50 Best North American Restaurants + Eggslut at Krog District + Late-Night Viennoiserie Delivery
Sept. 25 — For today’s Side Dish, we’re offering two recipes, including one for butternut squash and bean chili using seasonal produce from your local farmers market.
Read stories on a Thai street food restaurant replacing Anne Quatrano’s Ponce City Market oyster bar, W.H. Stiles Fish Camp, and on the opening of Glide Pizza’s new dine-in Decatur restaurant.
➕ Sarra brings you the story behind Viennoiseries After Dark, a recently launched cottage bakery delivering freshly baked croissants and quiches at night to homes across Metro Atlanta.
🍽️ As always, get the latest Atlanta dining news, like details on new restaurants headed to the Krog District, including LA-based Eggslut, the opening of a new Midtown bar, and Spring chef Brian So’s upcoming Marietta restaurant. There’s also an update on how to watch tonight’s live stream of the inaugural 50 Best Restaurants in North America announcement. Will any Metro Atlanta restaurants make the cut? Plus, more dining news to know.
In case you missed it in your inbox on Tuesday evening, here’s a link to the latest edition of “Family Meal.” First, Beth tells you why the sopa de pollo roja and house salad at Communidad Taqueria should be a must-order combo. Rough Draft contributor Laura Scholz brings you a story on a figure skater who is now a regular on “Restaurant Row” in Sandy Springs. And Season Marietta chef Nick Jennings offers two recipes for his restaurant’s popular brioche French toast and small-batch chai, which he suggests pairing together at breakfast.
Cheers from the Rough Draft dining team!
🍸 Beth and 🍰 Sarra
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Have You Heard?
🆕 Krog District Coming Attractions
Krog District will get three new restaurants over the coming months.
Local favorite Tyde Tate Thai Kitchen will open a third location at Krog Street Market in October, taking over the original Recess space. To clarify, the current location of Recess is NOT closing. Tyde Tate includes locations in South Downtown and at Chattahoochee Food Works.
A location of LA-based sandwich shop Eggslut will open next spring beside Woof Gang at SPX Alley on the Eastside Beltline.
A location of Nando’s Peri-Peri Chicken will take over the former Bar Mercado space at Krog Street Market next spring. Nando’s already includes two Metro Atlanta locations in Dunwoody and Peachtree Corners.
🥂 Restaurant Opening
A little birdie tells us that Buddy Buddy will open Thursday, Oct. 2, at Midtown Promenade. Veteran Atlanta bartender Nick Chaivarlis will open Buddy Buddy in the former Tapa Tapa space, where people can expect martinis served three ways, along with other classic and original cocktails. The menu features Greek street food and homestyle dishes Chaivarlis grew up eating, including avgolemono (lemon chicken soup), yemista (stuffed peppers), and a roast lamb entree. Stay tuned to Instagram for updates. Read more about Buddy Buddy here.
👷 Progress Report
After some permitting delays, it appears Spring chef Brian So’s new Marietta Korean restaurant, Spring 2nd Branch, is back on track to open by the end of October. Spring 2nd Branch is one of Rough Draft’s most anticipated fall openings. Read more about So’s plans for the new restaurant here.
👀 News to Know
Tonight, we will learn whether any Atlanta or Georgia restaurants make the inaugural 50 Best Restaurants in North America list.
The British-based organization behind “50 Best” will hold a ceremony announcing this year’s North American winners at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, starting at 8 p.m. PDT (11 p.m. ET). Restaurants from the United States, Canada, and parts of the Caribbean make up the North American list. (50 Best already features a list for Latin America.)
Winners were voted on by 300 anonymous restaurant industry peers and experts from around North America, split into sub-regions led by a chairperson. According to 50 Best, restaurants do not pay to enter or need to be a specific type of restaurant or meet specific criteria to be considered for the lists.
Will any Georgia restaurants make the cut this year? Tune in to the live stream here at 11 p.m. tonight, or check back tomorrow morning for the full list of 50 Best North American restaurants.
📆 Add to Your Calendar
Tonight, food services nonprofit Open Hand will host its annual “Party in the Kitchen” fundraiser, from 6:30-10:30 p.m., at The Foundry at Puritan Mill. The event will feature a lineup of chefs, cocktails, tastings, silent auctions, and live entertainment. Read more here and purchase tickets here. Tickets are $350 per person and include food and drinks. Dress code: cocktail attire.
This weekend, the Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena will host two events combatting food insecurity. On Saturday, Sept. 27, the stadium will host 5,000 volunteers for the annual Million Meal Pack. Volunteer here. On Sunday, Sept. 28, the Hawks and Giving Kitchen will team up for Forkside Seats hosted on the State Farm Arena floor. The event begins at 6 p.m. and will feature 18 restaurants from around Metro Atlanta. Each ticket sold will support Giving Kitchen’s mission to provide emergency funding and assistance to hospitality workers in need. Forkside Seats tickets start at $250 per person. Purchase tickets here.
On Sunday, Sept. 28, beginning at noon, Monday Night Brewing will host the Gluten Free Atlanta Fest at The Grove in Berkeley Park. The event is free to attend and includes a full afternoon of gluten-free food and beer. Going forward, the Grove will feature a dedicated gluten-free menu, including pizza, every weekend.
The Piedmont Heights Alliance will host its annual Taste of PiHi on Sunday, Sept. 28, from 3-6 p.m. The event takes place at Indie Studios on Ottley Drive and features more than 34 neighborhood restaurants and businesses, along with drinks from neighboring ASW Distillery and SweetWater Brewing. Tickets are $35 at the door, with free admission for kids under 12. Read more here and purchase tickets here.
Sip, Savor, and Celebrate Midtown
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Top Stories From the Week
Thai street food restaurant replacing Anne Quatrano’s Ponce City Market oyster bar
🇹🇭 Longtime Ponce City Market (PCM) restaurant W.H. Stiles Fish Camp, owned by Bacchanalia and Star Provisions chefs Anne Quatrano and her husband and business partner, Clifford Harrison, will close next week.
Referred to as Dub’s Fish Camp by Quatrano and her team, the New England-style seafood restaurant and oyster bar opened in 2015 and is one of the original tenants at Ponce City Market’s central food hall.
Executive Chef Faye Poon and the W.H. Stiles staff will move over to Summerland, a new restaurant from Quatrano and company slated to open later this fall at Underwood Hills indoor farmers market and food hall Upper Westside Market.
⏩ Read more about the closure and the new PCM restaurant here
From pizza window to Decatur restaurant, peek inside Glide Pizza’s first dine-in location
🍕 Five years after debuting as a pizza window operating out of Irwin Street Market on the Eastside Beltline, the first dine-in location of Glide Pizza opened last week in Decatur.
The pizzeria took over the former Chando’s Tacos space on West Ponce, also once home to The Pinewood Tippling Room. Glide previously operated a pizza window inside Decatur brewery Inner Voice Brewing before its departure in July, and continues to operate a takeout window at StudioPlex in the Old Fourth Ward.
The new location’s most significant changes are an expanded menu, full bar, and ample seating dedicated to patrons of the pizzeria. Seating is sparse, and mostly outdoors, in the Old Fourth Ward. At Inner Voice, Glide shared space with the brewery.
⏩ Read more on Glide Pizza’s new Decatur restaurant here.
Viennoiseries After Dark is making nighttime croissant delivery a thing in Atlanta
🥐 In the Sept. 16 edition of “Family Meal,” Beth introduced you to Viennoiseries After Dark. This week, Sarra is bringing you the story we promised on the cottage bakery and croissant delivery service.
ICYMI last week, Viennoiseries After Dark is a newly launched cottage bakery and nighttime delivery service founded by Chloë Chadet and her Parisian-born mother, Christelle, delivering freshly baked croissants and quiches to people around Metro Atlanta. Beyond the city of Atlanta, the delivery radius also includes homes in Brookhaven, Chamblee, Dunwoody, Tucker, Decatur, and Vinings.
⏩ Read more about Viennoiseries After Dark and how to order here.
🏡 Serenbe and Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles present the 12th Serenbe Designer Showhouse, open through October 12! Explore inspired interiors, stunning architecture, and Serenbe’s beautiful setting. A must-see fall event just outside Atlanta, stylish, inspiring, unforgettable. Get tickets here. SPONSOR MESSAGE
At the Market + Two Recipes
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY FARMERS MARKETS
🍲 Each week, Rough Draft Atlanta and Community Farmers Markets partner to bring you two dishes you can make at home using fresh ingredients from your local farmers market. This week, we’re sharing recipes for a butternut squash and bean chili and an end of summer salad with kombucha vinaigrette. Check out both recipes here.
