Georgian Corner is a triple-threat in Roswell, providing the north Atlanta suburb with a bakery and cafe, Eastern European market, and full-service restaurant under one roof. It’s also the only restaurant in metro Atlanta, and likely the state, dedicating its entire menu to Georgian food.
Married couple Nina Armstrong and Gocha Gelashvili opened Georgian Corner on Crabapple Road in November 2025. They opened a quick-service cafe next door a few months later, adding a robust grocery section to create a market selling Georgian and Eastern European items.
Georgian Corner is not Armstrong and Gelashvili’s first restaurant. The couple opened Suliko in Miami in 2003, earning acclaim from The Miami Herald and New York Times. Suliko’s second location in Hollywood, Florida, opened nearly a decade later, with a third location opening several years after that. And Suliko would go on to inspire other Georgian restaurants to open around Dade County in Florida.
A few years ago, Armstrong and Gelashvili sold Suliko to a former employee (the restaurant now goes by Kavkaz) and relocated to metro Atlanta to be closer to their children and grandchildren. As with Miami and Dade County 20 years ago, Atlanta did not have any dedicated Georgian restaurants.
There’s a sizable Eastern European community in metro Atlanta, mostly in pockets. DeKalb and Gwinnett counties host enclaves of Bosnian residents. Roswell is home to a small Polish community. While Dunwoody and Sandy Springs feature Russian populations, according to Neilsberg.
But despite the diasporic Eastern and Central European communities found here, the cuisines of these countries include a small footprint in metro Atlanta. Armstrong said when they arrived in Roswell there were no restaurants serving Georgian food, or anything similar to the country’s traditional dishes.
Armstrong and Gelashvili opened Georgian Corner because they couldn’t find the country’s food elsewhere in metro Atlanta. Armstrong called food and hospitality Gelashvili’s passion. In fact, she said running the restaurant is more like a hobby for Gelashvili than his career.
Georgia sits east of the Black Sea in the Caucasus Mountains region, bordered by Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, and Turkey. Located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Georgia has a completely unique culinary culture. (It’s also considered the birthplace of wine, with a viticulture going back 8,000 years.)
Peppers, garlic, eggplant, grape vinegar, walnuts, and green herbs like cilantro and parsley are among the country’s most common ingredients. Flatbread-based dishes like khachapuri, soups, savory adjuka sauce served with bread, dolma made with cabbage leaves, and soup dumplings called khinkali comprise some of Georgia’s most iconic foods.
“We don’t cook like anybody else,” Armstrong said. “That’s why it becomes very popular.”
Each component of Georgian Corner serves a distinct purpose. The cafe, open daily, offers pastries, coffee, and prepared foods like khachapuri and cutlets, or what the couple refer to as “everyday food.” The market sells a selection of farmers cheeses, labneh and smoked fish, frozen breads, and an impressive selections of pickles, sauces, and sweets. Customers often come in to pick up prepared foods or ingredients they need for dinner.
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The full-service restaurant at Georgian Corner serves dinner, with lunch on the weekends.
“We have fancy food there, which we don’t sell in the store,” Armstrong said. The menu at the full-service restaurant features grilled kebabs, stews like chanakhi (lamb, tomato, and eggplant), chakapuli (lamb and tarragon), and lobio (beans), and chicken tabaka, a pan-fried, spatchcocked chicken known for its crispy skin.
Georgian Corner also includes an entirely Georgian wine list, along with a full bar and a stage for live performances and multi-lingual karaoke nights.
Armstrong said they hope to open another breakfast and lunch spot in the future, but doesn’t plan to expand Georgian Corner aside from that. Rather, the couple is interested in bulking up the cafe’s pastry and beverage program and bringing more live entertainment and art to the dining room next door. (The restaurant once hosted a comedian from Odesa, Ukraine, and Armstrong is eager to feature other stand-up acts on the Georgian Corner stage.)
The couple will soon reveal a “special surprise” in the main dining room at Georgian Corner. When asked for a hint, Armstrong didn’t want to disclose any details that might give it away and spoil that surprise.
Georgian Corner, 10930 Crabapple Road, Roswell.
