Quick Bites: AMER opens, Shake Shack plans a second location, and more
Food news round-up
The Fox brothers are opening a “barbeque kiosk” in Buckhead’s Armour Yards development (134 Ottley Drive) by early June. The stand alone, walk-up resto will serve up "greatest hits and fan favorites" for lunch Monday through Friday and for dinner a few nights a week.
Bocado owner Brian Lewis’s AMER, a French/Italian-themed cocktail bar, opened on Thurs., March 31 in the Inman Quarter development. AMER is open Tuesday through Thursday from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m., Friday from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m., and Saturday from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Restaurateur Justin Anthony has altered his plans for his latest resto at 111 West Paces Ferry Road, which is slated to open on Tues., April 19. Anthony has decided to abandon the original Yebo concept and go with a new concept called Yebo Beach Haus, a South African and American fusion spot “focusing on coastal influences from the Hamptons and California.”
Tickets are now on sale for the fifth annual Atlanta Street Food and Music Festival. The event, which will benefit The Giving Kitchen, is slated for June 11 and 12 at Stone Mountain Park.
It looks like one was just not enough to satisfy Atlanta’s jones for the New York burgers. Shake Shack plans to open a new location in Perimeter Mall sometime this year.
Baked, a casual comfort food eatery in East Cobb, has closed after four years. The restaurant’s new location in Old Fourth Ward, which opened last fall, will remain open.