Restaurant Openings
Whataburger opened this week in Marietta. The Sandy Plains Road location is open 24/7, includes a double drive-thru, and serves breakfast from 11 p.m. to 11 a.m. No, that’s not a typo. That’s late-night breakfast hours, folks.
Neighborhood bar The Westwood opened in Westview for food, drinks, and pool last week. Check out the food menu here and drinks menu here.
Buckhead gained another steakhouse this month with the opening of Luella in the former Ivy space. Owned by Revival Restaurant Group, the same group behind The Ivy and Family Dog in Atlanta, and Little Betty in Birmingham, named Luella for the owners’ daughters. Check out the menu here.
A location of Yemeni coffee shop Haraz is now open on Spring Street in Midtown.
The Local Tavern is now open at the Briar Vista Shopping Center in North Druid Hills. The neighborhood bar and restaurant is owned by the team behind Local on North in Duluth.
The much-anticipated Atlanta location of Lewis Barbecue will officially open at Ansley Mall on Dec. 8. Look for a story on the barbecue joint’s debut online at Rough Draft next week.
Coming Attraction
The owners behind 26 Thai, Pink Lotus, and Blackjack Bar will open Khao Thai Isan next year at The Mitchell in South Downtown. Part of the Centennial Yards development, expect Isan Thai street food and sharable small plates at Khao Thai.
Restaurant Closures
Dish Korean Cuisine closed last month at the City Farmers Market complex on Buford Highway, also home to Food Terminal.
The Atlanta location of Savannah-based Zunzi’s sandwich shop is now closed after seven years on Howell Mill Road.
Bar Sale
Longtime downtown Atlanta watering hole Park Bar has sold in what real estate brokerage firm The Shumacher Group called a “blockbuster $2 million deal.” It’s unclear what the new owner has planned for the bar. The listing states new ownership has the right to “keep or convert.”
Add to Your Calendar
Atlanta’s Latin American Association will partner with Georgia Agape Youth and Family Center to host a pop-up grocery and free food distribution event on Dec. 5. Fulton County SNAP Emergency Response donated $20,000 to the event, along with frozen meal donations from Urban Recipe. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., up to 250 families can drive through or walk up during the food drive to receive packaged groceries.
People seeking a spot to watch the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 should make their way to Brewhouse Cafe in Little Five Points. Friday’s festivities begin at 12 p.m., with the announcement televised live on the big screens. In March, Men in Blazers named Brewhouse Cafe “the best soccer bar in the U.S.” A second, larger location of Brewhouse Cafe opens next year in South Downtown ahead of the World Cup in Atlanta.
Cascade Heights coffee shop Cafe Bartique will host Christmas on Cascade on Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Look for seasonal sweets, drinks, opportunities to take photos with Santa, and a holiday market on the patio of neighboring Natalie Bianca restaurant. Free to attend.
Weekly food festival Smorgasburg Atlanta kicks off the holidays on Dec. 6 with seasonal retail vendors, festive cocktails, and chances to snap photos with Santa. Smorgasburg operates every Saturday from South Downtown through Dec. 20. Smorgasburg will return for another season in South Downtown in March 2026.