Did you miss these August 2025 Atlanta restaurant openings?

Check out this brief roundup of up-to-date restaurant openings and announcements of upcoming restaurants you might have missed in August Via La Mixteca Tamale House Now Open La Mixteca Tamale House Chattahoochee Ave Underwood Hills A second Atlanta location of critically acclaimed La Mixteca Tamale House opened on Chattahoochee Avenue taking over the former Cafe at Pharr space Unlike the Piedmont Road location at ghost kitchen Buckhead Eats the Chattahoochee Avenue location includes seating The original of La Mixteca Tamale House opened in Suwannee in and serves a variety of tamales and Oaxacan dishes like tlayudas Monday Night Brewing Trabert Ave Berkeley ParkMonday Night Brewing opened its new taproom called The Grove in August Located less than a mile from the th Street and Howell Mill Road corridor the broadened space which sits directly on the Beltline will provide room for more taps and a counter-service restaurant offering a daily coffee utility pastries sandwiches and pizza Monday Night Brewing s original Westside taproom closed to the populace and will begin hosting private events Northern China Eatery Auburn Ave Old Fourth Ward The Beltline location of Northern China Eatery opened this week in the Shoppes at Citizen building along the Eastside Trail The original location of Northern China Eatery on Buford Highway has long been a popular spot for dumplings in Metro Atlanta Owner Fan Zhang also opened The Dumpling Factory last summer at Westside Paper on West Marietta Street Necessary Purveyor Glen Iris Dr Old Fourth Ward Miami-based gourmet sphere and cafe Necessary Purveyor opened on the ground floor of the Scout Living hotel on the Ponce City Realm property Starting at a m daily expect breakfast and lunch along with happy hour a raw bar with seafood towers and dinner in the evenings Side Quest Edgewood Ave Old Fourth Ward Side Quest a Viet-Lao food collaboration between bartender Nik Soukavong and Cynthia Hoang launched in July above Pisces in the Old Fourth Ward Operating Sunday and Monday evenings from - p m expect dishes like Vietnamese-spiced fried quail with a five-spice dipping sauce cheesy crab toast and conch poached in ginger sauce Cocktails incorporate spirits like soju and cacha a and ingredients like mango fermented melon and pandan Side Quest is walk-in only but features a wait list system that contacts you when a table becomes available during busy system periods Peek the menu here Sweet Auburn Brunch Auburn Ave Sweet Auburn Located at the Piedmont Pad Apartments complex Sweet Auburn Brunch serves Southern-style dishes from morning until evening including honey lobster deviled eggs salmon BLT croissant sandwich and catfish and grits Cocktails beer and wine are also available Enso Izakaya Olive St Avondale Estates Enso Izakaya owned by Chef Leo You opened at Olive Pine in Avondale Estates The restaurant serves Japanese noodle dishes small plates and yakitori cooked over binchotan charcoal Check out the menu here The Pool Turtle Covington Hwy Avondale Estates The pool hall bar and restaurant opened in August and features more than pool tables along with darts cornhole board games and video games Via Tispsy Thaiger Facebook Tipsy Thaiger Atlanta St Roswell The Thai restaurant and bar opened in the former General House space on Atlanta Street across from Roswell s historic town square Check out the dinner and cocktail menus here Thai Candle Seafood Bar Avalon Blvd Alpharetta The new Thai restaurant at Avalon resides next door to the Hotel at Avalon and focuses on Northern Thai dishes Fusion Grill By Biryani World Jones Bridge Road Johns Creek Expect curries biryani grilled entrees and other South Asian and fusion cuisine here along with a lunch buffet Imix Hot Pot Steve Reynolds Blvd Duluth In addition to Chinese-style hot pot the menu at Imix also features stir-fries dumplings and noodle dishes VN Sandwich Concord Road Smyrna This Vietnamese restaurant serves b nh m pho wings and boba and fruit teas More August openings Pop-up Pepper s Hotdogs opens permanent Downtown Atlanta location Chef Kevin Rathbun reopens Krog Bar as an intimate pizzeria in Buckhead Home Grown owners purchase building securing Southern diner s future French-Italian restaurant Elise debuts at the Woodruff Arts Center Captain B s Fish Camp returns to Ticonderoga Club for a residency Via White Windmill Bakery and Cafe Facebook Coming Attractions White Windmill Main St Lindbergh City Center Buckhead The Uptown Atlanta location of Korean-French bakery-cafe White Windmill near the Lindbergh MARTA station will open on Sept joining other new restaurants at the transit-oriented complex including Madre Selva Bene Korean Steakhouse El Gordo and J ouvert Caribbean Kitchen Eclipse di Luna Auburn Ave Old Fourth Ward Eclipse di Luna will open on Labor Day at SPX Alley next door to Pour Taproom on the Eastside Beltline The tapas restaurant and bar replaces Nina Rafi which closed in April Unlike the three other locations of Eclipse di Luna in Metro Atlanta the Beltline location is part of a partnership with Rreal Tacos owner Damian Otero Read more here Azalea Fresh Region Peachtree St Downtown The owners of Savi Provisions will open Azalea Fresh Field in downtown Atlanta on in early September Located in the former Walgreens building across from Woodruff Park the sphere also includes a kiosk location of Atlanta-based Dope Coffee More coming attractions Veteran Atlanta bartender opening cocktail bar Buddy Buddy in Midtown The local pop-ups participating in food festival Smorgasburg Atlanta Owner of Whoopsie s opening an all-day cafe in East Lake k n at Kinship Butchery and Sundry Virginia Ave Virginia-Highland Over in Virginia-Highland Chef Myles Moody and sommelier Rachael Pack the couple behind Kinship Butchery and Sundry just launched a new four-seat -course tasting menu experience called k n kin Starting in September and only taking place on select weekends each month the two-hour-plus dinner features courses with wine or non-alcoholic beverage pairings for per person There s a catch Reservations via Resy are presently sold out through the end of But you can add yourself to the waiting list by setting a Notify alert on the reservation platform Bellwood Coffee Boulevard Grant Park The East Atlanta Village location of Bellwood Coffee will close at the end of the year ahead of its relocation to Grant Park Bellwood will take over the former Bennett s Sector space at the corner of Boulevard and Rosalia Street in early The coffee shop also includes locations in Riverside and on Peachtree Street in southern Buckhead A location of Bellwood Coffee will open inside the expanded Little Shop of Stories bookstore in Decatur later this year Mellow Mushroom W Ponce de Leon Ave Decatur After the franchise location of Mellow Mushroom closed earlier this summer in Decatur the West Ponce pizzeria will reopen this fall and be company-owned and operated In addition to a refreshed bar and patio and new to-go window it appears the Decatur location will also feature specific new dishes before Mellow Mushroom begins rolling those out nationwide Chubby Cattle Ashford Dunwoody Road Dunwoody All-you-can-eat Japanese-style yakiniku barbecue restaurant Chubby Cattle BBQ pictured will open its second Metro Atlanta location soon Located on Ashford-Dunwoody Road near Perimeter Mall expect Japanese A Wagyu and American and Australian Wagyu among the meat options for the tabletop grills along with sushi and seafood selections Chubby Cattle also includes a location in Duluth J Alexander sBattery Atlanta Cobb County A location of wood-fired grill and seafood chain J Alexander s will open at the Battery Atlanta next Spring More restaurant openings JULY openings JUNE openings MAY openings APRIL openings MARCH openings FEBRUARY openings JANUARY openings The post Did you miss these August Atlanta restaurant openings appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta