In this week’s Quick Bites, get the scoop on Koshu Club’s opening in Buckhead, fresh menu additions at Brush Sushi, a bar makeover at Hotel Clermont, and new restaurants headed to Underwood Hills and Alpharetta. Plus, we have some food events to add to your calendar, including a plant sale and market in Chamblee and Caribbean dinner in Reynoldstown.
Openings
Koshu Club from Castellucci Hospitality Group (Cooks & Soldiers, Double Zero, Mujo) opened this week at 99 West Paces in Buckhead. The menu features Shōwa-era (tied to Emperor Shōwa’s reign from 1926 to 1989) cuisine, which blends traditional Japanese (washoku) and Western (yoshoku) dishes.
Allergy and food intolerance-friendly bakery The Cake Pharmacy launches a Saturday bakery-cafe on April 18 in Decatur. The bakery-cafe operates from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday. In addition to baked goods, expect lattes made with Tanbrown Coffee and teas from The Chai Box.
Coming attractions
Women’s sports bar Jolene Jolene met its fundraising goal last week and will unveil the new permanent location soon.
Amasa Mexican Kitchen, Chichería Mexican Kitchen‘s sister restaurant, will open at City Center in Alpharetta this summer.
The Works will welcome two new interactive food concepts this year. The Food Work Shop, originated in Chattahoochee Food Works, features a workshop space with a culinary studio. The Body Creamery will offer ice cream and body butter.
Johns Creek development The Medley will soon include locations of CT Cantina & Taqueria, The Nest Cafe, and Tabla. All three restaurants should open this fall.
Menu changes
Michelin-starred Brush Sushi is celebrating 10 years in Atlanta with a refreshed menu featuring new cocktails and dishes like hay-smoked miso duck breast with a scallion pancake and umi masu clay pot rice. The restaurant now offers “bread” service, comprised of savory croissants from pastry chef ChingYao Wang (think snow crab, ikura, and mentaiko with whipped mascarpone and truffle and mushroom whipped cream with chive and gruyere).
State honors chef
Chef Deborah VanTrece, the owner of Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours and Oreatha’s at the Point, was honored with a state resolution by the Georgia House of Representatives. The honor recognizes her decades-long restaurant career and work to inspire the next generation of Georgia chefs.
Makeover
The Lobby Bar at Hotel Clermont recently received a design makeover. The bar also underwent a menu refresh adding new cocktails, snacks, and happy hour to the mix.
Read and dine
Did you know that the Krog Street Market food hall now features a book vending machine from Long Story Books on the patio? Simply insert payment, select a book, take the book, and read.
Add to your calendar
Contrast Artisan Ales in Chamblee will host Sip and Shop, an artisan plant sale and market, on April 19 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Shop for local ceramics and carnivorous plants. Pollos de Guache will serve food. People can also partake in free repotting and participate in a plant swap.
The Grant Park Conservancy will debut Market in the Park on April 19, a new monthly series bringing local food and craft vendors, live music, and community programming to Atlanta’s oldest park.
Reynoldstown’s Wylie & Rum will host Rawlston Williams on April 23 for a dinner celebrating his new cookbook, “The Caribbean Cookbook.” Williams and Wylie & Rum chef Brian Jones will prepare a multiple-course meal representing all 28 island nations. Tickets are $125 via OpenTable and include a signed cookbook.
Atlanta Chinatown Mall continues its Chinatown Market series on April 25. Vendors can apply here.
