The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near La Grotta
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Rank 1. La Grotta
Northern Italian
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Rank 2. Atlas
New American
Inside the St. Regis, Chef Freddy Money's restaurant pairs rotating fine art with a seasonal American menu enriched by European technique—lobster with smoked paprika butter, sherry-caramelized sweetbreads, Australian wagyu—all delivered in a room designed for celebration rather than restraint.
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- Wine Enthusiast 2023 · Forward 50 Restaurants
- Esquire 2024 · Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
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Rank 4. O by Brush
Omakase Sushi
Chef Jason Liang's omakase counter transforms hay-smoked fish and dry-aged cuts into a procession of precise, small revelations. The sake program matches each course with the same careful attention that defines this Michelin-starred counter tucked inside a luxury shopping center.
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Rank 5. Aria
New American
- AAA Four Diamonds
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Hospitality
- Wine Enthusiast 2024 · Forward 50 Restaurants
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Rank 7. Madre Selva
Peruvian
- The Infatuation 2025 · #4 · The Top-Rated New Restaurants
- The Infatuation #9 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Atlanta
- The Infatuation 2025 · #1 · Atlanta’s Best New Restaurants
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A neighborhood shrine to Atlanta sports where TVs pulse with every local game and the kitchen keeps pace with appetites sharpened by rivalry and hope. The Thai sweet chili wings and loaded nachos arrive as fuel for the faithful, unpretentious and direct.
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A Buckhead pasta shop with cement floors and open shelving that hums with casual energy. The house-made spaghetti alla chitarra arrives as cacio e pepe—creamy pecorino and toasted Sarawak peppercorn in clean proportion—while dinner adds secondi like brined chicken with smoked mozzarella and spicy greens. Rustic Italian cooking that doesn't strain.
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Rank 11. Omakase Table
Japanese
Chef Leonard Yu commands a intimate counter where traditional omakase unfolds with seasonal precision, each course—from wagyu in sukiyaki to seared sole—executed without artifice. The meal culminates in restrained elegance: uni gohan with otoro and a delicate panna cotta that feels inevitable rather than showy.
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Woofs relocated to a larger space on Plasters Avenue, where two dozen screens broadcast everything from Atlanta United matches to the Olympics across its bar. The kitchen turns out tacos and wings while regulars settle in for college football and Braves games, and the room doubles as a gathering place for local queer sports leagues and charity nights.
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Rank 13. Bacchanalia
New American
Dark wood and Edison bulbs frame a dining room where Georgia produce takes center stage across a four-course prix fixe with theatrical touches—dishes emerge on carts, beneath glass cloches—and genuine choice. A crab fritter has anchored the menu since opening; a grapefruit soufflé with pistachio crumble and rose cream closes it with restraint and precision. Handsome without pretense.
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Rank 14. Lazy Betty
Experimental
Ron Hsu and Aaron Phillips orchestrate a tasting menu where regional Southern ingredients meet delicate Asian sensibilities. A tuna roll wrapped in translucent bluefin, mushroom and chestnut ravioli with potlikker vichyssoise, and honey-lacquered duck demonstrate a kitchen thinking clearly about flavor rather than flourish.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- The Infatuation Infatuation’s Highest-Rated Restaurants In America
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Ronald Hsu and Aaron Phillips
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Rank 15. Avize
European
A boho-rustic dining room that channels alpine lodge warmth while Chef Karl Gorline executes a modernist take on cross-border mountain cuisine—frog legs and venison tartare give way to seared scallops with charred potato, duck, and American wagyu handled with equal precision. The wine list matches the cooking's continental scope, and black sesame tiramisu closes the meal on an unexpected note.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service · Taurean Philpott
- Bon Appétit 2025 · America's Best New Restaurants
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
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Rank 17. Mujō
Sushi
Chef J. Trent Harris runs a sushi counter of Southern cypress in a darkened West Midtown room where omakase pivots between playfulness and precision—grilled cobia with red miso and charred squash give way to nigiri and Hokkaido crab, each course tended with visible care. Tradition yields to surprise here, and dessert arrives as something earned rather than obligatory.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: Southeast · J. Trent Harris
- Esquire 2023 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 18. Omakase Table
Sushi
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. East
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. East
- The Infatuation The 18 Best Bars In Atlanta
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Industry Tavern, tucked into the Terminus building in Buckhead, assembles a boisterous crowd around multiple screens showing whatever game matters that day. The kitchen pivots between bar-crowd staples—lobster nachos, barbecue chicken pizza, a towering pork totcho—with enough specificity to justify the noise.
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Rank 21. Hayakawa
Sushi
Chef Atsushi Hayakawa seats a handful of diners at his dark-stone counter in an office tower, where seasonal processions move from delicate broths through vinegared octopus before arriving at substantial nigiri of flown-in fish. His buoyant command of the room and Hokkaido-style generosity suggest a chef indifferent to restraint.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Atsushi Hayakawa
- The Infatuation #5 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Atlanta
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Rank 22. Antico Pizza Napoletana
Neapolitan Pizza
At a counter beneath overhead menus, you order Neapolitan pizza while the cavernous dining room hums with the sight of dough stretching across three open ovens. Di Palma's pies—whether topped with truffle and cippolini or deconstructed meatball and ricotta—arrive with the confidence of someone who knows exactly what pizza should be.
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Rank 23. Madeira Park
Wine Bar
In Poncey-Highland's moody wine bar, the list—heavy on reserves and aged Madeira—sets the tone, but Chef Ollie Honderd's kitchen keeps pace with seasonal small plates (panisse, ham and cheese beignets) and evening entrées like bistro steak and seared tilefish over black lentils. Everything coheres, including the vanilla semifreddo with melon granita that closes the meal.
- Bon Appétit 2025 · America's Best New Bars
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best New Bar
- Wine Enthusiast 2025 · Top 50 New Restaurants
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Rank 24. Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours
Modern Southern
Deborah VanTrece's cooking takes the architecture of Southern soul food and reassembles it into something more urgent and strange—a spread sampler arrives as pimento cheese fondue, black-eyed pea salsa, creamed collards. The fried chicken, paired with three-cheese mac and cornbread collard rolls, lands not as nostalgia but as argument.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service · Kursten Berry
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Deborah VanTrece
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 25. Nàdair
Scottish-influenced Southern
Tartan panels and ancestral rugs set the stage for Kevin Gillespie's Scottish-inflected kitchen, where mussels meet 'nduja and duck arrives lacquered with peach. A prix-fixe that honors lineage without pretense, closing with peanut butter chess pie that reconciles two culinary traditions.
- The New York Times 2024 · The Restaurant List
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Atlanta Right Now
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Rank 26. Miller Union
Seasonal Southern
In a restored warehouse where the old stockyards once stood, Steven Satterfield and Neal McCarthy build their menu around the season—cornbread panzanella gives way to seared duck with corn pancakes and blueberry mostarda. The cooking is direct and generous, rooted in Southern tradition but never nostalgic, and the blondie with rum raisin ice cream suggests they understand how a meal should end.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Atlanta Right Now
- The Infatuation #13 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Atlanta
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Rank 27. Little Sparrow
Bistro French
A compact French bistro where the namesake's spirit lingers in the details: warm baguette and cultured butter arrive first, followed by onion soup and beef tartare that refuse nostalgia. Pork belly and schnitzel anchor the menu, but the triple-fried fries—thick-cut, served with aïoli or Béarnaise—are the argument for coming back.
- Esquire 2024 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- The New York Times 2024 · French Onion Soup · The Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Claudia Martinez
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. East
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Rank 29. Daily Chew
Mediterranean
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Rank 30. Lucky Star
Taiwanese
A sleek lobby café by day and cocktail bar by night, Lucky Star pivots between Taiwanese comfort food—braised beef scallion pancakes, oyster omelets, house-made pastries—and evening drinks with confident precision. The green velvet and polished surfaces suggest a place that takes both its morning coffee and its after-dark cocktails seriously.
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Rank 33. Marcel
Steakhouse
Low lighting and red leather wrap a speakeasy-style steakhouse on the west side, where Ford Fry channels midcentury glamour through dry-aged beef and French sides like pommes aligot. Steak tartare arrives with bone marrow and sourdough; the côte de boeuf is substantial and properly tended. A expensive proposition, but the theater and precision justify the ticket.
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Rank 34. Canoe
New American
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Rank 36. Georgia Boy
Creative New American
A hidden counter restaurant accessed through a secret door in Southern Belle's library, where Chef Joey Ward stages playful, experimental tasting menus with flourishes like seared snapper served with cereal and tableside coconut broth. The theatrical presentation and inventive cooking justify the special-occasion price.
- Eater Most Innovative Chef · Joey Ward
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation #6 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Atlanta
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Rank 37. AG, Modern Bar And Steakhouse
New American
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Rank 38. Ticonderoga Club
Cocktail Bar
A narrow dining den tucked inside the Krog Street Market where mismatched bar stools and tropical light strings set the mood for Chef David Bies's playful, shareable cooking. Steak tartare and mussels in sake broth anchor a menu that moves between global touches and house staples, while rum cocktails lean cheerfully into the tiki aesthetic without pretense.
- Punch Industry Icon
- 50 Best 2026 · #85 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
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Rank 39. The Colonnade Restaurant
Historic Southern
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Rank 40. Pink Lotus
Thai
- The Infatuation #12 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Atlanta
- The Infatuation 2025 · #2 · Atlanta’s Best New Restaurants
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Rank 42. Lyla Lila
Southern European Mediterranean
Craig Richards' Lyla Lila pairs moody interiors with southern European cooking centered on house-made pasta—the crispy duck lasagna with cocoa béchamel and ricotta-miso gnocchetti are unmissable. Roasted proteins and finishes like chocolate-orange mousse arrive with the precision of someone who understands restraint and the logic of a meal.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Atlanta Right Now
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- The Infatuation Where To Eat When You’re Visiting Atlanta
- The Infatuation The 18 Best Bars In Atlanta
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Rank 44. Tio Lucho's
Coastal Peruvian
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Arnaldo Castillo
- The Infatuation Where To Eat When You’re Visiting Atlanta
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants Around Atlanta
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- Food & Wine 2024 · Best New Chefs · Erika Council
- The New York Times 2023 · The Restaurant List
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Erika Council
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Rank 47. Southern Belle
Contemporary Southern
A neon-blue "Bless Your Heart" glows above the bar at this Ponce de Leon fixture where Chef Joey Ward transforms seasonal produce into dishes of surprising refinement—strawberry gazpacho, braised lamb loin, olive oil cake with lime curd. The charm here is genuine, earned through the kitchen's evident care rather than calculated nostalgia.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants Around Atlanta
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Joey Ward
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Rank 48. Delbar
Persian
At Delbar, a Middle Eastern kitchen built for sharing, chef Fares Kargar channels his childhood through spreads of dill labneh, crispy tahdig rice, and lamb neck so tender it yields to a glance. The room hums with the convivial spirit the name promises—a place where food becomes the grammar of connection.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation #7 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Atlanta
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants Around Atlanta
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Rank 49. Fishmonger
Southern Seafood
A working fish market where a communal table and counter seating overlook the cases of daily catch. Order at the back—oysters, crudos, sandwiches—but expect Southern inflection: the blackened grouper sandwich arrives on a buttered seeded bun with Florida sauce and pickled peppers, generously spiced and without pretense. The gumbo is hearty, the specials driven by what came off the boats.
- Bon Appétit 2023 · America's Best New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Atlanta Right Now
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Rank 50. Tomo
Sushi
At the base of the Ritz-Carlton Residences, floor-to-ceiling windows flood a spare, modern room where a chef works through eight plated courses before moving to sushi—chu-toro nuta arrives with seared tuna, miso, balsamic, pistachio, and charred scallions in studied balance. The omakase counter, reserved well ahead, suggests a kitchen thinking carefully about restraint and technique.
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A self-serve beer hall on Peachtree where eighty taps dispense everything from pilsner to pale ale while twenty screens flicker above—the operative word is *you* pour, *you* pay, no intermediary required. The wings and cheeseburgers arrive as expected; the point is the frictionless efficiency of a place built for watching sports without ceremony or markup.
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Rank 52. Ela
Mediterranean
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Rank 56. Xi’an Gourmet House
Xi'an Noodles
A Midtown counter-service outpost where Xi'an street cooking takes precedence over ceremony. Wide, hand-pulled biang biang noodles arrive properly seasoned with cumin and chili; the boiled dumplings—pork, lamb, or both—matter just as much, their pale surfaces glistening under a house-made sauce that does all the work. This is cooking that knows what it's after.
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Rank 60. The Chastain
Southern American
The Chastain nestles into Chastain Park with butterscotch leather booths and gas lamps evoking a restored carriage house. Chef Christopher Grossman's seasonally shifting American menu anchors the verdant setting with dishes like crown roasted chicken and exceptional mac and cheese.
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Rank 61. Momo Cafe
Japanese
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Rank 62. Desta Ethiopian Kitchen
Ethiopian
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Rank 65. The Busy Bee
Southern
Since 1947, this narrow takeout counter has fed Atlanta's neighborhoods with fried chicken so crisp it shatters under tooth, collard greens, candied beans, and cobblers that taste like summer. The place is small, perpetually busy, and indifferent to trends—a soul food institution where daily specials matter more than the menu, and the only commitment required is to eat standing up.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The Infatuation Where To Eat When You’re Visiting Atlanta
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Atlanta Right Now
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Rank 67. Palo Santo
Japanese/Mexican
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Rank 68. Dumpling Factory
Chinese
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Rank 71. BoccaLupo
American Italian
A neighborhood trattoria where Bruce Logue's modern Italian-American cooking—fried chicken parm with creamy collards, squid ink spaghetti with Calabrese sausage—lands with the ease of something both carefully made and utterly unpretentious. The focaccia alone, honey-brushed with house butter and aged balsamic, justifies a visit. Regulars pack the room for a reason.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Bruce Logue
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Atlanta Right Now
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Rank 76. Brewhouse
Beer Bar
In Little Five Points, Brewhouse Cafe trains its screens on soccer matches and international sports with the intensity of a true partisan. The beer list spans continents, the wings arrive lemon-pepper or incendiary, and the Painkiller cocktail scales its proof to match the fervor of the crowd.
- Eater The Best Sports Bars in Atlanta for Watching the World Cup and More
- The Infatuation The 18 Best Bars In Atlanta
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Rank 77. Mary Mac's Tea Room
Southern
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A light-filled deli with retro-chic charm serves matzoh ball soup with restorative broth and smoked Nova on bagels with the confidence of a New York institution. The cheesecake is classically creamy, the black-and-white photographs a reminder that this food's appeal runs deep.
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Rank 80. Cooks & Soldiers
Basque Spanish
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- The Infatuation Where To Eat When You’re Visiting Atlanta
- The Infatuation The 18 Best Bars In Atlanta
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Rank 85. Majestic Diner
Southern
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Rank 86. Bar Blanc
French Steakhouse
- Esquire 2023 · Bar Blanc Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Esquire 2024 · Martini · The Best Martinis in America
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Rank 87. Bread & Butterfly
Haitian French
- The New York Times 2024 · The Restaurant List
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Atlanta Right Now
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Rank 90. Staplehouse
New American
In Old Fourth Ward, Staplehouse trades white tablecloths for a counter and casual courtyard where diners order, drink, and linger over seasonal pizzas and charcuterie. The kitchen pivots its limited menu daily, treating each board and sandwich as an expression of what's fresh and available.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation #22 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Atlanta
- Eater 2016 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 91. Nam Phuong
Vietnamese
Du Nguyen's Vietnamese kitchen on Buford Highway delivers careful pho and inventive street food like crispy bôt chiên in a welcoming room of comfortable booths. Order family-style to sample the expansive menu's best moves across a table.
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Dozens of televisions blanket the walls of this downtown sports bar, where a perpetual ticker feeds the hunger for live scores and results. A working brewery occupies the lower level, anchoring an ambitious beer program that extends across the tap list and up to a rooftop perch.
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Rank 94. Ray's In The City
Southern Seafood
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Rank 96. Gigi's
Italian
- Eater 2022 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Esquire 2023 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Atlanta Right Now
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Rank 97. Superica
Mexican
The original Superica, housed in a soaring Krog Street Market space with an open kitchen, serves approachable Tex-Mex that justifies the crowds. Paper-thin tortillas and saucy enchiladas arrive in a buzzy industrial setting meant for sharing and lingering over margaritas.
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Rank 99. Fred's Meat & Bread
American
Inside the Krog Street Market, Fred's operates from a modest counter where sandwiches arrive towering and unapologetic: a pimento cheese club crowned with fried green tomatoes and crispy bacon, an Italian grinder heavy with provolone and cherry pepper relish, fries dusted in barbecue spice. The bread is seared, the portions are excessive, and everything tastes purposefully over the top.
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This loungey sports bar in a reclaimed Parish building trades rowdiness for sleek comfort, its walls lined with screens and its kitchen turning out loaded nachos and warm crab dip without pretense. It is the sort of place where the game matters more than the décor, which is precisely the point.