Restaurant updates
It appears Chef Nick Melvin and his crew are preparing to open the doors to Communidad Taqueria in the coming days. Melvin and baker Teresa Finney have been leading staff training this week and teasing out some of the dishes people can expect on the menu, including the guacamole cobb salad and fried black bean and egg, pollo asada, and brisket mole tacos
Starting June 10, Japanese restaurant Nakato will close for in-person dining until mid-September while the dining rooms undergo renovations. Once completed, Nakato will feature a new hibachi dining room, a lounge, and spruced-up entrance and streetscaping. Nakato will still be available for takeout and delivery.
$5 giant slice on the Beltline
A new pizza window opened on the Eastside Beltline earlier this month, serving $5 giant slices of cheese or pepperoni pizza and Italian ices. You can find The Secret Slice across from Patagonia’s courtyard, right before you hit Irwin Street.
Do this tonight
A Sip of Paradise garden in East Atlanta will mark the end of serviceberry season today with a free tasting event at EAV Farmers Market, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Expect serviceberry-infused cocktails and dishes and serviceberry trees for sale. Consider this a little preview of the main event – the annual Serviceberry Fest – taking place on June 3 at Avize on Brady Avenue.
Now open
After relocating to Grant Park earlier this month, baker Erika Council will reopen her popular Michelin Bib Gourmand breakfast restaurant Bomb Biscuit tomorrow morning, taking over the former Woodward & Park space at Larkin on Memorial. Look for a limited menu of biscuit sandwiches, chicken and waffles, and cinnamon rolls during the first few weeks, with an expanded menu coming over the next several months. Open Wednesday-Sunday, Bomb Biscuit features indoor and outdoor seating and a dedicated takeout area.
Uno Más Taqueria, from the owners of Westside Motor Lounge, is now open at the One Alliance Center in Buckhead, near Little Alley Steakhouse. The all-day restaurant and bar is currently open weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Take a look at the menu here.
A location of Dave’s Hot Chicken opens tomorrow on Roswell Road in Sandy Springs.
Top Chef Fabio Viviani will open dessert restaurant JARS on West Village Parkway in Smyrna on Friday. Expect soft serve, pies like banana cream, red velvet cheesecake, and Viviani’s popular tiramisu all served in jars, along with milkshakes. Check out the menu here.
Coming attractions
A location of brunch restaurant and juice bar Toastique will open in the former Theory space at the Brickworks this fall. Toastique includes a location on West Peachtree in Midtown.
The restaurant group behind The Ivy and Family Dog in Atlanta and Little Betty in Birmingham plans to open Luella steakhouse in Buckhead later this year. The steakhouse, named for the owners’ daughters, will take over the former Ivy space on Roswell Road. Luella will eventually include a private cocktail club.
Speaking of pizza on the Beltline, Pizza Dynamo will open beside Pour Taproom on the Eastside Trail in the coming weeks. Neighboring pizzeria Nina & Rafi closed in April and will be replaced this summer by Eclipse di Luna.
