by Audra H. Anders for The Aha! Connection
I love flowers and healthy food so when I rode by the new Sandy Springs City Center and saw that a new restaurant called Flower Child was about to open I was intrigued. My mom was visiting me last weekend so we headed over to check it out. … Read More »
Restaurateur Michel Arnette made a name for himself with his restaurants in Brookhaven — Haven, Valenza and Vero — all located on bustling Dresden Drive and part of the Word of Mouth Restaurants group. He chose Brookhaven again to open his newest restaurant, Arnette’s Chop Shop, last year in the renovated Bagcraft Papercon building on Apple Valley Road in a complex named Apple Valley Brookhaven. … Read More »
We loved everything about Flower Child – the food, decor and service. We even liked the music and the parking spot for yoga mats. But let’s focus on the food, because that’s why we’re already planning our return. Continue at The Atlanta 100… Read More »
ToNeTo Atlanta first announced plans for The Mad Italian to expand and relocate back in the fall of 2016. In the years since, things have moved far more slowly than patrons or restaurant owner Tom Brown might have liked. Finally, though, the time has come. The Mad Italian location at 2197 Savoy Drive closed Sunday night. … Read More »
Atlanta-based Moe’s Southwest Grill Friday debuted the latest iteration of its restaurant and logo. The “new” restaurant actually opened in place of an existing Moe’s that had been closed for the past month or so to undergo the transformation. The restaurant at 6090 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs, is in a freestanding building a few blocks north of I-285 between Hammond Drive and Mount Vernon Highway. … Read More »
Hobnob Dunwoody’s “chef-driven menu” features burgers, entrees, gluten-free options and more.
Its craft beverage menu boasts “one of the largest selections of bourbons in the Southeast” along with a selection of craft beer, wine, boozy and non-alcoholic milkshakes and signature hand-crafted cocktails.
Hobnob Dunwoody will serve lunch weekdays, dinner nightly, and brunch on the weekends.
There will also be live music and daily specials such as Slider Night, BBQ Thursdays and more.… Read More »
Some chain restaurants try to improve the odds of success by going as local as possible. They put up art that references local schools or sports teams, donate to local charities, and are neighborly toward their immediate community. And, if possible, they use local ingredients. Continue at the AJC… Read More »
Flower Child, a quick-service healthy eatery from Sam Fox, creator of True Food Kitchen, is expected to open its second Atlanta area location Wednesday, October 17 in Sandy Springs. The new restaurant is opening in a roughly 3,500 square foot corner space along Johnson Ferry Road at the new City Springs development. The chain’s first area location opened this past June at the Shops Around Lenox in Buckhead and like Sandy Springs, features an expansive outdoor patio. … Read More »
The death of the great American steakhouse has been perennially exaggerated, it seems.
Witness the number of meat-centered restaurant openings around metro Atlanta in the past year or so, including Kaiser’s Chophouse in Sandy Springs, C. Ellet’s at The Battery, Little Alley Steak in Buckhead, and Arnette’s Chop Shop in Brookhaven. Continue at the AJC… Read More »
Join Taste of Atlanta the weekend of October 19th, 20th and 21st for their 17th year hosting Atlanta’s best food, beer, wine and spirits event!
Visit TasteofAtlanta.com to learn more and buy tickets before they sell out!
Celebrating its 17th year in 2018, Taste of Atlanta is the city’s food and drink festival showcasing the local restaurant scene and attracting food lovers from the region and beyond.… Read More »
A café that specializes in superfoods and safe alternatives for people with food allergies has opened in Dunwoody.
Vitality Bowls, which offers an array of antioxidant-rich menu items including smoothies, fresh juices, soups, salads, paninis and breakfast items, is now open at 123 Perimeter Center West (near Shane’s, Your Pie, and Chipotle) continue at MDJ Online… Read More »
Steak ‘n Shake has closed its restaurant at 6575 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs. The freestanding restaurant had been in business over twenty-five years reportedly having opened in the early 1990s. The 24-hour restaurant was located just south of Abernathy Road alongside a Zaxby’s that opened in 2015, and adjacent to an upcoming Lennar townhome development.… Read More »
The new open-container ordinance will allow guests of the Assembly District to have up to two 16-ounce drinks at a time per licensed establishment within the district during hours of operation. Continue at What Now Atlanta… Read More »
Note from Audra: Thanks to Jeff C for letting me know that Billy lives in Dunwoody!
Billy Kramer estimates he tried more than 500 different burgers across the country while traveling for his job as a sales executive.
He started documenting each one on his Instagram account, @billysburgers, which now has 27,000 followers. Continue at the AJC
CHAMBLEE, GA. — You may have seen crews filming in restaurants around Chamblee the past month or so. Well, Chamblee is ready for its close up Atlanta Eats style. Join Hosts Steak Shapiro and Mara Davis as they take their very first one-city culinary tour through some of Chamblee’s best restaurants. The show, which airs Saturday, September 22 at 7 pm and again on Sunday, September, 30 at 10:30 a.m.,… Read More »
