Quick Bites: Insomnia Cookies opens, Roti Rolls moves to Atlanta, and more

Food news round-up

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White Oak Kitchen & Cocktails will celebrate love and Valentine’s Day this year with the inaugural Prize in Southern Poetry competition. Each year’s winning poem will be featured on the restaurant’s Valentine’s Day menu from Feb. 12 through 14, and the poet will receive a $1,500 prize.

Insomnia Cookies (930 Spring St., N.W.) is now open near Georgia Tech’s campus. Insomniacs, cookie fiends, and anyone suffering from the munchies can choose from an assortment of cookies, brownies, cookie cakes, and ice cream sandwiches from 11 a.m. to 3 a.m. every day. Delivery requests, available in a very small radius from midnight daily, come with a $6 minimum and a $1.99 delivery fee.

Ammazza 2.0 is slated to open in Decatur this summer at 314 East Howard Ave., the former home of Twisted Soul, across from Kimball House. The smaller space will require owner Hugh Connerty and his staff to make pizza dough at the Edgewood location and transport it to Decatur by cold truck, according to Eater.

Charleston’s food truck Roti Rolls is relocating to Atlanta at the end of the month. The global menu on wheels will offer Asian, Indian, Caribbean and Southern fusion wraps in its second homebase since 2010.

360 Cantina will add more Mexico-inspired cuisine to the Edgewood Avenue corridor this spring, according to What Now Atlanta Owner Beatrice Lara plans to build a bar into the restaurant and will serve chicken tortilla soup, paninis, and salads alongside chips and guacamole.

ICYMI: Last week, Angus Brown announced that Lusca will stop service on Valentine’s Day, Sun., Feb. 14. Brown and Le sold the property and will focus on opening AMA and 8 ARM next door to Paris on Ponce.