Quick Bites: High Road and Valenza craft ice cream, Public School Atlanta, and more

? Move over chocolate, vanilla, and butter pecan. Dig into a wilder new ice cream flavor created as a collaboration between chef Matt Swickerath of Valenza Restaurant and those behind High Road Ice Cream: rosemary balsamic parmigiano ice cream. This scrumptious unique flavor is now available at Valenza for takeout by the pint ($10.00 each) as well as featured on the dessert menu atop a roasted pear tart with a drizzle of balsamic.
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? "The most Southern Food Hall ever." That is how Garden and Gun, the arbiter of all things Southern, described the recently opened Central Food Hall at Ponce City Market. Garden and Gun sees the hall as “filled with next-level Southern offerings, from a craft cocktail kiosk to a fried chicken shack to a field-fresh salad stop.”
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? It’s a BBQ party y’all! Staplehouse and Kimball House are teaming up for a Halloween-themed barbecue party this Sunday, Oct. 25 from 5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. at Staplehouse.
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? Pizza and beer downtown? A hand painted sign in front of the former Daily’s resto and bar (17 Andrew Young Blvd.) reads “Coming this winter, pizza upstairs, drinks below.” Deets as they emerge.
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? California-based gastro pub brand Public School is opening its first Atlanta spot in the new Westside Brady apartment development in early 2016. Public School 404 – each location in the national brand’s portfolio is denoted by its area code – will be "an education in the art of food and beer” with a menu of modern American fare, including bacon-cheddar tots with Sriracha ketchup, a Colorado lamb burger with tomato-cranberry jam, and craft beer, wine, and cocktails.
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? Some good news on the Here to Serve former employee’s front: Former Here to Serve sushi chef Joey Meas (Twist, Aja) officially in as executive chef for Genki Sushi.
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? Paces Properties, the folks who brought you Krog Street Market, is developing a new concept at 777 Memorial Drive called Atlanta Dairies. The project is being billed as the new center of gravity for Atlanta’s vibrant Eastside neighborhoods. A TBA barbecue project will include a curated mix of specialty shopping, dining, and entertainment venues, all connected by greenspace.