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NaanStop has opened at Atlantic Station in Midtown Atlanta. The new Atlanta restaurant specializing in fresh Indian food is expanding in its hometown.
NaanStop was started by Neal and Samir Idnani, two metro Atlanta brothers. The concept actually owes much of its beginnings to Los Angeles. That’s where the brothers opened a food truck in January 2011 in order to learn the restaurant business and what it takes to serve people on a daily basis.
NaanStop opens Atlantic Station location in Midtown
At Atlantic Station, NaanStop takes over in the space formerly occupied by Tin Drum Asian Kitchen near the escalator.
Favorite menu items at NaanStop include Chicken Tikka Masala, Kabob, Chola
and Punjabi Dal.NaanStop is a fast-casual Indian restaurant with the goal of turning Indian cuisine into everyday fare at your kitchen table.
Where is NaanStop located in Atlanta?
NaanStop is located at the following locations around Atlanta:
NaanStop downtown:
64 Broad St NW
Atlanta, GA 30303NaanStop Buckhead
3420 Piedmont Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30305NaanStop Atlantic Station
265 18th St NW #4110, Atlanta, GA 30363
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If you know about the Hop City Craft Beer & Wine team, you know that fresh brews are in their blood. Their new concept, Boxcar, is about to do for food what Hop City does for beer in Atlanta. Boxcar is set to open on Friday, March 1, 2019.
Read more: We tried Boxcar’s Beef Burger
The new Atlanta restaurant will open in the West End’s Lee + White development at 1020 White St. SW. Boxcar will join other establishments there such as Monday Night Brewing, Wild Heaven Beer, Honeysuckle Gelato and more.
Boxcar brewpub opens in Atlanta’s West End
Boxcar will be the second restaurant in metro Atlanta for the Hop City team. Inspired by urban freight train and railroad vibes, the establishment will be the style of grafitti chic. Gracing the walls will be a mural from well-known Atlanta artist Catlanta.
What’s on the menu at Boxcar?
Boxcar will specialize in well-made pub food i.e. neighborhood-friendly burgers, sandwiches and salads. For hearty eaters, large plates sourced from local farmers will be on the menu weekly.
Menu favorites will include: the “Lobstah Roll,” Yuzu Fried Chicken and Roasted Beet Carpaccio as well as elevated bar classics like the Soft Baked Pretzel and the Boxcar Beef Burger.
For craft beer heads, Boxcar will have a team of “beer nerds” to help patrons choose among 80 rotating draft choices at two different beer, wine and cocktail bars.
“Our retail space will be a little more curated on the beer side with closer to 1,000 choices compared to the 1,900 or so at our original Westside store,” Owner Kraig Torres said in a written statement. “It will still be the best our local, national and worldwide brewers have to offer…with a focus on freshness. You’ll also see a generous selection of small-production wines hand-picked by our equally-passionate wine team. We hope we have created a warm, friendly environment for enthusiasts of all things food and drink.”
Boxcar is a Lee + White development, the local company behind some of the Atlanta Beltline’s most successful food and beverage projects.
Boxcar joins a successful stable of Atlanta brewpubs under the Hop City umbrella, including Monday Night Brewing, Wild Heaven and Best End Brewpub.
Where is Boxcar located in Atlanta?
Boxcar is located in historic West End at 1020 White St. SW. Here is a map to help you find it.
What are Boxcar’s hours of operation?
Boxcar will be open Sunday from 11 am to 10 pm, Wednesday and Thursday from 5 pm to 10 pm and Friday and Saturday from 11 am to 12 am. Hop City’s retail area will be open Monday-Thursday from 11 am to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday from 11 am to 12 am and Sunday from 12:00 pm to 10 pm.
Showing its humanitarian side, a portion of Boxcar’s sales will go to the Atlanta Mission. Hop City will also be partnering with WorkSource Georgia to help keep longtime West End residents working to earn a living wage.
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Bon Ton is kicking off Mardi Gras season in Atlanta with a New Orleans-inspired cocktail menu, launching Friday, February 1.
Atlantans can get their Mardi Gras fix full of king cake, beads, and cocktails without having to cross over west of the Mississippi. The Atlanta restaurant will keep the party started until March 5 – aka Fat Tuesday – with an all day party full of fun and surprises.
Come check out Bon Ton’s Mardi Gras menu
Every year around this time, Mardi Gras ushers in good food, fun and drinks in south Louisiana, but new Atlanta restaurants as well as old ones are letting the good times roll as well!
Bon Ton is owned and operated by Big Citizen Partners Darren Carr and Eric Simpkins alongside Chef Hieu Pham of Crawfish Shack Seafood.
The restaurant is known for such dishes as its Crab Cake Entree, Crabstravaganza, Heart Stopper Fried Feast and more.
What are Bon Ton’s hours of operation?
Bon Ton is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 am to 2:00 am and Sunday, 11:00 am to 12:00 am.
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A new retail store specializing in fresh meat, locally sourced foods is coming to Atlanta. Chop Shop will open its doors on Edgewood Avenue in February 2019, AtlantaFi has learned.
Chop Shop is located at located at 1366 Memorial Drive SE in Atlanta’s eastside. It is a collaboration between Pine Street Market in Avondale Estates and Riverview Farms in Ranger, Georgia.
Chop Shop opening its doors on Edgewood Avenue in Atlanta
The pork and beef will be provided by Riverview Farms, a sustainable enterprise that practices “full circle farming.” That means the land supports the livestock and vice versa.
As for the decor of Chop Shop, the store’s website says this: “The central patio at Chop Shop is intended to serve as an event space to feature up-and-coming chefs, local food crafters, cooking classes, and good old fashioned fun.”
What are Chop Shop’s hours?
The establishment’s operating hours are:
Monday-Friday 10AM-7PM
Saturday 9AM-6PM
Sunday 10AM-5PM
Chop Shop comes to the public from the creative and industrious minds of Rusty Bowers, the chef who runs Pine Street Market and Wes and Charlotte Swancy who operate Riverview Farms in North Georgia.
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Atlanta native Cam Newton is opening Fellaship, a restaurant and cigar bar in Atlanta’s Castleberry Hill neighborhood this weekend. The grand opening is set for Friday, Feb. 1, 2019 and will continue over Super Bowl weekend.
One of the inaugural events at Fellaship will be a Super Bowl viewing party hosted by Newton and other celebrities. The eatery is near the site of the big game, Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Want more content like this? Sign up for our weekly #ATLHaps newsletter.)
Cam Newton opens Fellaship restaurant & cigar bar
The restaurant’s name comes from the fellowshipping he and his family grew doing on Sunday afternoons accompanied by friends and his relatives.
“This is a dream come true for me, my brother CJ, my dad Cecil and others in my extended family,” said Newton. “To be able to come back to Atlanta to such a thriving business environment and start a business is just one way that I want to start giving back to my hometown that gave me my start and has been so good to me and my family. I’d like to thank the City of Atlanta, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and others for helping this dream become a reality.”
Fellaship will feature an all-day menu consisting of such dishes as Seared Scottish Salmon, Blackened Swordfish Penne Pasta, Butter-Roasted Lobster Imperial and more.
The restaurant and cigar bar will also introduce 404 Vodka, which was developed by longtime beverage producer and Atlantan Jeff Moses.
Newton, who led the Auburn Tigers to a college football national championship, tapped into his school ties to have Fellaship built. The establishment was designed and constructed by world-acclaimed and fellow Auburn alums Meyer-Davis Architects and Gary Nix of Nix-Unger Construction, whose father coached baseball at Auburn.
Adding to the all-star roster of alums on the project, MELT Chairman/Founder/CEO (www.meltatl.com) Vince Thompson, Auburn University Class of ’84, is partnering with Newton to co-produce the events for the weekend alongside Tony Conway’s Legendary Events.
“Working with Cam and CJ has been a dream come true,” said MELT Chairman/CEO and fellow Auburn alum Vince Thompson. “We look forward to having a great weekend of fun and activities with everyone who’s in town for the Big Game!”
In addition to the Friday grand opening, on Saturday, Feb. 2, the restaurant will host a “Welcome to the 404” event. On Super Bowl Sunday, the event will be titled “Best Seat in the House.”
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A new Atlanta restaurant is coming to Perimeter Town Center in Sandy Springs. The move will mark Primo Hoagies’ inaugural entry into the metro Atlanta market.
Primo Hoagies is a New Jersey-based sandwich shop with a focus on Italian and Philly cheesesteak hoagies. The eatery is slated to open in March 2019.
Primo Hoagies opening in Sandy Springs in March
Primo Hoagies will join other businesses at Perimeter Town Center. The shop is located at 6115 Peachtree Dunwoody Road at the intersection of Hammond Road. Ackerman & Co. runs the development.
The franchisee is Brian Ottaviano is Primo Hoagies’ franchisee.
“What differentiates Primo Hoagies is the quality of the ingredients, which includes the high-quality loin steak used to make our cheesesteaks,” Ottaviano said. “We’re very proud of our hoagies and how they’re made, and now we get to share these sandwiches that everyone is talking about with the people of Atlanta.”
Atlanta’s dining scene has become a hotbed for new restaurants. The more new Atlanta restaurants that continue to open, the bigger the city’s collective palate.In all four quadrants of the city, patrons can find anything from new world fusion foods, Southern classics to the old world staples found in Italy and other parts of Europe.Got an event or know of something opening in and around Atlanta? Holla: CJ@AtlantaFi.com. See what’s poppin’ in the ATL! Subscribe to our news alerts here, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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Alma Cocina Buckhead opened a second location in Atlanta on Tuesday, Feb. 4, bringing another upscale Mexican eatery to Atlanta’s priciest ZIP code.
The new Atlanta restaurant is now serving all meals in the Terminus building at the corner of Piedmont and Peachtree. Staff are being trained up now and they’re hiring.
“We’re serving delicious weekday lunch and weekend brunch menus — both featuring our much-loved mushroom & hominy veggie burger with bacon jam and a side of craveworthy masa fries,” the restaurant recently posted on Facebook.
Alma Cocina Opens Second Location In Buckhead
The eatery is run by Fifth Group, a restaurant company that has brought Atlanta such great eateries as South City Kitchen, Lure, La Tavola Trattoria and The Original El Taco.
The original Alma Cocina opened in Midtown Atlanta nearly a decade ago, giving Atlanta’s an upscale Mexican concept in the middle of the city.
What’s On The Menu At Alma Cocina Buckhead?
The menu consists of some of the best Mexican dishes you can try, such as Cauliflower chilaquiles with eggs, salsa verde, cashew crema, pico de gallo & queso cotija.
Where Is Alma Cocina Buckhead Be Located?
The new restaurant is located at 3280 Peachtree Rd, Atlanta, GA 30305. Here is a map to show you how to get there.
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: 10+ essential soul food spots in Atlanta
The city has some good restaurants in each quadrant of the city: East, West, North, South. All you need to do is think about what you have a taste for. Italian? Soul food? Tex-Mex? Atlanta has it all.
For the latest in metro Atlanta’s food and drink scene, stay with Atlantafi.com.
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So many good Atlantans have been affected by the partial government shutdown, but many good people and establishments are responding with big hearts. Many Atlanta restaurants are providing complimentary meals and other free food for furloughed government workers.
Furloughed in Atlanta? Here’s how to eat for free at Twisted Cookhouse & Pours
On Jan. 21, Twisted Cookhouse & Pours served a delicious free lunch to federal workers affected by the government shutdown. Twisted Cookhouse & Pours isn’t the only generous business we have here in ATL.
Atlanta Restaurants Offering Free Meals and Food Deals to Furloughed Workers
Sister Louisa’s Church of the Living Room and Ping Pong Emporium says on Martin Luther King Day (Jan. 21) the Old Fourth Ward bar will give furloughed government workers a free shot.
R. Thomas Deluxe Grille: If you are a government employee show your government ID to receive 20% off your food and drink!
High Museum: To support federal workers, the High Museum is offering free general museum admission to any government employees with valid ID.
HodgePodge and Buteco coffee houses are both giving federal workers a free cup of coffee with proof of government ID.
HoneySuckle Gelato in Ponce City Market is giving federal workers a free scoop of ice cream with proof of government ID.
Pine Street Market: FREE Smoked Chicken Quarter & a PSM side to Furloughed Federal Employees w/ U.S. Government ID. Limit 2 Chicken Quarters & Sides, Per Employee, Per Day.
Spiller Park Coffee: On Thursday the 31 from 2 to 5 p.m. the Toco Hill location of Spiller Park Coffee and Hugh Acheson will serve furloughed government workers a “damn fine lunch,” the eatery said on its Twitter. All you need is your government ID. Spiller Park Coffee is located at Toco Hill Shopping Center, 2929 North Druid Hills Road Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30329.
SweetWater Brewing Co. is giving furloughed federal workers free beer. The Ottley Drive brewery recently tweeted: “If you’re a furloughed federal employee, we think you deserve a beer or two. Show your govt ID to our bar staff and your first two are on us.”
Publico Kitchen & Tap on Jan. 14 began giving 50% off the food bill to any furloughed federal worker with ID. This deal is good until the shutdown ends.
Saltyard Atlanta is giving furloughed federal employees a complimentary item from the farm share section of the menu!
Sweet Hut Bakery: Government employees get 50% off their beverage Mondays through Fridays @ all locations.
Know of any other Atlanta businesses giving furloughed workers a helping hand? Let us know in the comments.
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A new food joint in Midtown Atlanta is proving to be a welcome respite from the new age “fusion” food that is cropping up around the city. In Old Fourth Ward, Nina And Rafi, an Italian-American restaurant, opened its doors fresh for 2019.
Check it out: The AtlantaFi Nina and Rafi review
In December, the Belt LIne-adjacent eatery teased its entry into the Atlanta dining scene before Christmastime.
Now serving in Midtown Atlanta: Nina And Rafi
“We are having a soft opening at Nina & Rafi…which means we will be serving a limited menu & will have limited hours for a couple of weeks,” Billy Streck, an Atlanta restaurateur who has brought the city Hampton & Hudson and Cypress St., said on Twitter.
Nina and Rafi’s hours are 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. during the week.
Now that it’s open, the restaurant and bar located in Studioplex at 659 Auburn Ave., has quickly caught on with Midtowners.
Where did the name Nina & Rafi come from?
Streck and Spina named the new spot after their grandmothers – Nina and Rafi – and their upbringings in New Jersey and New York. Both were raised eating grandma-style pies in their family pizzerias. Spina was schooled in the art of crafting Jersey-style pizza side-by-side with his uncle in Red Bank, New Jersey.
The dynamic duo have taken what they’ve learned growing up and transformed it into a beloved restaurant that serves pizza, Italian snacks, dessert and even has a full bar.
Where is Nina & Rafi located?
Nina & Rafi is located at 661 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30312 along the Eastside Beltline. Here’s a map to help you find it.
Visiting Nina & Rafi? Here’s where to park
For parking options, patrons can park their vehicles on Auburn Avenue or pay to park in the parking deck at SPX Alley or in the corner lot on Krog Street and Irwin Strett. Street parking is also available on Edgewood Avenue – to access the restaurant, guests can walk down the steps to the BeltLine.
Atlanta has turned into quite a restaurant town, with new spots popping up by the week it seems. Follow AtlantaFi’s Restaurants tag to stay up on all the latest.
Nina and Rafi review: The down low on delicious and hearty pizzas on the Beltline #OTW https://t.co/NWDwLjN6R3 pic.twitter.com/vdK9tHUPhL
— ATLHAPS (@atlhaps) February 8, 2019
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Movie stars are flocking to Pinewood Studios in Fayetteville. Soon they may be flocking to Pinewood Social, the new breakfast spot opening in late 2019.
Pinewood Forest is a 235-acre mixed-use development near the studio, which has become famous for producing big-budget Hollywood films. Pancake Social’s space will span 3,500 square feet.
Pancake Social opening at Fayetteville’s Pinewood Forest
Pancake Social’s all-day breakfast and coffee philosophy will work well with crew members and others on movie sets that work around the clock. The eatery, which will serve patrons eight different types of pancakes, will be joining a coffee shop and outdoor seating area.
The Pinewood location would be the second metro area Pancake Social, which is set to open its doors soon at Ponce City Market.
Backing the restaurant is culinary heavy hitters such as chef Anne Quatrano (Bacchanalia and Star Provisions), who has won a James Beard Award. Also involved are Tony Riffel, co-founder of Octane Coffee Company and Elevator Factory, former Chick-Fil-A executive Dan Jacobson, who owns Steel Wave Ventures and Steven Chan, founder of Tin Drum Asian Kitchen.
When it comes to restaurants, Atlanta is quickly gaining ground on some of the dining capitals around the United States.
Fast-casual is 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.
