The best dishes Rough Draft Dining Editor Beth McKibben and Dining Reporter Sarra Sedghi ate from Atlanta restaurants in January 2026, including Greek lasagna from Buddy Buddy, cardamom rose pistachio...

Students in metro Atlanta protest ICE crackdowns and killings by ICE agents, including 'no work, no school, no shopping' on Jan. 30.

Grant Park Filipino restaurant and Michelin Bib Gourmand Estrellita will relocate to South Downtown later this year. The South Downtown restaurant, nearly three times larger than Grant Park, will offe...

Kinship owners Chef Myles Moody and sommelier Rachael Pack will open wine-focused restaurant So. Fox this spring, taking over the former Farm Burger space next door to their butcher shop and market in...

DASH Hospitality Group founder David Abes purchased Steak & Grace, which closed in Dunwoody Village last week. Abes will open Southern restaurant{S}table Comfort Food and Cocktails in April, adding to his collection of restaurants at the complex dubbed "Funwoody."

Several metro Atlanta public school systems, private schools, and colleges and universities will close or switch to remote learning on Monday, Jan. 26 due to icy roads and frigid temperatures.

Rough Draft continues to provide regular winter storm updates on our website, including announcements from state, county, and city officials, the latest weather conditions and advisories, MARTA servic...

Emergency officials are urging Georgia residents to prepare for icy conditions and possible power outages today and tomorrow during Winter Storm Fern. Rough Draft will continue reporting on conditions...

Emergency officials are urging Georgia residents to prepare for icy conditions and possible power outages, ahead of Winter Storm Fern this weekend. Rough Draft will continue monitoring conditions thro...

Georgia braces for major winter storm with sleet, freezing rain, and snow. Governor declares state of emergency and prepares for impact.

Misfitsss BBQ, founded by pitmaster Bryan Hull and Chef Tyler Heath, serves takes on Texas-style barbecue at Round Trip Brewing and Communidad. Hull and Heath aim to open a permanent location of Misfi...

In today’s Quick Bites, get details on a handful of restaurant openings, including Brews & Hops Taproom in Chamblee and Oaxacan restaurant Cuevacía in Midtown. Plus, get the scoop on two Atlanta resta...

These Atlanta restaurants and chefs were named 2026 James Beard Awards semifinalists. Finalists will be announced March 31, with winners announced on June 15.

El Tesoro will relocate from Wild Heaven Beer's West End taproom to the former Best End Brewing space at Lee + White in March. Eats will replace El Tesoro in the taproom at Wild Heaven-West End this s...

Atlanta restaurants are adapting to economic uncertainties by pivoting their menus and operations to meet diners where they are, with Breaker Breaker transitioning to Long Haul Lounge for the winter, ...

Several new restaurants opened around Atlanta in December, including The Westwood in Westview, The Local Tavern in North Druid Hills, restaurant stalls at Switchman Hall in Peoplestown, and Trattoria ...

The Rough Draft dining team has their eye on a handful of food and service trends already emerging on the Atlanta restaurant scene in 2026, including the return of lunch and late-night dining.

Each month, Rough Draft’s dining team share their favorite restaurant dishes from dining on the clock, along with a few restaurant discoveries and cool pop-ups to put on your radar. In 2025, that tran...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would prevent Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for transgender youth. The passage of the Medicaid bill came on the heels of a bill that would criminalize doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors, which was introduced by Georgia's own Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The bill, introduced by Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas, passed 215 to 201 Thursday with four Democrats voting in favor: Texas Reps. Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez, North Carolina Rep. Don Davis, and Washington Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.

Farm Burger's Virginia-Highland location will close at the end of December to make way for a new restaurant from Chef Myles Moody and sommelier Rachael Pack, the owners behind neighboring Kinship Butc...

Residents of Atlantic Station in Atlanta are petitioning to keep the neighborhood's Publix grocery store and pharmacy open after it was announced that the store will close on Dec. 27. The closest groc...

For this week's Quick Bites, Rough Draft Dining Editor Beth McKibben brings you details on a new Alpharetta Mediterranean-Italian restaurant, an upcoming cocktail bar headed to Westside Paper, and why...

Despite facing higher ingredient prices, labor challenges, and rent hikes, many Atlanta bars and restaurants are embracing the holiday spirit with over-the-top festive decorations and themed pop-ups a...

Texas-style barbecue restaurant Lewis Barbecue opens at Ansley Mall in Piedmont Heights on Dec. 8, featuring an open-air smokehouse, large outdoor courtyard overlooking the Beltline, a walk-up orderin...