For this week's Quick Bites, Rough Draft Dining Editor Beth McKibben brings you details on two big openings, including award-winning pastry chef Claudia Martinez’s dessert and cocktail bar, Bar Ana, a...

Midtown Atlanta is undergoing six transportation projects to increase pedestrian safety, bike lanes, and green space, but critics say the construction is causing traffic congestion and affecting the b...

Husband-and-wife duo Mike and Shyretha Sheats will open Mule Train in South Downtown next year. The Southern-leaning restaurant is an evolution of their pop-up supper club, The Plate Sale, which has b...

The team behind Mujo will open Koshu Club–a Japanese supper club inspired by Japan's Shōwa era cuisine–in Buckhead early next year. The intimate 40-seat restaurant will offer a fusion of Western dishe...

The Rough Draft dining series continues to highlight restaurants in metro Atlanta neighborhoods within walking distance or a short bus ride of MARTA rail stations, including CT Cantina, Joey D's Oak R...

Courtesy Cabbagetown Chomp & Stomp The Cabbagetown Chomp & Stomp, one of Atlanta’s most anticipated fall festivals, is returning this November with an expanded lineup of activities. For the first time in its history, the yearly festival will be hosting a kick-off event on Friday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. with live music and improv comedy from Dad’s Garage taking place in Cabbagetown Park. Following Friday's festivities, the Cabbagetown Chomp & Stomp has a jam-packed Saturday planned, featuring its annual “Romp” 5K run in the early morning and signature chili cook-off contest in the afternoon, which will see 70 amateur cooks and 20 restaurants competing, including the reigning champion Grindhouse Killer Burgers.

For this week's Quick Bites, Rough Draft Dining Editor Beth McKibben brings you details on a few openings, a temporary restaurant closure in Buckhead, the sale of R. Thomas, and an update on Rough Dra...

Several new restaurants opened around Atlanta in October 2025, including Buddy Buddy, Spring 2nd Branch, Ghee Indian Kitchen, Lo Kee, Tyde Tate Thai Kitchen, Smorgasburg Atlanta, and Auxiliary Coffee....

For this week's Quick Bites, Rough Draft Dining Editor Beth McKibben brings you details on the opening of Chef Brian So’s new Marietta restaurant, along with the openings of a trio of coffee shops. Th...

Over 1.4 million Georgia residents will lose their SNAP and EBT benefits on Nov. 1 if contingency funds meant to keep the programs operating aren't released. However, efforts are underway at metro Atl...

Over 1.4 million Georgia residents will lose their SNAP and EBT benefits on Nov. 1 if contingency funds meant to keep the programs operating aren't released. However, efforts are underway at metro Atl...

For this week's Quick Bites, Rough Draft Dining Editor Beth McKibben brings you details on the opening of James Beard award-winning chef John Currence’s Big Bad Breakfast in Buckhead, along with the o...

For this week's Quick Bites, Rough Draft Dining Editor Beth McKibben brings you details on the 80th anniversary of Mary Mac’s Tea Room, a new Neapolitan pizzeria headed to Inman Park, and a pumpkin co...

A second, full-service location of Glide Pizza will open in South Downtown next year, taking over a building beside Chef Todd Ginsberg's upcoming Mitchell Street restaurant.

Rough Draft attended a preview of upcoming weekly food festival Smorgasburg Atlanta, sampling as many dishes as possible. Today, we're sharing some of our favorite bites ahead of Smorgasburg Atlanta's...

A second location of Virginia-Highland's Kinship Butcher & Sundry will open at the Beacon in Grant Park next fall, which will feature a full-service cafe, a bar, butcher shop with seafood butchery pro...

After back-to-back hurricanes in 2023 and 2024, Georgia’s pecan farmers are still recovering. But with the help of organizations like Georgia Organics and the UGA Pecan Extension, farmers are finding ...

Ponce de Leon Avenue restaurant institution Eats will close on Oct. 18 after 33 years. Located on the edge of Midtown across from Ponce City Market, Eats is known for its affordable menu of comfort fo...

For this week's Quick Bites, Rough Draft Dining Editor Beth McKibben brings you details on the closure of a Dunwoody brewery and restaurant, Shake Shack opening in South Downtown, and the safety of ga...

Several new restaurants opened around Atlanta in September 2025, including The Creamy Spot, Roaring Social, Eclipse di Luna, Soul Foodies, and Friendship BBQ. Plus, get the latest on the restaurants o...

Will the Northwest Beltline help boost Westside Atlanta restaurants, both on and off the trail? Area restaurateurs have thoughts.

The best dishes Rough Draft Dining Editor Beth McKibben and Dining Reporter Sarra Sedghi ate from Atlanta restaurants in September 2025, including chilaquiles at La Mixteca Tamale House, za'atar bagel...

For this week's Quick Bites, Rough Draft Dining Editor Beth McKibben brings you details on new restaurants headed to Krog Street Market and the Krog District, the opening of a new Midtown bar, and Spr...