2102 Bolton Street, Atlanta. instagram.com/bryanfurmanbbq/
Casa Robles. Chef and El Salvador native Laura Orellana will deliver a menu of Spanish tapas with Latin American influences to this Roswell eatery, set to open this spring. Anticipate finding quite a lot of conventional Spanish tapas, in addition to tacos and pupusas, plus a wine listing with a heavy South American focus and a cocktail listing that can lean on rum, tequila and mezcal. Casa Robles comes from RO Hospitality, the restaurant group behind Roswell’s Desk & Predominant and Osteria Mattone and Coalition Meals and Beverage in Alpharetta.
45 Oak St., Roswell. casaroblesroswell.com/
Duane Nutter, chef and companion at Southern Nationwide in Cell, Ala. (Courtesy of Matthew Coughlin)
Credit score: Matthew Coughlin
Duane Nutter, chef and companion at Southern Nationwide in Cell, Ala. (Courtesy of Matthew Coughlin)
Credit score: Matthew Coughlin
Credit score: Matthew Coughlin
Unnamed Duane Nutter restaurant. Duane Nutter has accomplished large issues since leaving Atlanta — and acclaimed Hartsfield-Jackson Worldwide Airport restaurant One Flew South — a number of years in the past to open Southern Nationwide in Cell, Alabama. The restaurant was lately acknowledged by The New York Occasions, and Nutter was named a James Beard Award semifinalist for finest regional chef. Now, Nutter is returning to Atlanta, together with restaurateur Reggie Washington, to open an as-yet-unnamed restaurant within the booming Summerhill neighborhood (different ideas set to open within the space by the top of the yr embody How Crispy Categorical, Redacted, D Boca N Boca and Press Begin). Particulars are scarce for now, however anticipate finding a restaurant that’s “upscale however a spot the place everyone’s welcome,” in line with Washington.
72 Georgia Ave., Atlanta.
Unnamed idea from the El Tesoro crew. Few particulars have been launched for the as-yet-unnamed idea coming to Oakhurst this spring from Alan Raines and Darryl Howard, the homeowners of widespread Edgewood taco store El Tesoro. Anticipate to see a menu of mezcal drinks and dishes from El Tesoro kitchen supervisor/chef Hugo Suastegui’s hometown of Acapulco, Mexico, within the former Lawrence’s Cafe house.
910 School Ave., Decatur.
Humble Pie. Ron Hsu and Aaron Phillips of Inman Park superb eating restaurant Lazy Betty and the brand new Vietnamese eatery Juniper Cafe have accomplished loads of pivoting for the reason that starting of the pandemic. Their forthcoming idea, Humble Pie, is yet one more departure from the norm for the pair. Set to open this spring in West Midtown’s Interlock improvement, Humble Pie will serve pizzas with dough utilizing grains milled from DaySpring Farms outside of Athens, plus entrees like pot pie, a burger and a roasted cauliflower steak, and pie for dessert. Wash all the pieces down with a cocktail, biodynamic beer or native beer from the restaurant’s beverage listing. Additionally headed to the Interlock within the coming months are Pour Taproom, Rooftop LOA, Kinjo Room and La Lau.
1115 Howell Mill Street, Atlanta. humblepieatl.com/
The pair behind vegan pop-up Pleased Seed is bringing La Semilla to Reynoldstown this yr. (Courtesy of Pleased Seed)
The pair behind vegan pop-up Pleased Seed is bringing La Semilla to Reynoldstown this yr. (Courtesy of Pleased Seed)
La Semilla. Restaurant business veterans Reid Trapani and Sophia Marchese have developed a following since launching their plant-based Latin American pop-up Pleased Seed in 2018. The pair is planning to go brick-and-mortar this spring in Reynoldstown with La Semilla, which is able to function Pleased Seed objects in addition to extra vegan dishes made with domestically sourced components. A coated patio will provide the proper setting for sipping on picks from the eatery’s deliberate cocktail listing.
780 Memorial Drive, Atlanta. lasemilla.kitchen/
Sandwiches would be the star of the menu when Leftie Lee’s opens in Avondale Estates. (Courtesy of Vivian Lee)
Sandwiches would be the star of the menu when Leftie Lee’s opens in Avondale Estates. (Courtesy of Vivian Lee)
Leftie Lee’s. In the event you’ve by no means had the nice fortune of making an attempt one in all chef Vivian Lee’s milk bread pastries at one in all her Foodcation Eternally pop-ups, you’re in for a deal with in 2022 when she opens her first brick-and-mortar. Positioned within the Avondale Estates mixed-use improvement Olive and Pine, Leftie Lee’s will serve up pastries and baked items, in addition to breakfast and lunch sandwiches constructed on house-made breads. Anticipate to wrap your arms round gems like a mojo roasted pork sammie with fried yucca and cabbage slaw. The house will even function an incubator for up-and-coming cooks to serve their meals.
6 Olive St., Avondale Estates. instagram.com/leftielees/?hl=en
Mujo had been working out of Cooks & Troopers. Its everlasting house subsequent door will quickly be prepared. (Wendell Brock for The Atlanta Journal-Structure)
Credit score: Wendell Brock
Mujo had been working out of Cooks & Troopers. Its everlasting house subsequent door will quickly be prepared. (Wendell Brock for The Atlanta Journal-Structure)
Credit score: Wendell Brock
Credit score: Wendell Brock
Mujo. What began as a pop-up inside West Midtown restaurant Cooks & Troopers in Could 2020 is about to turn out to be its personal restaurant positioned in an area neighboring its unique house early in 2022. New York Metropolis sushi chef J. Trent Harris, who helped launch Mujo, will oversee the restaurant’s two-tiered menu of edomae sushi along with kappo-style cold and hot dishes. The house, designed by Elizabeth Ingram Studio, will embody a six-seat bar for drinks and a 15-seat sushi bar.
691 14th St., Atlanta. mujoatl.com/
SGC Rooster and Seafood. Smith’s Gourmand Creations has developed a following over time for its Creole-inspired Southern dishes through its catering enterprise and meals truck. Now, chef Antoine Smith is bringing dishes together with garlic butter crab fries, fried lobster mac and cheese and Cajun butter salmon rolls to a brick-and-mortar slated to open in March. A number of months after SGC Rooster and Seafood is up and working, count on to see the meals truck rolling by way of metro Atlanta as soon as once more.
3886 Broad St., Powder Springs. smithsgourmetcreations.com/
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