Culinary Dropout opens Feb. 21 at Ashford Lane. Credit: HEATHER KINKEL / culinary dropout

Culinary Dropout will open on Feb. 21 at Ashford Lane in Dunwoody, joining the recently opened food hall Politan Row

Dunwoody becomes the second Atlanta-area location of the Arizona-based restaurant and live music venue. Culinary Dropout first opened at the Brickworks along the Marietta Street Artery in Atlanta late last year. Like its Westside counterpart, expect live music on stage, sports on multiple televisions, and a large patio.

The Dunwoody location will be open for both lunch and dinner as well as weekend brunch. Expect pizza, sandwiches, burgers, and entrees such as 36-hour pork ribs during lunch and dinner. Weekend brunch offers banana bread French toast, a breakfast burrito, and a fried chicken biscuit. Look for cocktails, beer, and wine from the bar.  

The revamp of the former Perimeter Place shopping complex on Olde Perimeter Way included bringing new locations of restaurants like Grana, Superica, and Hawkers Asian Street Food to the Dunwoody development.

Politan Row at Ashford Lane opened earlier this month, taking over the food hall space once occupied by the Hall at Ashford Lane. The Hall suddenly closed after just two months at the complex last summer with some former employees accusing owner Jamal Malek Wilson of unpaid wages and dubious hiring practices. Politan Row includes nine restaurant stalls, Mamacita’s Cuban Cantina restaurant, and cocktail lounge Okay Anny’s.

Beth McKibben is the dining editor and a senior editor for Rough Draft Atlanta. She was previously the editor of Eater Atlanta and has been covering food and drinks locally and nationally for over 12 years.