The Top 100 Restaurants Near The Whitley, Atlanta Buckhead
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Rank 1. Aria
New American
- AAA Four Diamonds
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Hospitality
- Wine Enthusiast 2024 · Forward 50 Restaurants
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Rank 2. 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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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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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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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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Rank 7. La Grotta
Northern Italian
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Rank 8. 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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Rank 10. 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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Rank 11. 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 12. 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 13. Desta Ethiopian Kitchen
Ethiopian
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Rank 15. 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 16. Daily Chew
Mediterranean
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Rank 17. 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.
- Bon Appétit 2025 · America's Best New Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service · Taurean Philpott
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
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Rank 18. Canoe
New American
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Rank 19. The Colonnade Restaurant
Historic Southern
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Rank 20. 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 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. Kamayan ATL
Filipino
A former pop-up turned neighborhood fixture, Kamayan ATL fills its snug dining room with the convivial noise of communal eating. The menu pivots on family-style Filipino dishes—crispy lumpia, sinigang with fall-apart pork ribs in tamarind broth—eaten traditionally by hand, as the name promises. Tropical decor and the press of satisfied strangers at neighboring tables complete the scene.
- Food & Wine 2024 · Longsilog · Best Dishes Our Editors Ate This Year
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Carlo Gan and Mia Orino
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 23. The Alden
New American
Chef Jared Hucks charts a globally influenced course at this plush Chamblee dining room, where locally sourced ingredients ground each dish—lamb with pink peppercorns, snapper with heat and acid. The leather banquettes and attentive service encourage lingering over desserts like grapefruit curd on tandoori shortbread.
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Rank 24. 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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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 26. 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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Rank 27. Best BBQ
Cantonese Chinese
Inside a Chamblee market, this casual Cantonese counter serves roasted meats and dim sum with a deceptive name. Order by number at the counter, where hanging ducks and pork belly glisten behind glass; the quarter roast duck and honey barbecue pork arrive in portions meant for sharing, though restraint may prove impossible. Simple, unpretentious cooking that rewards hunger.
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Rank 28. 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 29. Ela
Mediterranean
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Rank 31. 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 32. Oaxaca
Oaxacan Mexican
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Rank 33. 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 34. 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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Rank 35. 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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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 37. 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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Clay's Sports Cafe brings back what Sandy Springs missed: a no-nonsense room where wings arrive as good as the gossip, and the beer flows while games flicker across every wall. Come for the sports, stay for the deep fryer's reliable hand.
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Rank 39. LanZhou Ramen
Noodles
In a Buford Highway strip mall, hand-pulled noodles arrive in broths ranging from delicate to Sichuan-forward, each bowl a study in restraint and heat. The roast duck version—noodles, bone-in meat, bok choy, scallions in a single massive bowl—tastes less like lunch than like relief.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Fu Li Zhang
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 40. Heirloom Market BBQ
Korean-Southern Barbecue
Cody Taylor and Jiyeon Lee merge Korean and Southern traditions in a modest corner spot where smoked pork braises in sweet-spicy heat and brisket stays tender through restraint. The green tomato kimchi and house sauces arrive with the kind of flavor that justifies the cramped quarters and shared parking lot.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Jiyeon Lee and Cody Taylor
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Atlanta Right Now
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Rank 43. 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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Rank 44. 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 45. 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 47. 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 48. Food Terminal
Malaysian
Amy Wong's Malaysian street restaurant sprawls across raw concrete and exposed ducts, mimicking a night market with family-style portions that demand chopsticks. The housemade garlic noodles—tangled with spinach and mushrooms in assertive sauce—justify the cavernous chaos.
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Rank 49. Chai Pani
South Asian Indian
Strings of lights and colorful murals animate this Decatur dining room where the kitchen builds seasonally inspired South Asian cooking from local ingredients. Butter chicken arrives rich and silken; cauliflower in the gobi pepper fry is battered to a crisp shell, sharp with vinegar and heat. The menu's detailed descriptions and family-style portions make it easy to keep ordering.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurateur · Meherwan Irani and Molly Irani - Chai Pani Restaurant Group
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Sahar Siddiqi
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 50. 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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- 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 54. AG, Modern Bar And Steakhouse
New American
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Rank 55. Dim Sum Heaven
Chinese
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Rank 56. Majestic Diner
Southern
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Rank 57. Kimball House
Seafood
In a converted rail depot lined with tufted leather and dark wood, Kimball House pours craft cocktails and shucks more than twenty oysters, each tagged with tasting notes to guide the undecided. The beef tartare arrives studded with capers and a runny yolk; the desserts—butternut crunch cake, a reimagined Paris Brest—arrive as small arguments for why sweets deserve the final word.
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service · Miles Macquarrie
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Rank 58. 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 59. Mary Mac's Tea Room
Southern
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Rank 60. Cooks & Soldiers
Basque Spanish
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Rank 61. Palo Santo
Japanese/Mexican
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Rank 62. Antico Pizza Napoletana
Neapolitan Pizza
- 50 Top Pizza 2025 · #30 · 50 Top Pizza USA
- The Infatuation Where To Eat When You’re Visiting Atlanta
- The Infatuation #19 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Atlanta
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Rank 63. Dumpling Factory
Chinese
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Rank 64. 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 65. The Deer and the Dove
Rustic New American
In a rustic dining room in Decatur, Terry Koval and his team build meals around house-made foundations: yeasted rolls with herb butter, pappardelle enriched with morels and whipped lemon ricotta, duck prepared two ways with its own bone jus. The cocktails—playfully named, impeccably constructed—suggest a kitchen that takes pleasure seriously without pretension.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Winner · Best Chef: Southeast · Terry Koval
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation #3 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Atlanta
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Rank 66. 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 68. 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 69. 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 70. Casa Balam
Mexican
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Rank 71. Han Il Kwan
Korean
The pagoda-roofed pavilion on Buford Highway seats diners at tabletop grills where marinated Angus beef chars over flame, while the kitchen sends out haemul-pajeon—a seafood pancake, crispy and studded with vegetables—and kimchi jjigae bubbling with pork belly and soft tofu. The space feels capacious and bright, built for crowds and appetite.
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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.
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Rank 73. 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 74. 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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Rank 76. 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 77. Ray's In The City
Southern Seafood
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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 79. The White Bull
Seasonal New American
Pasquale Pascarella's spare, intelligent dining room in downtown Decatur pivots through seasons with small plates and hand-rolled pasta that taste of deliberate craft—butter churned in-house, flour milled on premises. The cooking whispers rather than shouts, as when corn tortelli arrives in its own amber sauce, or a peach hand pie closes the meal with quiet precision.
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A Nordic sports bar in downtown Atlanta where snow machines erupt at every touchdown, importing a Minnesota stadium ritual into the Georgia evening. The menu trades in pub standards and local beer, but the real draw is the axe-throwing station for when your team inevitably disappoints.
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Rank 81. Mothers Best
Southern
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At Sports & Social, a two-story sports bar in Battery Atlanta, a 30-foot LED screen dominates the room and transforms viewing into something immersive. Beyond the screens and cocktails sit skeeball and table tennis, making the place as much arcade as it is bar.
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Rank 85. Ria's Bluebird
American
- The Infatuation Where To Eat When You’re Visiting Atlanta
- The Infatuation #20 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Atlanta
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Rank 86. La Semilla
Latin (Vegan)
- Eater 2023 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Atlanta Right Now
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants Around Atlanta
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Rank 87. Gunshow
New American
A dinner party perpetually in motion: Kevin Gillespie's tapas kitchen sends out a family-style parade of restless invention—strawberry and green garlic tarts topped with pop rocks, pork ribs glazed in tamarind and rose, cheese foam with grapefruit sorbet—each plate a small argument between sweet and savory that somehow works.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation Where To Eat When You’re Visiting Atlanta
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants Around Atlanta
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Rank 88. Banshee
Creative New American
East Atlanta's Banshee works a studied casualness—whitewashed brick, wood floors—that frames a menu alive with genuine invention. Fry bread arrives hot with pepperoni butter; the corzetti yields to crab; beets and blackberries clash with aquavit vinegar in ways that feel eager rather than showy. A place where New American cooking knows its own appetites.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Atlanta Right Now
- The Infatuation #18 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Atlanta
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Rank 89. Heaps
New Zealand
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Rank 91. Poor Hendrix
Southern-Asian New American
A corner spot that trades pretense for genuine warmth, Poor Hendrix pivots its menu daily around contemporary Southern and Asian influences—shrimp skewers with Alabama barbecue sauce, cold spicy peanut noodles—prepared without ceremony. The room itself is intimate and slightly askew, the cocktails deft, the vibe the real draw.
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Rank 92. Estrellita
Modern Filipino
A narrow room where owners Hope Webb and Walter Cortado serve Filipino classics with a modern sensibility. The roasted pork belly lechon arrives Cebu-style with crackling skin and lemongrass, while beef lumpia—crispy wrappers around Angus and vegetables—suggests refinement without pretense. Walk-ins only; patience rewards.
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Rank 93. Southern National
Southern
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southeast · Duane Nutter
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Atlanta Right Now
- The Infatuation Where To Eat When You’re Visiting Atlanta
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Rank 94. Little Bear
International
In Summerhill, Jarrett Stieber's open kitchen sends out an eclectic, frequently shifting menu that pulls from culinary traditions across the globe. The dining room buzzes with locals and their dogs, all orbiting the bar for biscuits and dishes like spiced lamb with red pea doubanjiang or earthy chicken liver custard—a modest restaurant that takes nothing for granted.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The Infatuation #14 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Atlanta
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants Around Atlanta
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Rank 95. El Tesoro
Mexican
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Rank 96. Home Grown
Southern
In Reynoldstown's knotty-pine booths, Home Grown serves breakfast and lunch with the unassuming air of a neighborhood fixture, though its daily specials—tamales, snapper tacos, frog legs—suggest deeper ambitions. A buttermilk biscuit crowned with crisp chicken and sausage gravy arrives as proof that restraint and audacity need not conflict.
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Rank 97. Das BBQ
Texas-Style Barbecue
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Rank 98. Stone Bowl House
Korean
A shopping center corner on Buford Highway draws crowds for an expansive Korean menu, but the stone bowl bibimbap—sizzling beef, vegetables, and egg over crisped rice in a heated vessel—is what keeps tables full. Start with a seafood or kimchi pancake, then watch the rice char against the bowl's sides while you eat.
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Rank 100. Arepa Mia
Venezuelan
Lis Hernández's bright corner spot in Avondale Estates radiates genuine warmth, its colored chairs and painted walls a prelude to Venezuela on a plate. The grilled arepas—stuffed with fried chicken and mango salsa, or pernil sweet with caramelized onions—arrive generous and unfussy, the kind of cooking that needs no embellishment.