On Sunday, March 2, Bryant “Chef Baul” Williams will debut Betty Sue’s, an all-day brunch restaurant in downtown Atlanta inspired by and named in honor of his grandmother. Unlike his previous culinary endeavors, including serving as a private chef to celebrities like Cardi B, Kendrick Lamar, and filmmaker Tyler Perry, Betty Sue’s is personal for Williams.
Located at Five Points Plaza on Broad Street beside Binky’s Eatery, Williams’s other downtown Atlanta restaurant, Betty Sue’s imbues the spirit of his grandmother, who ignited his love of cooking. As the matriarch, Williams fondly remembers his grandmother’s passion for food and the pleasure she took in cooking for the family in the kitchen of her Atlanta home.
At Betty Sue’s, Williams hopes to honor his beloved grandmother’s legacy by providing people with a nostalgic, familial experience of eating at their own grandmother’s table.
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As with Binky’s Eatery, Williams partnered again with his wife, Daniella, in Betty Sue’s. Here, the couple will serve a mix of breakfast and brunch favorites, along with Southern and soul food staples like chicken and waffles, salmon croquettes, and grits with oxtail and shrimp, dishes nodding to Williams’s grandmother.
The bar serves coffee, juice, and nonalcoholic cocktails and will eventually serve alcohol.
Betty Sue’s isn’t Williams’s first foray into Atlanta’s restaurant scene.
In 2019, Williams opened soul food restaurant Chef’d Up at the Highland Walk Apartment complex on the corner of Highland Avenue and Sampson Street, a space previously occupied by Last Word and Cast Iron, now home to a location of Donnie’s Donuts. The restaurant closed in 2021.
Two years later, Williams and his wife opened Binky’s Eatery, a takeout soul food restaurant at Five Points Plaza that pays homage to his father’s nickname.
A grand opening for Betty Sue’s, which will include live music and an appearance by Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens, takes place Sunday, March 2, from 12 to 4 p.m.
Take a look at the menu for Betty Sue’s below:
Betty Sue’s, 20 Broad St., Downtown. Open Tuesday – Sunday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
