😮 Atlanta Michelin restaurant relocation

Michelin-recommended Bomb Biscuit relocatingMay It s Thursday Time for a little Side Dish For currently s Side Dish we re offering two recipes including one for lahmajoun Armenian flatbread pizza using what s in season at your local farmers area Our MARTA dining guide series continues this week and features Lindbergh Center station and Uptown Atlanta Plus we have stories on the openings of an Italian restaurant on the Eastside Beltline and a Uzbek restaurant in Alpharetta And as perpetually read the latest roundup of Atlanta dining news including the announcement that baker Erika Council will relocate her Michelin-recommended restaurant Bomb Biscuit to Grant Park this summer and that Atlanta-based ASW Distillery will open at Hartsfield In scenario you missed it in your inbox on Tuesday evening here s a link to the latest edition of Family Meal It features a deep dive into the history of the margarita a recipe for the popular house margarita at El Ponce and where to find a very Atlanta take on chargrilled oysters One programs note Beth will become part of the new WABE City Lights Collective starting in July after longtime host Lois Reitzes retires next month Debuting July and similar in design to NPR s Morning Edition and All Things Considered the show will be hosted by Kim Drobes and Jon Goode and include interviews local stories field reports and conversations led by a rotating group of contributors like Beth In addition to other food and dining stories for City Lights catch the Beverage Beat with Beth McKibben each month where she discusses Atlanta s cocktail and drinks scene Listen to Beth s next Beverage Beat segment on May which delves into the history and popularity of the margarita in America Cheers from the Rough Draft dining crew Beth and Sarra Sip savor and celebrate at Food That Rocks on June Enjoy unlimited tastings drinks live music and more all supporting local organizations Join the party at City Springs in Sandy Springs Grab your tickets now SPONSOR MESSAGEHave You Heard Photo by Andrew Thomas Lee Michelin-recommended restaurant relocatingBaker Erika Council will relocate her popular Michelin Bib Gourmand breakfast restaurant Bomb Biscuit from North Highland Avenue in the Old Fourth Ward to the Larkin at Memorial in Grant Park this summer according to the AJC s Mike Jordan senior editor of the paper s Black tradition section UATL Bomb Biscuit will take over the former Woodward Park restaurant space across from Perc coffee shop at the complex Westview vegan restaurant rebrandIt appears the Westview location of Slutty Vegan will in fact become a brand new vegan sandwich restaurant from owner Pinky Cole called Voagies Located on Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard Voagies opens this Sat May at noon Diners Drive-Ins and Dives x El TesoroRemember when we explained you in March that Guy Fieri was in town filming episodes for his series Diners Drive-Ins and Dives Atlanta-based Yumbii has already been featured on the activity Catch the episode featuring Edgewood taqueria El Tesoro on Fri May at p m To celebrate its appearance with the Mayor of Flavortown El Tesoro is throwing a watch party on the patio with cocktail specials and food specials including carnitas guerrero and barbacoa mulitas Fieri was also spotted in Summerhill downtown Decatur and Olive Pine in Avondale Estates with sources indicating he may have popped in to visit How Crispy Express and The Deer and The Dove Those episodes air soon Avondale Estates izakaya updateSpeaking of Olive Pine an eagle-eyed Rough Draft reader spied a sign indicating Enso Izakaya has begun hiring for its location at the Avondale Estates complex also home to Commune listening lounge and wine bar Enso Izakaya should open by the end of June or early July A bagel shop will also open soon across from Leftie Lee s sandwich shop and bakery at Olive Pine Atlanta bourbon distillery heads to HartsfieldBourbon distillery ASW Distillery will open ASW Flights Bites this summer on Concourse B at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Construction began earlier in the spring Aria bidding adieu to Chef Gerry KlaskalaAfter announcing his retirement from Aria in April Chef Gerry Klaskala will depart the Buckhead restaurant he founded years ago on June Klaskala and his business partners turned the keys to the fine dining institution over to Aria s long-tenured general manager and sommelier Andr s Loaiza A new chef will officially take over the kitchen at the critically acclaimed restaurant next month EVENTUALLY Side Saddle Wine Saloon which in the last few days opened in Boulevard Heights at last obtained its liquor license this week Expect wines by the glass cocktails and a full menu of food from Chef Carla Fears Murdaugh Murders films at Dunwoody restaurantMorty s Meat Supply in the Dunwoody Village became a film set on May The restaurant owned by David Abes of DASH Hospitality closed while Hulu took over to film the limited series based on the infamous murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh by their husband and father South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh The series stars Madeline Popovich Jessi Event and Mark Pellegrino Read more from Rough Draft s Sammie Purcell Sip savor and celebrate SPONSORED BY FOOD THAT ROCKS Join us on Thurs June for Food That Rocks a tasting event presented by Taste of Atlanta celebrating Sandy Springs diverse restaurant scene This one-of-a-kind food festival brings incredible potency outdoors at City Springs where you ll sip savor and celebrate the public s vibrant culinary scene Get unlimited tastes from of Sandy Springs best restaurants and bakeries and more than a dozen wine beer and cocktail tastings The evening also includes live music from Java Monkey and CJ and the Doughboys plus Chef Chats and mixology demos on the Publix Cooking Stage Food That Rocks is a Party with a Purpose in partnership with Second Helpings Atlanta Get your tickets at present Top Stories From the WeekPhoto by KR SteakbarMARTA dining guide to Lindbergh Center stationThis Rough Draft dining series will continue throughout highlighting restaurants in cities and neighborhoods within easy walking distance or a short bus ride from MARTA rail stations Located at the intersection of Piedmont Road and Lindbergh Drive the Lindbergh Center MARTA station serves both the Gold and Red lines While technically considered part of Buckhead Lindbergh has its own neighborhood feel thanks to a microcosm of restaurants bars and even apartments centered around it This dining guide spotlights nine restaurants easily accessible from the Lindbergh Center MARTA station In fact several restaurants are part of the adjacent mixed-use rise Uptown Atlanta a million revamp of the shopping and dining district All of the restaurants listed are within short walking distance from the MARTA station Check out the Lindbergh station guide here Check out our other MARTA dining guides here Photo by Veronica FrisonYeppa Co opens across from Krog Street Territory The second location of Italian restaurant Yeppa Co opened this week at Junction Krog District across from Krog Street Territory on the Eastside Beltline Backed by Yeppa Studios restaurant group Storico Fresco Forza Storico Yeppa Co is open for dinner on weekdays and all-day dining on the weekends Expect dishes at the Beltline location like antipasti insalata taglieri focaccia pizzas and pasta including cacio e pepe and tagliatelle alla bolognese Look for lunch function to begin soon and a grab-and-go window to launch in the coming weeks serving espresso gelato and paninis Read the full story here Photo by Gabriela Henriquez StoikowLaghman Express brings Uzbek food to AlpharettaThis story was first published in South a news publication dedicated to Metro Atlanta s immigrant and refugee communities and is part of a partnership with Rough Draft Atlanta Beth also wrote about the manty lamb dumplings and the guyurou laghman noodles from Laghman Express in the May edition of Family Meal Open for a month Uzbek and Central Asian restaurant Laghman Express in Alpharetta is an extension of a Brooklyn business which within six months of launching in was named one of the best restaurants in New York City by The New York Times Atlanta was a natural choice for a second location co-owner Babur Akhmedov explained speaking from experience When he moved here more than a decade ago from Kyrgyzstan he bemoaned the lack of good Uzbek food Islam is a major religion in Central Asia Uzbekistan s population is more than Muslim and Akhmedov noted that several of the Atlanta Metro s Muslim populations overlap in northern Fulton County We came up saying Okay Alpharetta is the best place to open Read more about Laghman Express from South Sip savor and celebrate at Food That Rocks on June Enjoy unlimited tastings drinks live music and more all supporting local organizations Join the party at City Springs in Sandy Springs Grab your tickets now SPONSOR MESSAGEAt the Domain Two RecipesIN PARTNERSHIP WITH REGION FARMERS MARKETS So multiple veggies so little time Rough Draft Atlanta and Society Farmers Markets are partnering to bring you two great recipes using fresh ingredients from your local farmers territory This week we ve got a vegan twist on ceviche and a recipe for lahmajoun Check them out here Nowadays s Side Dish was edited by Julie E Bloemeke The post Atlanta Michelin restaurant relocation appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta