Restaurant openings ramped up in March with the arrival of spring. Nearly three dozen restaurants opened for business around Atlanta and the metro area, with several more restaurants announced for the coming months. 

Check out this brief roundup of recent restaurant openings and upcoming restaurant announcements you might have missed in March.

Three street tacos with shredded meat, cheese, cilantro, radish, and lime wedges on blue plate at local Mexican restaurant El Tesoro
El Tesoro is now open at its new West End location. (Provided by El Tesoro)

Now Open

Spread Bagelry (bagels)
Buckhead

“Compeatery” at Painted Pickle (games, food, drinks)
Armour Yards

Barrel Proof (cocktails)
Westside Provisions District

Jagger Suite (rooftop lounge) and Eggslut (breakfast/lunch sandwiches)
Downtown, Moxy Hotel

Ashland (steak, sushi, cocktails)
Loews Atlanta in Midtown

Rosso (Italian, formerly Alici, also owned by Pat Pascarella)
Midtown Promenade

Eats (comfort food, jerk chicken, beer)
West End

El Tesoro (Mexican)
West End

Sassy’s Cafe (coffee, kombucha, tea, pastries)
CreateATL, Adair Park

Casi Cielo (Oaxacan/Latin American)
Old Fourth Ward, Beltline

Masala Times (Indian/south Asian)
Terminal South, Peoplestown

Unkie’s Pizza Bar (pizza)
Brookhaven

Le Nouveau Maquis (West African)
Tucker

Three Dollar Cafe (sports bar)
Sandy Springs

Rumi’s Kitchen (Persian)
Sandy Springs

Shrimp koliwada. (Via Basuri Indian Restaurant)

Teso Life (Japanese store)
Chamblee

Graze Craze (charcuterie boards)
Smyrna

Smalls Sliders (burgers)
Marietta

MilkShake Factory (dessert)
Roswell

Basuri Indian Restaurant (Indian/South Asian)
Roswell

Little Lantern Dumplings & Noodles (Chinese)
Roswell

Butcher and Bottle (steak, seafood, cocktails)
Alpharetta

Hong Kong Bakery & Dim Sum (Chinese bakery, dim sum)
Duluth

Bite More (burgers, wings, chicken sandwiches)
Duluth

Molly Tea (milk tea)
Duluth

Three Taverns Ponce Brew Terminal taproom bar with overhead fermentation tanks, tap handles, and welcome sign in Atlanta.
Three Taverns Brew Terminal opens April 4 at Signal House on the Beltline. (Photo by Andrew Thomas Lee)

Coming Attractions

Omma (Spring, cocktails, intercontinental food)
Westside Paper

Ikara (April, fine dining Indian)
Atlantic Station, Twelve Midtown

Three Taverns Brew Terminal with DAS BBQ (April 4, beer, barbecue)
Signal House on the Beltline, Poncey-Highland

Finally Wine (April, following renovation)
Kirkwood

Firepit Pizza Tavern, Honeysuckle Gelato, and Refuge Coffee Co. (Spring/summer)
Lulah Hills, North Decatur

Toastique (Spring, toasts, juice bar)
Johns Creek

Northern China Eatery (Fall, dumplings, Chinese dishes)
Johns Creek

Restaurant openings by month:

JANUARY 2026
• FEBRUARY 2026
DECEMBER 2025
NOVEMBER 2025

Beth McKibben serves as both Editor-in-Chief and Dining Editor for Rough Draft Atlanta. She was previously the editor of Eater Atlanta and has been covering food and drinks locally and nationally for 15 years.