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photo credit: Courtesy of Wild Heaven
Springtime in Atlanta means patio season, festival season, and of course, the pollening. But even the dreaded yellow dust can’t stop us from enjoying our favorite springtime activity—checking out all the new restaurants popping up all over the city in the coming months.
THE SPOTS
Opening: Late Spring
In late spring, Wild Heaven Beer is set to open a third brewery and taproom in Toco Hills. The new opening will feature a collaboration with Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q, who will operate the kitchen. The brewery will also feature a farm winery program.
Opening: May 2024
The idea of another rooftop pool in Atlanta is, as the great poet Big Boi would say, cooler than a polar bear’s toenails. Highball arrives in May at the Signia hotel and will feature cocktails and picnic-style Southern food.
Opening: Summer 2024
The Dumpling Factory comes from the team behind the popular Chinese restaurant Northern China Eatery on Buford Highway. The new space will replace Boxcar Betty’s in Westside Paper and will feature highlights from the Buford Highway location’s menu.
Opening: March 2024
Pull out your fedora and cop some Billie Holiday vinyl to get prepared for Damsel, a 10,000-square-foot restaurant and supper club with a cabaret, set to open at The Works on the westside.
Opening: Spring 2024
Students at the AUC will have a new brunch and coffee option to check out when Black-owned Rosie’s Coffee Cafe opens its fourth location in the historic, newly revitalized Roosevelt Hall.
Opening: Spring 2024
East Atlanta will get a new food hall with the arrival of Hallidum Eatery. It’ll kickstart with 11 restaurant stalls, including Mad Dads Phillys, Mango Indian Grill, Local Island Eats, Press Waffle Co., and Bar La Rose.
Opening: Spring 2024
After success in Morningside, Little Rey’s second location will open in the Northcreek Office Park complex on Northside Parkway.
Opening: Spring 2024
From the chef of Toast on Lennox, Toast Noir Cafe will open in what used to be Garnet Gal’s Coffee Shop and Bakery space on Lenox Road.
Opening: April 2024
After sadly closing its flagship restaurant in Virginia-Highlands, DBA will add tacos to its menu when it opens a new location in Clarkston.
Opening: Spring 2024
Fawn arrives in Decatur in what was once Sweet Seed Salad. The wine and amaro bar comes from the chef behind award-winning restaurant, The Deer & The Dove.
Opening: Spring 2024
The West End’s Finca to Filter will open a new location in Boulevard Heights, serving coffee, frozen desserts, and more.
Opening: Spring 2024
A 20-seat wine bar, focused on highlighting women-owned wine producers, will open next door to Finca to Filter from the same owner.
Opening: Spring 2024
Chicken and waffles will arrive at The Battery this winter. Cultivate, a popular coffee and breakfast spot in West Midtown, is expanding to Braves country, and we already know they'll be batting a thousand.
Opening: Winter 2023/24
Any old, old ATLiens, who still remember when Red Lobster once sat on Campbellton Road, will rejoice in the return of another shrimp and sirloin meal to this southside neighborhood. The new establishment takes over the 6,000-square-foot Deja Vu Sports Bar and Lounge space.
photo credit: Butter + Scotch
Opening: Winter 2023/24
Downtown gets this new two-level restaurant and bar—from the husband-and-wife team behind Che Butter Jonez, a tiny but mighty sandwich shop on Cleveland Ave. Butter + Scotch will feature lamb ragu, whole snapper, and other Afro-Caribbean- and Bermudian-tinged dishes.
Opening: Winter 2023/24
DelBar, our favorite Inman Park restaurant, is plotting two new locations across the city. The chic Middle Eastern restaurant will take over the King + Duke space in Buckhead and join West Midtown’s booming expansion with a spot in the new Star Metals building.
photo credit: DeMarco Williams
Opening: Winter 2023/24
This Northwest Atlanta institution famous for its long lines and hefty takeout trays of whole fried fish and fries hasn’t had a brick-and-mortar operation since 2018. With the backing of Killer Mike and T.I., that changes when a new building finally opens later this year on the old spot’s footprint.
Opening: Winter 2023/24
Summerhill is adding underground parlor, Redacted, to its growing roster off Georgia Ave. The cocktail list will be inspired by conspiracy theories to go along with their basement digs. We like a good theme, and as long as it’s more Area 51-type theories than election-denying vibes, we might have a new bar to put on our rotation.
Opening: Spring 2024
The team behind The Painted Pin and The Painted Duck are betting on the growing popularity of pickleball with their newest concept, The Painted Pickle. If you aren’t familiar with the game, think jumbo-sized ping pong on a shrunken tennis court with sport-specific jargon like “dink” and “the kitchen.” This latest gaming bar, located in Armour Yards between Buckhead and Midtown, will feature eight indoor courts and two patios alongside a full bar, and light eats including sushi, salads, and sandwiches. So yes, the Painted Pickle is set to provide dinks and drinks to Atlanta (we had to do it).
Opening: 2024
Additionally, the Painted Duck team plans another “eatertainment” concept called Painted Park. The new Inman Park restaurant will have indoor/outdoor space, lawn games, and views of the busy Eastside BeltLine trail, which we all know is enough entertainment in itself.
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