Delbar chef Fares Kargar will open Eden next year at the Star Metals district on Howell Mill Road. The sprawling French-Mediterranean restaurant will include a rooftop bar called Garden of Eden.
Eden will feature design aspects channeling the cosmopolitan supper clubs popular in Iranian cities like Tehran during the 1960s and early 1970s. Look for multiple indoor and outdoor spaces like a covered patio filled with greenery, a 50-seat central bar, chef’s tables, and a more intimate bar paying tribute to Iran’s film industry in its design.
At night, the main restaurant will become an entertainment venue, too, with dancers, live performances, and DJs. Upstairs at Garden of Eden, the rooftop bar promises glimpses of the city skyline.
Kargar left Iran in 2006 when he was 17. He fled to Turkey as a refugee to avoid the Iranian compulsory military service requirement. The chef eventually made his way to the United States, arriving in Atlanta and earning a degree in hospitality from Georgia State University. Kargar worked in several Atlanta restaurants before opening Delbar, including Rumi’s Kitchen in Sandy Springs.
He opened the first location of Delbar Middle Eastern in 2020 at Inman Quarter during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The success of Delbar led Kargar to open Persian street food stall Bibi at Ponce City Market two years later, followed by a second location of Delbar last year in Alpharetta. A third location of Delbar should open in the former King and Duke space on Peachtree Road later this year.
In 2023, Delbar was recognized by Michelin in its inaugural dining guide to Atlanta.
Eden joins Fishmonger, Hayakawa, Sweetgreen, Flight Club, and Torchy’s Tacos at the Star Metals district. The team behind Brush and Momonoki will open Lucky Star cafe and cocktail bar in the complex by the end of 2024. Rooftop bar Patina from the owners of The Painted Pin, The Painted Duck, and Painted Pickle should also open at Star Metals in the coming months.
