bowl Social, known as a forerunner in the “eatertainment” movement, announced recently that it will open a 27,000 square-foot “food and games” concept in The Battery Atlanta on March 24, 2018.
The eatery will feature made-from-scratch cuisine, craft beer and vintage video games, according to a 2017 press release.
A short walk to SunTrust Park, the Braves’ new stadium, The Battery is a mixed-use development featuring shopping, restaurants and townhomes. While the entire development won’t be ready for business by Opening Day, much of it will, city leaders have said.
Punch Bowl Social joins other venerable eateries around the new ballpark, such as Antico’s Pizza and “Mex-Tex” concept El Feliz. Celebrity chef Hugh Acheson joins the Punch Bowl project as “culinary advisor,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Punch Bowl Social founder and CEO Robert Thompson said that the city has been a prime market for a while now.“Atlanta has a unique mix of urban sophistication and southern charm,” he said, according to the AJC.
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Muss & Turner’s, which opened last year in East Cobb, is closing its doors, AtlantaFi has learned. The restaurant, which took over the old Common Quarter space on Johnson Ferry Road shopping center, closed Monday, according to a press release.
Partner Ryan Turner said this in a written statement Monday afternoon:
We’ve got good news and bad news, so here it goes…
Bad News: We regret to inform you that our East Cobb location will be permanently closed as of tonight. We gave it our best, but unfortunately this venture simply did not work out.
Good News: Our Muss & Turner’s Smyrna location is still open and going strong! We sincerely hope you’ll come out and visit us. There are so many faces we’ll miss seeing around East Cobb, but we hope to serve you soon in Smyrna! Thanks for joining us for the ride and for your support along the way.The East Cobb restaurant, which opened last March, emphasized sandwiches, soups and salads, along with a selective beverage program serving wines, local craft drafts and signature drinks.
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Brunch has always been one of the most satisfying meals of the week. For some reason that we have not been able to demystify, brunch is nearly always associated with Sundays. Why?
Surely you should be able to enjoy poached eggs and coffee at 2 p.m. on any day of the week. Anyhoo, speaking of Sundays, Atlanta has some pretty righteous brunch spots.
Here are five of the best brunch joints in the ATL.
The Southern Gentleman: The Shops Buckhead Atlanta 3035 Peachtree Rd NE
Ste A 208 Atlanta, GA 30305
This Buckhead gem is fashionably decorated and located, making it a tourist favorite. Featuring such hits as the shrimp and grits and Monte Cristo brunch joint, you don’t want to sleep on this restaurant. In three short years, it has become one of Buckhead’s best. A Yelper says this: ““It’s owned by the same group that recently opened Gypsy Kitchen in the new Buckhead Atlanta shopping district.”
Sun In My Belly 2161 College Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30317
A Yelper says: ““We’re ready to go back for dinner asap–if you love this place for brunch/lunch, give dinner a whirl.”
Buttermilk Kitchen 4225 Roswell Rd NE Atlanta, GA 30342 Buckhead
A Yelper says: ““We had French toast, an omelettes, eggs ried hard, the pimento cheese grits and their exclusive Tennessee smoked bacon…yum!”
Whiskey Bird 1409 N Highland Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30306 Morningside / Lenox Park
A Yelper says: “Whiskey Bird is super cool inside, imagine concrete floors, light wood tables, and almost-Scandinavian-meets-Japanese decor. We were a little early for our reservation on a Saturday night, but the place wasn’t crowded at all, so they seated us right away. Immediately, I looked over the drink list (lots of whiskey options, naturally) and the rose sake sangria caught my eye! It was really tasty, light in alcohol but still high in flavor, and a really unusual sangria, in the best way. My dude had the Whiskey Bird sour to start, which was tasty.”
West Egg Cafe 1100 Howell Mill Rd NW Atlanta, GA 30318 Westside / Home Park
A Yelper says: ““When I want breakfast/brunch it’s most likely a West Egg craving.The Georgia Benedictis my thing but everything I’ve had here is great.”