Restaurant and Entertainment news

[arjay57]

There's a great article about the phenomenal impact of restaurateur Pano Karatassos on the city's culinary scene.

Everybody from Shaun Doty to Kevin Rathbun to Scott Serpas has cooked for Pano.

Stirring the Pot

[trainiac]

I'm kind of excited... looks like Sweet Auburn BBQ will open in the old Pura Vida storefront on N. Highland. Yippee!

[trainiac]

The new Victory Sandwich store in Inman Park has begun work (old Park's Edge and Lush spot on Bernina)



Yay! I was over on Monroe by Trader Joe's and the Hacienda Mexican place is looking pretty good. Sorry, didn't have time for picture

[smArTaLlone]

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/b...nta-daily.html

Arden’s Garden will take about 1,250 square feet at the former home of the Atlanta Daily World, the city’s oldest black newspaper.

Gene Kansas Commercial Real Estate just acquired the building at 145 Auburn Ave.

“We will restore the building and bring it back to its former vibrancy,” Kansas said in a release.

Kansas shared with Atlanta Business Chronicle his plans to renovate the nearly 5,000-square-foot structure to include several apartments upstairs and two commercial spaces downstairs.

[thebigATL]

Originally Posted by smArTaLlone

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/b...nta-daily.html

I have a feeling that Auburn is coming back!!!

[smArTaLlone]

http://atlanta.curbed.com/archives/2...r-westside.php

City of Atlanta records show the Texas-based international chain has aspirations for a location on the industrial fringes of Atlanta's Westside.

A planning application filed last month shows officials from Top Golf have requested relaxed parking space requirements for the site at 1600 Ellsworth Industrial Drive.

[smArTaLlone]

• Dub’s Fish Camp (Anne Quatrano)
• H&F Burger (Linton Hopkins)- which will highlight Hopkins’s famous burger, will also share space with an outpost of H&F Bread Co.
• Jia - a Szechuan-inspired restaurant from Dahe Yang and chef Jiguo Jiang of Tasty China and Peter Chang’s Tasty China 2.
• Honeysuckle Gelato - the first brick-and-mortar location for Wes Jones’s Honeysuckle Gelato
• Simply Seoul Kitchen (Hannah Chung and Grace Lee)- will serve artisanal kimchee, sauces, and Korean steamed buns.

There will be about twelve to fifteen restaurants and twenty-five to thirty vendors over the course of the whole project. It’s thirteen acres. Not all will be in the food hall. Some will be in the service building, some on the rooftop.

When is PCM officially set to open? Or are we looking at rolling openings?

It will be rolling but will start to take shape in spring 2015. A lot of the office and residential and some retail will be opening in the fall of 2014, but the robust experience will be articulated in spring in 2015.

http://www.atlantamagazine.com/cover...st-restaurants

[thebigATL]

Originally Posted by smArTaLlone

• Dub’s Fish Camp (Anne Quatrano)
• H&F Burger (Linton Hopkins)- which will highlight Hopkins’s famous burger, will also share space with an outpost of H&F Bread Co.
• Jia - a Szechuan-inspired restaurant from Dahe Yang and chef Jiguo Jiang of Tasty China and Peter Chang’s Tasty China 2.
• Honeysuckle Gelato - the first brick-and-mortar location for Wes Jones’s Honeysuckle Gelato
• Simply Seoul Kitchen (Hannah Chung and Grace Lee)- will serve artisanal kimchee, sauces, and Korean steamed buns.

http://www.atlantamagazine.com/cover...st-restaurants

About time!!!

[smArTaLlone]

• Swiss fashion label Akris will open its fifth U.S. boutique in a 2,164 square foot space at Buckhead Avenue.
• Luxury purse consignment store Bella Bag will open its 1,178 square foot boutique at Peachtree Road.
• Brunello Cucinelli, a luxury Italian retailer known for fine cashmere fashions, will open its first Atlanta location in 2,491 square feet on Bolling Way;
• Canali, a specialist in tailor-made suiting and men’s clothing will open a 2,111 square foot space on Buckhead Avenue.
• French footwear designer Christian Louboutin will open its first Atlanta location in a 1,787 square foot space at Bolling Way.
• diptyque, a French perfumer, will open its first Atlanta boutique in 496 square feet at Bolling Way.
• Luxury Italian fashion label Etro will open a 2,214 square foot store on Buckhead Avenue.
• Italian fashion house Helmut Lang will open its first Atlanta location in a 2,116 square foot space on Buckhead Avenue.
• Hermès, a French purveyor of leather, accessories, luxury goods and ready-to-wear will open in a 4,100 square foot space on Buckhead Avenue and Bolling Way.
• British high fashion house Jimmy Choo will open its footwear boutique in 2,162 square feet of space at the corner of Buckhead Avenue.
• L’Occitane, producer of French beauty and skincare products will open a 2,784 square foot space on Buckhead Avenue.
• Luxury retailer Moncler plans to open a 1,899 square foot space on Bolling Way to showcase its ski-inspired fashion.
• Scoop NYC, retailer of luxury, designer and contemporary ready-to-wear apparel, will open a 2,461 square foot space on Buckhead Avenue.
• Shapewear innovator Spanx will open its flagship store in 2,999 square feet on Bolling Way.
• Theory, a minimalist fashion label started in New York, will open its first Atlanta location in a 2,580 square foot space at Bolling Way.
• Italian shoe and leather goods designer Tod’s will open its first Atlanta location in 2,101 square feet at Buckhead Avenue.
  
  Restaurants:
  
• American Cut, an upscale American steakhouse, will open its first Atlanta location in a 10,000 square foot space on Peachtree Road.
• Fine dining restaurant American F+B will open its first Atlanta eatery in a 6,370 square foot space on Buckhead Avenue.
• Corso Coffee, an Italian-style coffee bar featuring handcrafted beverages, great food and live music will open its Atlanta outpost in a 1,596 square foot space on Peachtree Road.
• Doraku Sushi, a sushi and sake outpost with locations from Miami to Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam opens its first Atlanta location in 2,725 square feet on East Paces Ferry Road.
• Georgetown Cupcake, a gourmet cupcake purveyor, will open in 2,700 square feet on East Paces Ferry Road.
• Spanish fusion restaurant Gypsy Kitchen will open in a 3,750 square foot space on Peachtree Road.
• New York hotspot Le Bilboquet will open in a 3,686 square foot space on Bolling Way for breakfast, lunch and dinner;
• Lugo Caffé, an Italian concept specializing in handmade pastas will open in 6,050 square feet on Buckhead Avenue;
• An Atlanta outpost of New York-based Shake Shack, plans to open in a 2,500 square foot space on Peachtree Road.
• The Southern Gentleman, a gastropub featuring farm-sourced ingredients, will open in a 3,750 square foot space on Peachtree Road.
• Purveyor of artisan pizzas Thirteen Pies will open in 4,300 square feet of space on Buckhead Avenue.
• Qing Mu, a noodle restaurant from the owners of Doraku Sushi, will be a brand new restaurant concept that will debut at Buckhead Atlanta in 2,725 square feet on East Paces Ferry Road.

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/r....html?page=all

[smArTaLlone]

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/b...velopment.html

A new-to-market natural foods grocer has signed a lease to anchor the second phase of Emory Point.

N.C.-based Earth Fare Inc. plans to open a nearly 25,000-square-foot store at the mixed-use development near Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Atlanta Business Chronicle reported in March 2013 that Earth Fare was looking to open stores in metro Atlanta.

The grocer currently has more than 30 stores in nine states, including two stores in Georgia: in Athens and Augusta.

Earth Fare sells organic and natural foods. It touts a local focus (aiming to buy products sourced within 100 miles of the store) and has banned products with high-fructose corn syrup, artificial flavors, preservatives or trans fat from its shelves.

The second phase of Emory Point, which started construction last year, includes 43,000 square feet of retail and 307 apartments. Cousins Properties Inc. has partnered on the project with Gables Residential. It should open in early 2015.

[netdragon]

Cumberland added the Grub Burger Bar.

Smyrna is adding a new unique non-chain restaurant, from what I understand, on the corner of Spring Rd and Atlanta Rd, just through zoning.

[pawelra]

After a decade of sitting still, the blue-domed Polaris will spin again in less than two weeks, which is set to reopen June 10.
The restaurant has been designed with four sections, each inspired by a home: an open living room with a communal table, a living room, library and bar.
Guests will revolve around an open kitchen with full views of chefs preparing meals.
Polaris will rotate every 45 minutes
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/b...its-grand.html

[atlantaguy]

This is beyond cool to me, and the pics look wonderful. The Johnson Studios do great interior work.

Thanks, pawelra!

[smArTaLlone]

The exhibition devoted to Delta and its aviation history is set to take flight again June 17 after a more than $6 million renovation of the corporate museum, according to a company spokesman.

The 68,000-square-foot facility is housed in Delta’s two original maintenance hangars at the company’s headquarters in Atlanta.

The Museum features a Boeing 737-200 full-motion flight simulator (the only one in the United States that is open to the public) as well as historic aircraft like the “Spirit of Delta,” a Boeing 767 donated by employees in 1982.

http://www.whatnowatlanta.com/2014/0...-soar-june-17/

[smArTaLlone]

Artists for this year’s festival include: Avicii, Bassnectar, David Guetta, Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike, Diplo, Kaskade, Martin Garrix, Nicky Romero, Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Tiësto, Zedd, A-trak, Borgore, Carnage, Detsik,Dillon Francis, Ferry Corsten, Jamie Jones, Laidback Luke, Maceo Plex, Nervo, Paco Osuna, Showtek, Sub Focus, Tommy Trash, W&W and Zeds Dead.

[netdragon]

Taco Mac coming to Cumberland @ AMC Parkway Pointe
The Main Event coming to Cumberland @ AMC Parkway Pointe
http://www.tonetoatl.com/2014/02/tro...-exciting.html

Both Cumberland Blvd @ I-75 ITP

[smArTaLlone]

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/r...-facility.html

Golf for the masses is coming to the Westside.

Topgolf International Inc. recently bought 18 acres on Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard just west of Atlantic Station, where it will develop a 65,000-square-foot facility and golf range.

Topgolf paid $7.7 million for the vacant industrial site. The company will break ground next week and plans to open by spring of next year.

[smArTaLlone]

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/b...barcelona.html

Westside Ironworks, an adaptive reuse project that will transform two industrial buildings into hip restaurants and shops, has landed its first tenant.

Barcelona Restaurant and Wine Bar has signed on for the $8.5 million project by the Westside Provisions District on Howell Mill Road.

It will Barcelona’s second location in Atlanta. The first is in Inman Park.

[forj]

westside is blowing up! the Barcelona Wine Bar addition was inevitable.. all their CT locations are also right near their Bartaco's..

the beltline cant come to the westside fast enough. traffic is already a nightmare and howell mill is just gonna be a parking lot soon enough. that area would benefit greatly from some transportation infrastructure overhaul. street car up marietta maybe?

[smArTaLlone]

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/b...-westside.html

Castellucci Hospitality Group, the restaurant group behind Iberian Pig, Double Zero and Sugo, plans to open a new concept called Cooks & Soldiers. The 4,600-square-foot restaurant will be inspired by the Basque region of Spain and France.

The Bilt-House, an upscale ladies lifestyle boutique out of Buckhead, plans to open a new location at the project.

And ladies boutique Kane is also coming to Elan Westside.