A second location of Ruby Chow’s will open next summer at 739 Trabert Ave. in the Berkeley Park neighborhood.
Located steps from the Westside Beltline in Northwest Atlanta, Ruby Chow’s will join breakfast and brunch cafe The Daily, Floral Park Market, and Monday Night Brewing’s The Grove along Trabert.
General Manager Brian Seo (26 Thai, Nan Thai, The Loews Hotel) told Rough Draft that owner Mike Blum (Yum Buns, Chow Baby, Miso Izakaya, Le Fat, Ton Ton) has spent the last two years scouting locations to open another Ruby Chow’s in Atlanta.
Blum, along with Chef Guy Wong, opened the original location of Ruby Chow’s in February 2020, just off the Eastside Beltline across from Ponce City Market. A month later, Ruby Chow’s dining room went dark, as the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered restaurants across the country for weeks.
“It’s really interesting and exciting to be one of the first restaurant or retail establishments approached to go onto this new extension of the Beltline,” Seo said, who touted the success of the Beltline for choosing Trabert Avenue for the next location of Ruby Chow’s.
While the Old Fourth Ward location hides in plain sight at the corner of North and Glen Iris avenues, Seo said the Trabert Avenue restaurant will have a stronger visual presence, thanks to glass spanning the entirety of the front facade.
The Trabert restaurant will also feature more space, a more robust bar program, and room for private events and chef’s table dinners. Look for off-menu dinner series here, along with pop-ups and ticketed events like Lunar New Year.
“We’re always looking at ways to engage with the community, promote, and celebrate Asian-American heritage,” he said,
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This isn’t the group’s first restaurant on the west side of Atlanta.
In 2015, they opened Vietnamese restaurant Le Fat along the Marietta Street Artery. The restaurant closed in 2024.
Wong was already a well-known Atlanta chef by the time Le Fat opened, having established his reputation through Miso Izakaya, which opened in 2009 on Edgewood Avenue near what would become the Eastside Beltline. Miso Izakaya closed in 2018, but many of its most popular dishes made the menu at Ruby Chow’s, including the shoyu tamago (Japanese soy sauce egg).
Despite having to close Ruby Chow’s for several weeks during the early days of the pandemic, the group still found success with its new restaurant, named for the late Chinese-American restaurateur and Seattle activist and politician, Ruby Chow. Wong is no longer involved in the day-to-day operations at Ruby Chow’s. Chef Phillip An joined the Ruby Chow’s team in July and will oversee culinary operations at both restaurants.
Earlier this year, the group closed Miso Ko and Ton Ton Ramen Bar after nearly a decade in the food hall at Ponce City Market. Locations of NoriFish and Okiburo will take over the two stalls, opening at the food hall on Aug. 28.
Wong owns American-Chinese restaurant Big Boss Chinese on 10th Street in Midtown.
Ruby Chow’s 739 Trabert Ave., Berkeley Park. Opening summer 2027.
This story has been updated to reflect Mike Blum as owner of Ruby Chow’s, Phillip An as chef, and clarification of Guy Wong’s current involvement with the restaurant.
