999 PeachtreeThe Jamestown real estate investment firm has announced that its 999 Peachtree building will feature award-winning Chef Hugh Acheson’s newest restaurant, to be called Empire State So.

The restaurant, which is expected to open in Spring 2010, will offer breakfast, lunch, and dinner in a contemporary and casual setting.  Chef Acheson, a finalist for this year’s James Beard Foundation’s Best Chefs in the Southeast Award and a Food and Wine Best New Chef in 2002, owns two restaurants in Athens, Five & Ten and The National, but Empire State So. will be his first Atlanta project offering Southern-inspired fare and utilizing fresh and local ingredients.  The restaurant will also feature an herb garden and bocce ball court.

For more information, visit www.999PeachtreeStreet.com.

Collin Kelley has been the editor of Atlanta Intown for two decades and has been a journalist and freelance writer for 35 years. He’s also an award-winning poet and novelist.