Quick Bites: BeetleCat updates, Sunday Table dinners extended, and more
Food news roundup
?The nine-month-long, fire-induced closure of Buckhead’s power breakfast spot, OK Café, continues. Marketing maven Tony Wilbert reports that the landmark diner “won’t open until the end of this month or early October at best.”
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?Chef Derek Dollar, who also leads the kitchen at Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails, was announced top toque at the new Roswell location of The Big Ketch Saltwater Grill. The popular Buckhead restaurant is opening its second location at 1105 Canton St. next month with Dollar, who will continue to helm the seed-to-fork menu at Milton’s.
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????The dynamic duo behind the recently closed East Atlanta Village resto, Urban Cannibals, chef Calavino Donati and artist Doria Roberts, had a soft opening of their Urban Cannibals Bodega + Bites (368 Fifth St.) in Midtown last Saturday, Sept. 19. The new – and larger – Midtown space allows for a dedicated bodega on one side and a dining room and patio for breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner services on the other.
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?The downtown Decatur Starbucks, located at Courthouse Square, re-opened on Sept. 18 after a brief renovation and now serves beer and wine. The new offerings are part and parcel of "Starbucks Evenings,” which expands the coffeehouse's menu to include a thoughtful selection of wine, craft beer, and savory small plates alongside the signature coffee and tea beverages.
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?St. Cecelia has decided to continue chef Craig Richards's Sunday Table dinners into fall. The $35 four-course menu will offer a variety of options that Richards will update as often as possible.
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?Ford Fry has added some new deets concerning BeetleCat, the highly anticipated Inman Park sibling of The Optimist. He said, “BeetleCat will operate as a shore-style, casual cocktail lounge with a coastal 70s and 80s vibe.” What Now Atlanta notes that the Inman Quarter Apartment site, slated to open in November, will feature a 1,260-square-foot wraparound patio spanning from Elizabeth Street to North Highland Avenue.
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